General Convention's World Mission Vision Roundtable Set for August 2
Episcopal News Service. July 23, 2003 [2003-164-A]
"Mission in Communion: A Roundtable on 'Companions in Transformation', the World Mission Vision Statement," is scheduled for 3-5 p.m. on Saturday, August 2, at St. Mark's Cathedral in Minneapolis. The event is hosted by the General Convention's Standing Commission on World Mission, St. Mark's Cathedral, and the Diocese of Minnesota.
This is an opportunity for General Convention attendees to hear and share observations about the world mission vision statement that the standing commission is presenting to the 2003 General Convention. Entitled, "Companions in Transformation: The Episcopal Church's World Mission in a New Century," the statement is available at the General Convention website and in published form in a booklet of that title from Morehouse Publishing. Two General Convention resolutions ask for action on the vision statement.
A panel of distinguished world mission activists will open the gathering with brief assessments of the statement, followed by general discussion. Among the panelists are Bishop Mano Rumalshah, general secretary of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and bishop of Peshawar, Pakistan; the Rev. Patrick Mauney, director of Anglican and Global Relations at the Episcopal Church Center; Edwina Thomas, executive director of Sharing of Ministries Abroad; the Rev. John Kanyikwa, general secretary of the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa; the Rev. Ian Douglas, professor of mission and world Christianity, Episcopal Divinity School and member of the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Mission and Evangelism; and the Rev. Tad de Bordenave, executive director of Anglican Frontier Missions; among others.
The vision of "Companions in Transformation" highlights both the opportunities for discovering the gospel through Christians in the Global South and the need to witness to Christ with people with little or no gospel exposure. Modes of mission are explored, and practical initiatives are proposed to renew the church's global engagement.
The 3-4:30 discussion will be followed by a reception on the lawn of the cathedral.