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Global Glimpses of Jesus: The Intersection of Art, Mission and Theology

Centre for Ministry 16 Masons Drive, North Parramatta

  Artists have portrayed Jesus as black, white, Chinese,among others, and occasionally as a Jew. With the global spread of the Gospel, the biblical story has entered new cultures and artists have responded by depicting the biblical narratives in their artistic vernacular. What does this wonderful diversity of representation suggest about our theology and what...

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The New Normal? Christian mission in a (post-)COVID world

Bishop Vincent Long from the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta and Dr Jay Matenga, Executive Director of WEA Mission Commission, will both address this theme via Zoom. A Zoom link has been circulated via email to our regular AAMS-NSW members and friends. AAMS members are welcome to join us from across Australia and should receive notification...

An Embedded Australian Pentecostal Missiology

Alphacrucis 30 Cowper Street, Parramatta

Pentecostal Missiology in Australia has been critiqued on various counts, for preferencing the importance of growth over discipleship, for attractional methods and for emphasis on emotionalism. This presentation explores the usefulness of ethnography for reviewing Pentecostal practice. If mission truly is the mother of theology, this presentation shares how Aboriginal-led Pentecostal missiology may be rewriting...