The language used to describe mission has changed over the last 200 years, but does it accurately reflect the situation in Europe?
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There are fifteen issues and trends which are highlighted in Europe 2021: A Missiological Report but here are a couple to whet your appetite.
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Europe 2021 - A Missiological Report by Jim Memory identifies the crucial issues and trends shaping the context for Christian mission in Europe today. alongside how Covid-19 has impacted these trends.
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Reaching Europe with the Gospel requires us to face up to an uncomfortable truth: Europe is still being secularised. Understanding the processes of secularisation is a vital part of discerning how Europe might be re-evangelised. This issue of Vista explores how large scale surveys such as the European Values survey help us do just that,
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Religious belief and practice are complex phenomenon. Alongside this, the process of secularisation in Europe has been a subject of study and debate among sociologists for many years. our review of the latest European Values survey data suggests that secularisation in Europe is continuing but that each country may well have its own trajectory.
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Dr David Voas is Chair of the European Values Survey Theory Group, who are responsible for developing the questionnaires, and a member of their Executive Committee. We spoke to Dr Voas about his work with EVS and asked him to reflect on our analysis of the 2017-2020 data.
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There are many factors affecting the outcomes of surveys such as the European Values Survey, European Social Studies (ESS) and the Pew Forum Research Reports. In this article we look at some of these factors, to help s understand the nuances of the religious landscape in Europe.
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Are migrants in Europe likely to be more secular or more religious than European-born nationals? Most studies tend to suggest that migrants are generally more religious than national-born Europeans and that for some at least, the fact of relocating to, or being resettled in, a new country can be a catalyst in a change of religious affiliation and identity
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Despite a plethora of material, aimed at helping churches and individual believers to respond to the pandemic crisis, there appears to be little focus, if any, on the theological – and missiological – implications that people can no longer ignore the possibility of death.
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Whether Covid-19 will lead to a resurgence of faith in Europe will be seen in years to come but, for now, it has forced churches to innovate in their responses to grief and death and share the hope in Christ beyond the walls of the church.
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Mourning is an expression of love, it is the other side of love. We cry because we love. And the greater the love, the deeper the pain. Mourning is the price paid in pain for the end of a dear and valuable relationship.
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It is a particular feature of our work that we are with people when their world is turned upside down and everything they thought they knew has been stripped away. The key is being there.
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Using the book of Habakkuk, and her own experience, Mags Duggan takes the reader on a reflective journey to help face and walk through the most difficult of times.
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This issue of Vista explores the uncomfortable subject of death, and the contemporary Christian response to it.
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Read the full findings of Vista’s survey of missionaries in Europe, exploring the impact of Covid-19 on their work.
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What signs of tomorrow´s conflicts are there in today´s Europe? What can we learn from previous generations who have shaped peace in our conflicted continent? And how can Christians and churches be “peacemakers” (Matt. 5:9) and “agents of reconciliation” (2 Cor. 5:18) in today´s Europe?
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There’s no question that we, in Europe, need reconciliation. East and West, North and South - our great continent has witnessed numerous wars and conflicts. Europeans carry enough historical baggage to be mad at each other for another century.
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We are going through profound shocks: socially, politically, economically… and the impact of these will last for many years. How does the theme of reconciliation contribute to this current time, particularly in relation to our relationship with the wider natural world?
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Reconciliation does not happen overnight. And here is the good news – the awkward situation with the virus, opens up enough time for us.
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COVID-19 restrictions are posing challenges for missionaries in Europe and across the globe. In late April, the Vista editors asked Darrell Jackson to develop a questionnaire to explore the response of two European mission agencies: European Christian Mission (ECM) and Greater Europe Mission (GEM).
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