Eco-farming: Down to earth missional theology Dr Matt Anslow is co-Director of the PLUNGE programme, Morling College, an eco-farmer, community organiser, musician, follower of Jesus, and Vice-President of the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand. Matt has a PhD on Matthew's Gospel and farms a property on the edge of the Blue Mountains. ...
Would you like to engage with students working in your specialist areas? Would you like to receive input from academics and peers teaching and researching in the areas of missiology and intercultural studies? AAMS announces its first webinar style Postgraduate Seminars for students and faculty with an interest in these areas, in partnership with member...
The Sydney Statement is an interfaith charter for "Building Bridges Between Believers from Different Religions". It was led by Youth PoWR (Parliament of the World’s Religions), developed over two years of consultations and drafting, and overseen by a Steering Committee of representatives from different religions, including members of peak state and national bodies. Four Sydney-based...
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...
At the World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh in 1910, race was the main way in which people were differentiated and white supremacy was assumed. However, one hundred years later, the centenary project Edinburgh2010 hardly referred to race directly. This lacuna is all the more surprising since a decade later, in 2020, race and white supremacy...
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...
Michael Bowden’s book ’Unbreakable Rock, based on his PhD awarded by the University of Divinity, will be the subject of discussion at an event hosted by AAMS Victoria. Various participants will address the themes that Michael dealt with in his book, with breakout rooms. Further details to be confirmed.
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...
Fergus King, author of a new book, A Missional Introduction to the New Testament, will join in a round table conversation with former President of the Uniting Church Assembly Dr Deidre Palmer and Rev Dr Greg Elsdon of Pilgrim Uniting Church Adelaide. A Missional Introduction to the New Testament starts with an overview of the...
The International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS) will convene for its 15th Assembly in Sydney, Australia, from July 7 to July 11, 2022. Occurring for the first time in Oceania, the IAMS Assembly will be hosted by the Australian Association for Mission Studies, and the meeting will take place at Morling College in greater Sydney....