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The Process of Theologizing in Mission

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Charles Van Engen

and in part by Shawn Redford.

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The Four

Domains

Each domain is a sphere of knowledge, influence,

activity and relationships.

WORD

CHURCH

WORLD

PILGRIMAGE

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The BibleOld TestamentNew Testament

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1. The Bible: The Process of Theologizing in Mission is primarily based upon the Bible. The Bible tells of the in-breaking of God throughout human history. The Bible informs us about the mission of God (the Missio Dei) and provides the missiological examples to follow in Jesus Christ for mission.

I: The Four Domains

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2. The Church’s Reflection: The reflection of the church has impacted the lenses (or hermeneutical approaches) that have been used to understand the Bible and mission through history. Systematic Theology is an example of a lens used in the West to understand scripture and mission.


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The Church’s Reflection

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3. Personal Experience: Those who approach the Bible and examine the story of God’s mission bring their own set of cultural and personal strengths, weaknesses, and pilgrimage. These affect the way in which scripture and mission is understood and perceived. The Bible, the church, the context, and God’s mission are all understood through personal (ethnohermeneutical) lenses.


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Personal Experience:Cultural Background, Personal

Pilgrimage, Spirituality

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4. The Context: In each unique context, mission takes place and shapes the understanding of mission and the process of theologizing in mission. The manifestation of mission and the theologizing process in mission for that context need to be contextually appropriate.


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Levels ofIntegration

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• Each circle represents a domain of missiology that provides a unique contribution for mission. The overlap of one circle with another represents a level of integration and continuity between those two domains.

• Each domain is a sphere of knowledge, influence, activity and relationships.


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II. Working with Integrating Ideas

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• Likewise the overlap of multiple circles represents a level of integration and continuity in multiple domains.

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• Jesus Christ must be at the center of all the domains of missiology, because the church’s mission is the mission of Jesus Christ (the Missio Cristi).


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5. The Integrating Idea: This is the place where all four domains of mission (Bible, Church, Person, and Context) interact and influence each other. The integrating idea contains the central themes, paradigms, perceptions, and thinking patterns that are common to all four domains.


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5. The Integrating Idea: This is the place where all four domains of mission (Bible, Church, Person, and Context) interact and influence each other. The integrating idea contains the central themes, paradigms, perceptions, and thinking patterns that are common to all four domains.


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“That women and men become disciples of Jesus Christ and responsible members of Christ’s Church.” – Donald McGavran

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Theory Action

The history,

the heart,

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6. The Holy Spirit and Prayer: From Pentecost forward, mission is the action of the Holy Spirit through the agency of the church. The water in the channel represents the place where all the theory and action of mission are saturated in the guidance of the Holy Spirit and prayer.

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7. The History of Mission Action: Everywhere you go, there exists a history of the church’s interaction with that context. There are both direct and indirect historical factors. The History of Mission Action has often been ignored in missiology. However, this is first area to work through, because throughout history people have tended to first go and do mission, and then they have realized that theyneed to theorize about their actions.

III. The History

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8. The History of Mission Theory: There is also a mission theory associated with the action, and it is this history of theory that will help guide us. The particular theological traditions (Ecumenical, Evangelical, Pentecostal/Charismatic, Orthodox, Roman Catholic) have influenced the theoretical framework that has informed mission action.

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9. The Heart of Mission Theology (The Grid): This is the point where we move from the past to the future. This is the critical integrative step. It begins to bring all of the thinking done so far into organization. It transforms and focuses our missiological reflection into issues of the mission practice. This is the move from description to prescription. The vertical aspects of God’s mission (Missio Dei, etc.) interface with the horizontal categories of human mission action (Motivation, Means, Agents, Goals, etc.) in a complex interweaving of divine and human interaction. Each square of the grid constitutes a specific missiological question with a particular emphasis.

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10. Preparation for Action. Based on the integration offered by the grid, the missiologist begins to inquire regarding the inter-relation of church and context in a specific time and place. In this new ‘here and now’ there are specific issues of the church’s missional dimension and missional intention vis-à-vis the context. For example: How is the church already engaged in mission in it’s context? What resources does the church have to carry out mission?

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11. The Missional Action: This is the action itself. The action should be consistent with the foregoing theory (developed in areas 7-10). A modified version of a Hiebert centered-set diagram is shown that depicts the church moving towards Christ and at the same time carrying out mission in the church’s context (represent by the arrow behind the churches). The one cannot exist without the other. The churches moving away from Christ are not involved in mission.

