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Mission and Transformative Discipleship

Please note: This seminar has been postponed to 2017. The exact dates will be communicated at a later stage.

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A young missionary is blessed at Jaro Evangelical Baptist Church in Iloilo City, the Philippines, ahead of a 3-month mission to Brazil.

A young missionary is blessed at Jaro Evangelical Baptist Church in Iloilo City, the Philippines, ahead of a 3-month mission to Brazil.

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Please note: This seminar has been postponed to 2017. The exact dates will be communicated at a later stage.

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The main objective of the seminar is to orient missionaries and staff belonging to various mission organizations and different denominations to a better understanding of the contemporary context concerning the witness to Christ as participants in the Missio Dei.

The emphasis will be on transformative discipleship as a central theme of the WCC statement on mission and evangelism Together Towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes.

The seminar is coordinated by Dr Marina Behera, professor of Missiology at the WCC's Ecumenical Institute and Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum, director of the WCC Commission on Mission and Evangelism.

For more information, application forms and the costs involved please contact: [email protected]