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CONFERENCE ON WORLD MISSION AND EVANGELISM, 2018 Complete Digital Edition of the Arusha Report Edited by Risto Jukko CONFERENCE ON WORLD MISSION AND EVANGELISM, 2018 Complete Digital Edition of the Arusha Report Edited by Risto Jukko CONFERENCE ON WORLD MISSION AND EVANGELISM, 2018 Complete Digital Edition of the Arusha Report 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: publications@wcc-coe.org. WCC Publications is the book publishing programme of the World Council of Churches. Founded in 1948, the WCC promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. A global fellowship, the WCC brings together more than 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 Standard Ver- sion Bible, © copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. Cover design, book design, and typesetting: Michelle Cook / 4 Seasons Book Design E-book 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 Preface to the Digital Edition vii Moving in the Spirit: Report of the World Council of Churches Conference on World Mission and Evangelism Called to Transforming Discipleship: Devotions from the World Council of Churches Conference on World Mission and Evangelism PREFACE TO THE DIGITAL EDITION This digital edition of the Report of the World Council of Churches Con- ference on World Mission and Evangelism, held in Arusha, Tanzania, 8-13 March 2018, is the most complete report of the 2018 conference. The elec- tronic format permits a longer presentation than the printed versions, as well as the option of opening links to other material on the internet. We have fol- lowed here the same guiding principle as with the printed versions, which is user-friendliness. Our aim is that readers enjoy and use this e-book, whether they are used to the ecumenical context or not. In this digital edition, we present to our readers first a major outcome of the world mission conference, a short but powerful statement on mis- sion, “TheA rusha Call to Discipleship,” unanimously adopted by the 2018 conference participants. We then give some background information leading the readers toward Arusha, and then we present what happened in Arusha, before some personal and theological reflections after Arusha. This is the core presentation of the world mission conference. In the printed version this part is entitled Moving in the Spirit. There is some new conference material in this e-book that is not in Moving in the Spirit. The new material is highlighted in the table of contents of Mov- ing in the Spirit, so that the reader can easily detect it, when comparing with the hard copy. In fact, all the new materials inserted in the digital edition are in Moving in the Spirit. They include the sermons of the gathering and sending services, two responses to the keynote speech by Mutale Mulenga- Kaunda, four responses to the keynote speech by Adia Mariana Waqa, and panel interviews in the plenary of missional formation. There is only one full new section in the digital edition, Part VI, which presents six study docu- ments of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism from the period before Arusha. In the Appendices the reader will find the Accompanying Let- ter to the Arusha Call to Discipleship, the Conference Leadership, and a short report from GETI (Global Ecumenical Theological Institute), a group of more than 100 young theologians from 40 countries who joined the Aru- sha world mission conference, as well as two new items: a list of workshops (warshas) and a description of the marketplace (sokoni) of the conference. After the newly augmented Moving in the Spirit, the second part of the report, Called to Transforming Discipleship, captures some of the spiritual- ity of the 2018 world mission conference, presenting the four Bible studies vii viii Preface delivered at the conference as well as twelve devotions based on “The Arusha Call to Discipleship.” The devotions were elaborated after the world mission conference. There is no new material inserted in the digital edition of Called to Transforming Discipleship. If readers can hear the same call to transforming discipleship that was heard in Arusha 2018, and that hearing transforms them and helps them to transform, the Report has achieved its purpose. The opinions expressed in various presentations in this Report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the World Council of Churches and its Commission on World Mission and Evangelism. I want to thank warmly the World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME), its moderators, and the leadership of the World Council of Churches. A great word of thanks goes to my prede- cessor as the CWME Director, Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum, and to the Conference Coordinator, Rev. (Kay) Kyeong-Ah Woo, as well as other colleagues in the WCC involved in the conference. A particular word of thanks goes to the African hosts of the world mission conference, to the hosting committee and to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, as well as to the All Africa Conference of Churches. I am also grateful to all the voluntary workers and stewards, and finally, to the conference participants from all over the world. It is they who together made the 2018 world mission conference an experience of living and vibrant fellowship, moving in the Spirit, called to transforming discipleship. For this digital edition of the Arusha Report, a very special thank you goes to Michael West, whose expertise and patience cannot be overestimated, as well as to the whole World Council of Churches Communication team. Risto Jukko Editor, Director of the World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism Preface ix Links to the electronic material related to the 2018 the World Council of Churches Conference on World Mission and Evangelism: WCC Commission on World Mission and Evangelism https://www.oikoumene.org/en/what-we-do/cwme Together towards Life PDF https://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/commissions/ mission-and-evangelism/together-towards-life-mission-and-evangelism- in-changing-landscapes Arusha Call to Discipleship https://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/commissions/ mission-and-evangelism/the-arusha-call-to-discipleship Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World: Recommendations for Conduct https://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/wcc-programmes/ interreligious-dialogue-and-cooperation/christian-identity-in-pluralistic- societies/christian-witness-in-a-multi-religious-world Video material from the conference https://www.youtube.com/user/WCCworld/search?query=Mission+and+ Evangelism Sample material for small groups https://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/commissions/ mission-and-evangelism The Arusha conference theme song, Roho wa Mangu njoo kwetu: Spirit of God, Come to Us Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8wZJFQ2SR4 GETI 2018 https://www.oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/events/global-ecumenical- theological-institute-2018 GETI Opening Ceremony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOwBapZRp28 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: publications@wcc-coe.org. 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 represent- ing 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 xi Preface Risto Jukko xiii Foreword Jooseop Keum xvii Introduction Geevarghese Mor Coorilos xxiii 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 Sermon at the Gathering Service (John 1:35–51) Najila Kassab 42 5.