Practitioners and scholars from around the world explore the church’s role in forming healthy individuals, families, and communities across the globe and throughout history.
The Missiology Lectures 2021 will be a global, multidisciplinary exploration of the mission of creating healthy individuals, families, communities, and societies, and the church’s role in this process.
Miroslav Volf reflects on God’s mission to make God’s home in the world and among the wholeness of creation and all its creatures.
+ WatchIn this session of the 2021 Missiology Lectures, “Healing in the History of Christianity,” Kimberly Alexander gives an overview of the theology and ministry practices associated with healing in the long history of the Christianity.
+ WatchManoj Kurian, Martha Mwendafilumba, and Michael Soderling discuss the church’s role in providing access to medical care and public health resources across the globe in this panel discussion moderated by Erik Aasland.
+ WatchOpoku Onyinah, Elizabeth Salazar-Sanzana, and Sung-Deuk Oak reflect on the church’s role in health and healing from their respective perspectives and contexts in Africa, Latin America, and Asia in this panel discussion moderated by Erik Aasland.
+ WatchIn his closing remarks to the 2021 Missiology Lectures, Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado shares some key practices of effective churches and emphasizes the importance and centrality of intimacy with Jesus.
+ WatchFuller’s School of Mission and Theology’s 2021 Missiology Lectures centered on the theme “Re-envisioning the Mission of Health: A Global Invitation to Heal and Thrive in Crisis” and were organized by Fuller professors Alexia Salvatierra, Pamela Ebstyne King, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, and Kirsteen Kim.