The Mission of God

This course serves: (a) to introduce students to the discipline of Missiology and (b) profile the major current issues in the fields. The course uses a Bible-based and Christ-centred approach to expose students to various areas of missiology such as the history of missions – special attention will be given to the major shifts in the history of the 21st–century missions; Biblical theologies of mission; understanding of mission its various dimensions; mission praxes and new issues affecting the missions of the church in the Global South. By the end of this course you should be able to:

• Define the mission of God (Missio Dei) and identify its various dimensions.
• Articulate the biblical bases for engagement in the mission of God.
• Identify the implications of major global trends for the mission strategy of twenty-first-century churches.
• Identify new missional challenges for the church in the Global South and develop Bible-based, Christ-centred theological responses.
• Describe the missions' strategies and methods of a church or a Christian organisation in your local context.