News of the extended network of faculty, alumni, students, visiting researchers, and mission partners is regularly updated, and some of the big ideas or major events in Global Christianity are covered in the CGCM News.
“Soundings Towards an Intercultural Identity for The United Methodist Church”
A new article by Hendrik R. Pieterse and David W. Scott ('13) has been published in the 2022 edition of Methodist Review: “Soundings Towards an Intercultural Identity for The United Methodist Church: Some Historical and Theological Resources.”
Grace May presented with the CBE Life-Time Achievement Award
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 Assembly of the World Council of Churches. It is with great pleasure that the CGCM announces the publication, A Hundred Years of Mission Cooperation, The Impact of the International Missionary Council: 1921-2021, edited by Risto Jukko, the head of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism of the WCC. The North American report can be found in Chapter 17 of the volume and is also accessible on the CGCM Mission Study Process webpage: https://www.bu.edu/cgcm/imc/
Michèle Sigg’s “Birthing Revival” Released
DACB New Daily Story
CHCD Version 1.0 Released
On Wednesday, July 27th at 9 am (ET), the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University showcased the first version of the China Historical Christian Database (CHCD). Watch Video here.
Kapya Kaoma’s Talk on Ecomission
On November 8, 2022, at 2 pm, Rev. Dr. Kapya Kaoma will be speaking to students on the theme, "Ecomission" in the College of General Studies (STH 325), Boston University. All are welcome!
He will also have a reception with the Episcopal-Anglican Community of Learning afterward in the School of Theology building, Room B24.
Titus Presler’s Talk on “The Poverty Captivity of Mission in the Churches”
On October 25, 2022, at 2 pm, Rev. Canon Dr. Titus Presler, the Executive Director of the Global Episcopal Mission Network, former president of Austin Seminary, former dean of General Seminary, and current Vicar of a church in Vermont, will be speaking to students on the theme, "The Poverty Captivity of Mission in the Churches," in the College of General Studies (CGS 123), Boston University.
He will also meet the Anglo-Episcopal Community of Learning at STH B24, Boston University. The meeting will be an informal one, hosted by the Center for Global Christianity and Mission.
First Version of CHCD
Ruth Padilla DeBorst (’16) starts new job at Western Theological Seminary
Dr. Ruth Padilla DeBorst, a Center for Global Christianity and Mission alumna ('16), will be joining the faculty of Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan, as the Richard C. Oudersluys Associate Professor of World Christianity.