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12. Reflection on the Action: Reflection, re-examination, re-thinking, and re-conceptualizing are needed at this point. Reflection should take place addressing the consistency between the action taken and the initial conceptualization found in the integrating idea. Where there are anomalies, inconsistencies, and contradictions between the understanding of the integrating idea and the action taken, we must look more carefully. The place of the anomalies is the place where the reconceptualization begins all over again. This creates a process of action and reflection which is molded through time.

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Seen in its entirety, the Integrating Idea flows through a process (channel) that transforms it from theory into action. In this process, it is evaluated, examined, enhanced, energized, enacted, and finally reintegrated with the four original domains so that reconceptualization can take place leading towards a refinement of mission. Over time, therefore, this becomes an iterative process that is constantly making adjustments in mission theory and practice.


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The End ...

… but not really

because this

never really ends!

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THE FOUR ARENAS OF MISSIOLOGY Chuck Van Engen

THE BIBLE

Missiology is one integrated discipline.

PERSONAL SPIRITUALEXPERIENCE,PERSONAL PILGRIMAGE, SPIRITUALITY

THE CONTEXT OF THE CHURCH’SMISSIONIN THE WORLD

THECHURCH’SREFLECTION : HISTORICALANDSYSTEMATICTHEOLOGY

Missiology is centered in Jesus Christ.

JESUS CHRIST

Integrating Idea

At any particular time, space and context, a specific “integrating idea” emerges to hold together, synthesize and direct the multi-disciplinary unity of missiological action.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whosever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life.” -- Jn. 3:16

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The Hermeneutical Spiral

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Identificationwith poor

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“Development”

Preferentialoption forthe poor

Solidaritywith

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Voice of the poor =

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MarxistCategories

Socio-economic analysis

Conflict and dependency

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Hermeneuticsof suspicion -Structural ...

The poor as - active

subjectscreating history

Humanization, Salvation,

Christology, Ecclesiology,

Gospel, Spirituality

“Divine” SurfaceDiscovernew faith

dimensions

Wisdom

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Explanation:

Deepening

PraxisConverging

Deep

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Theology from Above

Theologyfrom

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Identificationwith poor

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Discovernew faith

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Preferentialoption

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Hermeneuticsof suspicion -Structural ...

The poor usactive subjectscreating history

Humanization, Salvation,Christology, Ecclesiology,

Gospel, Spirituality

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Foundational Categories of Mission Theory

Aspects of Missional Action

Missio Dei The Mission of God

Missio HominumGod’s Missional Use of Human Instruments

MissionesEcclesiarumGod’s ManyMissions Through the People of God

Missio PoliticaOecumenicaGod’s Missional Action in Global Civilization

MissioChristiGod’s Messianic Mission Through Jesus Christ

Missio Futurum/ AdventusGod’s Kingdom Mission in Future and through Advent

The Holy Spirit in Mission

The Context of Mission

The Agents of Mission

The Motives of Mission

The Means of Mission

The Methods of Mission

The Goals of Mission

The Results of Mission

Hope/Utopia of Mission

Prayer in Mission

Spiritual Power in Mission

Presence, Proclamation

Structures for Mission

Partnerships in Mission

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The Major StepsStep 1. Working with Four Domains (Circles) [Realms, Arenas]Step 2. Working with Integrating IdeasStep 3. Taking integrating idea and applying it to a particular situationStep 4. Parts 8, 9, 10

Changes to Older Naming System5. History of Mission

Historical Interaction by the Church in that Context.Who did what when where?

6. History of the Theory of Mission: Contemporary Theologies of Mission

7. Rethinking the Theory: Contextual Theology of Mission

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Slides 1-4 include all four circles and build step by step. The next four slides (5-8) add the circles as well in each step. I just drew them both ways to see what you liked. I am guessing that you would add comments here for the audience during the presentation.

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This one is like we used to have except it now has the fourth circle.

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Contextual Theology of MissionContext of MissionAgents of MissionMotives of MissionMessage of MissionMeans of MissionGoals of MissionUtopia of Mission

Results of MissionPartnership of MissionCommunity of Mission

Presence of Mission

History of Mission

of Mission:Roman Catholic, Orthodox,Evangelical, Ecumenical,Pentacostal/Charasmatic O.T.

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Biblical Theology

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Tasks, Action, Praxis,Results, Transformation.

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Missional ActionIn the world for whom Christ died!

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