Liberation Ecclesial Identity As Dialogical Social Posture

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen WEATHERS
Keyword(s):  
Ecclesial Identity

A discipleship movement shaped for mission: forming a new ecclesial identity for British Methodism?

Holiness ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-77
Author(s):  
Roger L. Walton
Keyword(s):  
Methodist Church ◽  
New Era ◽  
Ecclesial Identity

AbstractThe article tracks the development of a new ecclesial strapline for the British Methodist Church in the period between 2007 and 2014 and assesses the initial impact of the identity on education and ecumenism. It argues that the theme and practice of holiness has been underplayed and underdeveloped in the discourse to find a fresh expression of Methodism’s calling but that there are surprisingly creative elements latent in the expression, especially in a new era of ecumenical relations.

Mutuality as a Postcolonial Praxis for Mission

Ecclesiology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-31
Author(s):  
Simon James Mainwaring
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Postcolonial Theory ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Worship Practices ◽  
Ecclesial Identity

In an era in North-Atlantic societies of an increasing move away from religious affiliation and practice, churches have attempted to reimagine what it means to be Christian communities of faith with an eye on creating a spaciousness for the so-called non-believer. However, the same sort of intentionality has not been applied to what liberation theologians have called the ‘non-person’, those who live at the margins of society. Drawing from the conceptual framework of postcolonial theory, this essay presents mutuality as a praxis for mission, seeking to explore how ecclesial identity and authority, worship practices and service ministries might be reimagined accordingly.

Varieties of Missionary Bishop

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
British Empire ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Episcopal Church ◽  
Oxford Movement ◽  
Ecclesial Identity

This chapter describes the origin and development of the concept of ‘missionary bishop’ from the mid-nineteenth century. Charting the origin of the term in the American Episcopal Church as it expanded westwards, which saw the appointment of the first ‘missionary bishops’ whose role was to plant churches, it shows how its own traditions of ‘primitive’ episcopacy chimed in with the elevation of the ‘apostolical succession’ by the Oxford Movement, which again emphasized the importance of the early church. This understanding of episcopacy allowed non-established missionary bishops to be sent across the British Empire, and even beyond the realms of the British Crown. The chapter concludes that a ‘primitive’ missionary episcopate was to some degree a cypher for a non-established, ‘free’ form of Anglicanism which created an independent ecclesial identity that nevertheless did little to challenge the wider imperial project.

Changing the World through Prayer: Prayer as Mission Strategy among Migrant Churches in Norway

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-151
Author(s):  
Stian Sørlie Eriksen
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Mission Strategy ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
Empirical Perspective ◽  
Ecclesial Identity

Abstract This article discusses how prayer functions as a missional strategy for Pentecostal migrant churches in Norway today. Taking its starting point in fieldwork among a cross-section of migrant churches, the article draws in particular on examples from African-led churches and their understanding and practice of prayer. From this empirical perspective, the author argues that prayer represents an ecclesial nexus for missional spirituality, undergirding and spearheading missional strategies among these churches. Prayer thus provides a powerful locus for understanding core dimensions of these churches’ ecclesial identity and missional outlooks. By interacting with perspectives from discourse analysis, semiotics, and practice theory, it is shown that essential facets of prayer inexorably permeate these churches’ missional thinking and practices to a degree that these churches’ mission can hardly be understood apart from prayer. In conclusion, the article asks how this may challenge scholars and others in terms of understandings and practices of mission today.

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