Edinburgh 2010: Witnessing to Christ in Humility and Hope

Abstract

The Edinburgh 2010 project serves as a platform to engage all churches in the centenary celebrations of the World Missionary Conference and rethink their commitment to mission as a consequence. It is inevitable that comparisons will arise but, lest mistakes repeat themselves, it is worth recognising how the missionary era has dramatically changed so that our sense of nostalgia is tempered with a dosage of realism about the present, especially when diversity and decline are often present. Hope for a better future is possible if we better understand what it is that we wish to remember about the past and what exactly we welcome about the present.