A new model for ecumenical mission has emerged in the 1990s based on the metaphor of networking, the concept of civil society, and the institutional form of the non-governmental organization (NGO). The constituent elements of this approach to mission and a few contexts (local and global) in which it is already in evidence are described. The model is then evaluated and suggestions are made for how this conceptual tool might best be applied.
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