Moving in the Spirit

Moving in the Spirit Report of the World Council of Churches Conference on World Mission and Evangelism Edited by Risto Jukko and Jooseop Keum MOVING IN THE SPIRIT MOVING IN THE SPIRIT Report of the World Council of Churches Conference on World Mission and Evangelism 8-13 March 2018 Arusha, Tanzania Edited by Risto Jukko and Jooseop Keum MOVING IN THE SPIRIT Report of the World Council of Churches Conference on World Mission and Evangelism Copyright © 2019 WCC Publications. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in notices or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: publica- [email protected]. WCC Publications is the book publishing programme of the World Council of Churches. Founded in 1948, the WCC promotes Christian unity in faith, wit- ness and service for a just and peaceful world. A global fellowship, the WCC brings together 350 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million Christians in 110 countries and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. Opinions expressed in WCC Publications are those of the authors. Unless otherwise noted, scripture quotations are from the New Revised Stan- dard Version Bible, © copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Educa- tion of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. Cover image: Vibrant Sunday worship at Christ Church Cathedral of Mount Kilimanjaro Diocese, Arusha,Tanzania, during the world mission conference, 2018. Photos: Albin Hillert Cover design, book design, and typesetting: Michelle Cook / 4 Seasons Book Design Print ISBN: 978-2-8254-1721-8 Ebook ISBN 978-2-8254-1722-5 World Council of Churches 150 route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland http://publications.oikoumene.org CONTENTS A Word of Greeting Olav Fykse Tveit ix Preface Risto Jukko xi Foreword Jooseop Keum xv Introduction Geevarghese Mor Coorilos xxi Part One From Arusha: Conference Outcomes 1 1. The Arusha Call to Discipleship 2 2. The Arusha Conference Report 5 Part Two Toward Arusha 21 3. From Achimota 1958 to Arusha 2018: A Journey to Arusha Lesmore Gibson Ezekiel and Jooseop Keum 22 4. Arusha: A Confluence for Transformational Agenda and Discipleship in Africa Faustin Leonard Mahali 33 Part Three In Arusha: Plenary Presentations 41 5. Welcome Messages and Messages to the Conference 42 Welcome by the Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) Fredrick O. Shoo 42 Welcome by the Moderator of the the World Council of Churches Central Committee Agnes Abuom 44 Message from Pope Francis 45 Message from His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew 46 Message from the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby 48 vi Contents 6. Opening Address by the WCC General Secretary Olav Fykse Tveit 50 7. Address by the Conference Moderator Geevarghese Mor Coorilos 57 8. Keynote Speech: Transforming Disciples, Transforming the Future: Young African Women and the Search for a Liberated Future Mutale Mulenga-Kaunda 65 9. CWME: From Athens to Arusha: Director’s Report Jooseop Keum 73 10. Panel Discussion on the Role of CWME Mission Thinking and Formation Roderick Hewitt 88 Mission as a Movement “Together towards Life” Micheline Kamba Kasongo 91 Mission: Unity and Diversity Susan Durber 95 Arusha 2018 and Global Mission Christoph Anders 97 Part Four In Arusha: Thematic Plenaries 101 11. Perspectives on Evangelism as Contextual and Prophetic A European Perspective Dimitra Koukoura 102 A Chinese Perspective Manhong Melissa Lin 104 A Congolese Perspective Isis Kangudie Mana 107 Contents vii A South American Orthodox Perspective Iosif de Pátara 113 A New Reformation: Evangelism as Life Together Jin S. Kim 117 12. Mission from the Margins: Becoming Disciples, Transforming the World (Luke 4:16-21) Adi Mariana Waqa 124 13. Missional Formation: Transforming the World, Equipping Disciples Action and Reflection on the Signs of the Times Dhiloraj Ranjit Canagasabey 129 Signs of the Times and the Importance of Discipleship Training Nafkot M. Dessaleg 132 Examining Formation as Discipleship in Theological Education: Risky Witnessing, History of Wounds, Compassionate Leadership Septemmy E. Lakawa 133 Examining Formation as Discipleship in Leadership Training Mark MacDonald 136 Examining Formation as Discipleship through the Example of a Missionary Society: Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Richard Nnyombi 139 Examining Formation as Discipleship in Mission Agency: A Mission Agency Reformed by the Call to Discipleship Collin Cowan 143 14. Embracing the Cross: Equipped Disciples Embracing the Cross Today in the Context of the Middle East His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II 148 viii Contents Carrying the Cross of Poverty Roberto E. Zwetch 152 Carrying the Cross of the Experience of the Pan-African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN) Angelique Walker-Smith 154 Carrying the Cross of Prejudice from a Dominant Culture Kathryn Mary Lohre 156 Keynote Address: Spiritual Dimension of Embracing the Cross