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  • The Churches and Mission

    In this week's class we are going to look at some documents from a number of different churches or wider ecclesial groupings that deal with mission. We will look at some Roman Catholic documents on mission, starting with the Second Vatican Council's decree on mission activity. Then we will look at the last World Council of Churches' document on mission (Together towards Life), the Cape Town Commitment of the Lausanne Movement (a grouping of evangelicals), and finally we will examine the decree on mission issued by the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church.

    • PowerPoint Súbor PPTX

      This is the Powerpoint for today's class.

    • Ad Gentes URL

      The official English translation on the Vatican website. Unfortunately, however inclusive the decree may want to be, the English isn't, and reflects the 1960s more than today.

    • Dilexit nos Súbor PDF

      This is the text of Pope Francis's encyclical Dilexit nos.

    • Together Towards Life Súbor PDF

      This is the document from the World Council of Churches, issued in 2013.

    • The Cape Town Commitment Súbor PDF

      Here is the full text of the Cape Town Commitment, from the Lausanne Movement for World Evangelisation

    • The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today's World URL

      Here is a link to the official website of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, held in Crete in 2016, with the text of the decree on the mission of the Orthodox Church in today's world.