Alumni in Korea
While giving the Underwood Lectures at Yonsei University, Dana Robert was able to meet with a number of alumni connected to the Center for Global Christianity and Mission.
Global Mission in the Age of World Christianity
In May 2023, Yonsei University and the Saemoonan Church combined to host Dana Robert as she gave the special Underwood Lectures on Global Mission in the Age of World Christianity. The lectures included, “Frontiers, or ‘to the Ends of the Earth'”, “Friendship in the Kingdom,” and “Fellowship: Living ‘As If.'” Reporting on the lecture on […]
Russian Methodism
During the early twentieth century until the Japanese invasion of 1931, Harbin, Manchuria, was a crossroads for migrants, including Koreans, mixed-race North Asian populations, and Russians fleeing the Russian Revolution. In that challenging context, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, opened missions to the different refugee populations in Harbin. In 1927 the mission to Russian refugees […]
CGCM Publication: Creative Collaborations
The Center for Global Christianity and Mission spearheaded a major initiative to research missional collaborations in North America. In addition to a report presented to the World Council of Churches, some of the findings were put into a new volume, Creative Collaborations: Case Studies of North American Missional Practices. The case studies in this book, […]
New Book Release: Portraits of Global Christianity
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new book, Portraits of Global Christianity, which we contributed to in honor of Dr. Todd Johnson! It was released on 29 March 2023.
Center for Global Christianity and Mission Speakers Spring 2023
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WCC Publishes Missional Collaborations 2021: A Report from North America
The Center for Global Christianity and Mission at the Boston University School of Theology guided a year-long study on missional collaboration in North America to mark the Centenary of the International Missionary Council. The North American study was one of sixteen regional studies, most of which have been compiled together in one published volume for the 2022 General […]
Livestream of Dana Robert’s Inaugural Gerald H. Anderson Lecture – June 9, 2022
To mark OMSC’s Centenary Celebration today, Dr. Dana Robert will deliver the Inaugural Gerald H. Anderson Lecture at 5:00 pm in the Theron Room of the Theodore Sedgwick Wright Library of Princeton Theological Seminary. Her title is “DR. GERALD H. ANDERSON, MAESTRO OF CONTEMPORARY MISSION STUDIES.” Her lecture will be live-streamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjoOHkRRC9I Dr. Dana Robert […]
Dana L. Robert Awarded the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professorship
Hearty congratulations to the Center for Global Christianity and Mission’s Director, Dr. Dana L. Robert, on being awarded Boston University’s William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professorship! Read the full article and interview with Dana Robert published in BU Today, here.
2022 GEMN Mission Conference on Women in Mission
Registration is now open for the “Women in Mission” conference sponsored by the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN) online, May 12-14. Conference information is here, and the registration portal is here. Spanish interpretation will be available for all plenaries and for some of the workshops. Four plenary speakers will highlight the work of women in mission: The […]