Vuyani Vellem 159 “I Have a Dream” Sang Chang 163 I Have a Dream to Share with You Brian Farrell 166 Part Five After Arusha: Reflections 169 15. My Life after Arusha Fredrick O. Shoo, Seoyoung Kim, and Tito Paredes 170 16. From Arusha to Karlsruhe, and Beyond: Reflections on the Future of Mission Risto Jukko 175 Appendices 1. Accompanying Letter to the Arusha Call to Discipleship 187 2. Conference Leadership 190 3. The GETI Report Amélé Adamavi-Aho Ekué 196 A WORD OF GREETING Moving in the Spirit, today we are witnessing a revival and renewal of Chris- tian mission and evangelism in ways that constitute a new and liberating paradigm for the field and a promising contribution to a human future illu- mined by justice and peace. Presenting highlights and key documents from the 2018 world conference on mission and evangelism held in Arusha, Tanzania, and ranging across regions and confessions and disciplines, this volume captures the spirit of that new paradigm and traces the light it sheds on Christian mission, missiology, and missional formation, as well as on Christian discipleship, advocacy and service, prayer and spirituality. Much of this exciting work is grounded in the recent, landmark ecumenical mission statement, Together towards Life,1 related ecumenical documents,2 and the practice and insights of those people, including Indigenous Peoples, around the world engaged in Christian mission and evangelism. While fully engaged with the African context in which the conference was held, this volume lifts up the signal themes of the new paradigm: mission from the margins, the mission of God’s Spirit in the world, evangelism as transformative discipleship, and direct missional engagement with issues of ecological, eco- nomic, and gender justice. May they deeply inform our lives and work and our ongoing pilgrimage of justice and peace toward God’s reign. On behalf of the full fellowship of churches that is the WCC, I sincerely thank the organizers of the world conference, particularly the then-CWME director Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum and the entire mission and evangelism staff; CWME moderator Bishop Geevarghese Mor Coorilos; our hosts in Tanzania, in particular the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, as well as the All Africa Conference of Churches; the current CWME director Rev. Dr Risto Jukko; the many ecumenical partners and observers at the meeting; and the more than 1000 active and enthusiastic participants in this vital and vibrant gathering. Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit General Secretary, World Council of Churches 1. Together towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes—With a Practical Guide, ed. Jooseop Keum (Geneva: WCC Publications, 2013). 2. For example, The Church: Towards a Common Vision, Faith and Order Paper 214 (Geneva: WCC Publications, 2013). ix PREfacE It is my great privilege and honour to write the preface of this report of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Conference on World Mission and Evangelism, which took place in Arusha, Tanzania, in March 2018. It was an extraordinary event in many ways, as the reader will discover in going through the conference material. The aim of this volume is to be as useful and user-friendly as possible for the reader, whether they are used to the ecumenical context or not. The table of contents does not fully follow the programmatic or chrono- logical order of the Arusha Conference. Instead, it starts with what most theologians, mission practitioners, and parish pastors would look for: the outcome of the conference. These are two documents or statements: the Aru- sha Call to Discipleship and the Arusha Conference Report, both in Part One of the book. Part Two contains two other documents that illustrate the history and development of World and African Christianity leading to the Arusha Conference on World Mission and Evangelism. The e-book also includes other documents leading directly to that outcome, as well as a link to the WCC mission statement Together towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes (2012/2013), which, of course, has been decisive for and influential in the conference. After exploring the outcome of the conference (Part One), the structure follows a time frame: toward Arusha (Part Two), in Arusha (Parts Three and Four) and after Arusha (Part Five), which tries to glimpse some impacts of the conference and look toward the future of the ecumenical mission movement. Many report books are more or less compilations of the written material of a conference or seminar. To avoid this approach, the report is composed of three parts, or books. First, in keeping with the idea of user-friendliness, an e-book is the most complete version of the official documentation of the Aru- sha conference. The electronic format permits a longer version than a hard copy can achieve, as well as giving readers the option of opening links to other material on the internet.

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