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Melbourne School of Theology

Introducing in 2021 the new

Centre for Missional Engagement

The Need

Global-regional-national-local opportunities for engagement in God’s mission continue to increase as the contexts continue to change. MST & Eastern College Australia desire to equip missional practitioners, mindful that the realities of post-Christendom, post-colonial – and now, post-Covid-19 – contexts are overlaid with inherited assumptions, theological justifications, organisational systems, processes and language that are dominated in part by the older Christendom paradigm. The Centre for Missional Engagement (CME) will provide a forum to meet, discuss, learn together, engage in thought-leadership, and envision new and renewed directions and language around missional thinking and organisational leadership.

Upcoming Event

Leonard Buck Lecture

God on the Move:
A Theology & Missiology
for an Age of Migration

Speaker: Dr Sam George

Presented by
Dr Sam George

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Check out our most recent talks!

The Context

Missional leaders and practitioners are beginning to consider their need to re-conceptualise their understanding of mission, and to engage in conversation, research, study and networking aimed at reflecting upon, and reframing the conversation about missional life and leadership.  This includes the need to consider the terminology used in mission—what is adding value and what is a distraction. Significant shifts are taking place that affect mission leaders and these include:
 
  1. the content of mission changing from, ostensibly, ‘evangelism and discipleship’ to a much more holistic integration of Christian identity, with significant implications for how the proclamation and demonstration of the gospel is infused into far broader domains of life, including vocation, social change, education, relationships, stewardship, justice, community and creation care

  2. the means of mission shifting from well-equipped specialist mission agencies to multifaceted and collaborative partnerships, with significant implications around organisational systems design, and generational and cultural changes in leadership language

  3. the context for mission moving from a focus on ‘sending’ (traditionally, from ‘the West to the rest’) to ‘everyone-to-everywhere,’ with new models and approaches of partnering and collaboration with the church as God’s primary instrument for mission; and

  4. the attitude in mission moving from Western-Enlightenment-Christendom to a complex post-Christendom outlook; and

  5. the language of mission is diversifying from primarily being held in English to a plethora of languages of the world. All of these shifts affect the prevailing understanding of mission for practitioners of mission and mission agencies.

The Aim

The need and context are the backdrop for the purpose of the Centre. It is an intentional place and space that is agile, paying particular attention to how missional engagement in inspirational and global spaces is brought into focus in all aspects of life and ministry. It is where fresh thinking and redefining and reassessing mission in Australian and regional contexts is encouraged and developed.

Centre for Missional Engagement

Team

Dr Kirk Franklin

Lecturer in Missional Leadership and Centre for Missional Engagement
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Dr David Ng

Lecturer in Intercultural Studies and Program Leader for Master of Missional Leadership
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Tim Meyers - Executive Principal

Rev Tim Meyers

Executive Principal
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Want to get in contact with the Centre for Missional Engagement. Then email us at cme@mst.edu.au.

CME IS A CENTRE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AT MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & EASTERN COLLEGE AUSTRALIA

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MST is approved to deliver courses of the Australian College of Theology including the diploma, undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate qualifications offered by MST.

These are self-accredited by the ACT under the authority of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA).

 

Melbourne School of Theology is an Affiliated College of the Australian College of Theology, CRICOS:02650E

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Melbourne School of Theology is a non-denominational Bible college, based in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Since 1920, MST has been passionate about training those with a heart for ministry and mission with a solid Biblical grounding in God’s Word.

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