The perspective on Europe from Africa must begin with an economic emphasis because it determines many other factors
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In this short interview, Mike Frost speaks exclusively to VISTA about what this more recent development indicates and how it can move the missional conversation forward.
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Between January and March 2012, I carried out some small-scale research amongst 18-30 year-old Christian Europeans, in order to discover their perceptions of a missional lifestyle
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Defining “missional” with any precision is no easy task. Perhaps the most helpful simple definition of “missional” church is that of “…a community of God’s people that defines itself and organises its life around its real purpose of being an agent of God’s mission to the world”
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According to Together in Berlin, more than eighty missional initiatives have started in the last 10 years. When you next visit Berlin, you might like to add one or two of them to your tour itinerary.
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Darrell Jackson reviews three non-English titles relating to the missional conversation as it unfolds across Europe, written in Dutch, Norwegian, and German respectively. Taken together they give a flavour of how mission-minded church leaders are trying to engage in the missional conversation across the continent.
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The unprecedented phenomenon of urbanization since the European Industrial Revolution has gone global, and shows no sign of letting up. Today, more than half of humanity is in, or within the domain of, a city. European Urbanisation is currently over 75% and is predicted to reach 82%.
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Did you know Europe’s historic cities are only three per cent of the world’s land mass, and could comfortably fit inside South Africa? Nevertheless, European cities have had a disproportionately massive influence on the rest of the world
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It is a widely accepted fact that Christianity in Britain is in terminal decline. The dominant narrative is that widespread secularization is leading inevitably towards, in the words of social historian Callum Brown, The Death of Christian Britain.
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In global terms there are only three Metropolitan areas in Europe that rank among the world’s top twenty, ranked by size. Moscow, London and Köln make it in at 15th, 17th and 19th respectively.
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Peter Crawford (ECM) and Mike Pears (Urban Expressions) share their visions of mission in two of Europe’s cities: Lisbon and Bristol
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There is no such person as a ‘typical’ migrant in Europe. The experiences of the trafficked girl from Eastern Europe, the African family living just down the road or an Asian working in a multinational company will be worlds apart
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In 1557 there were more refugees in Geneva than Genevan-born inhabitants, and all thirteen Calvinist pastors were non-Genevans. As a result, employment and housing shortages fuelled resentment towards these foreign migrants.
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The participation of immigrants in the democratic process as active citizens supports their integration and enhances their sense of belonging.
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Despite the abolition of the slave trade centuries ago, people are still bought and sold in Europe. The European Commission estimates that 120,000 women and children are trafficked into Western Europe every year
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Population experts predict that in fifty years’ time the European population is going to look very different to that of today.
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The impact of the recession on European citizens has been inescapable: rising unemployment, public-sector pay freezes (and in some countries reductions),
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Only four hours before I sat down to start writing this piece, I was asked a question about the impact of the ‘GFC’ on the churches and their mission in Europe. This is shorthand for ‘global financial crisis’
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Homelessness, debt and human trafficking that have become even bigger issues since the onset of the crisis. How are churches and mission agencies responding?
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A friend of mine wants to get rid of his TV set. The reason: every time he watches the news, he gets depressed. Stories such as the European debt crisis
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