Category: Interculturality
Hope for L4: Transcending Differences for the Comm...
Posted by Jay Matenga | Sep 7, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Leadership, Mission, Narratives, Navigation, Relationships, Strategy | 0
Emissaries of the Way
Posted by Jay Matenga | Jul 7, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Mission, Narratives, Relationships, Strategy, Theory | 0
Joining The Faith
Posted by Jay Matenga | Jun 25, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Mission, Narratives, Navigation, Relationships, Theory | 0
Co-Creating Safety
Posted by Jay Matenga | Jun 7, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Leadership, Member Care, Mission, Narratives, Navigation, Relationships, Strategy, Theory | 0
Yielding To Gravity
Posted by Jay Matenga | May 7, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Leadership, Mission, Narratives, Relationships, Strategy, Theory | 0
Personal Reflections on Lausanne 4
by Jay Matenga | Oct 14, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Leadership, Mission, Mobilisation, Narratives, Navigation, Relationships, Strategy, Theory | 0
In this post I reflect back on my experience of Lausanne 4. While there is much to celebrate about the event, the motives of the Lausanne executives made explicit throughout it left much to be desired. After noting highlights, I examine some of the things that concerned me most.
Read MoreHope for L4: Transcending Differences for the Common Cause of Christ
by Jay Matenga | Sep 7, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Leadership, Mission, Narratives, Navigation, Relationships, Strategy | 0
The fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization is rapidly approaching. This is the first time I am participating. While I have appreciated the resulting documents from the past three, I am aware of the contention around their forming. This is my hope for Lausanne 4.
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by Jay Matenga | Jul 7, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Mission, Narratives, Relationships, Strategy, Theory | 0
In the tussle between liberalism and conservatism in Christian witness, there is a midway that holds the tension between the two, but Scripture (assuming its authority) repeated reinforces a non-negotiable in and out criteria for those who dwell in the Kingdom, shalom, New Jerusalem… New Creation.
Read MoreJoining The Faith
by Jay Matenga | Jun 25, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Mission, Narratives, Navigation, Relationships, Theory | 0
Can we accept Jesus and not feel the need to adopt the Judeo-Christian religious history contained in the Bible? To conservative Western Christians this seems a no-brainer, but to indigenous followers of Jesus the answer is not so straightforward. In this post I tackle it from a Māori Christian perspective.
Read MoreCo-Creating Safety
by Jay Matenga | Jun 7, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Leadership, Member Care, Mission, Narratives, Navigation, Relationships, Strategy, Theory | 0
Psalm 34:4-7 speaks of the Lord’s salvation. To illustrate the real-world meaning I share from the homily I presented at my uncle’s funeral. The subject leads me to call out those among us who threaten safety, especially of the young and vulnerable. We must remain diligent in our protection of one another.
Read MoreYielding To Gravity
by Jay Matenga | May 7, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Leadership, Mission, Narratives, Relationships, Strategy, Theory | 0
How do we maintain “unity of mind, thought, and purpose” as we participate in God’s mission? It can seem to be an impossible ask in contexts of diversity. But harmony starts with our commitment to allow ‘others’ to express their faith in contextual terms, within the gravity and boundaries of being “in-Christ”.
Read MoreDamaging Detachment
by Jay Matenga | Apr 7, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Leadership, Narratives, Relationships | 0
What does it look like to co-create New Creation? It does not look like clinically undermining a suffering part of the global Church from a detached distance that’s for sure. This post argues that healthy contextualisation and intercultural intelligence is required to co-create New Creation.
Read MoreWhose Side Are You On?
by Jay Matenga | Jan 7, 2024 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Leadership, Mission, Narratives, Navigation, Relationships, Strategy, Theory | 0
In a world marked by conflicts, it is appropriate to ask “whose side are you on?” as we start a new year. The question arises from Joshua 5 and this post is a prelude to a longer 2023 Leader’s Missions Forecast essay distributed to the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission network.
Read MoreAntichrist
by Jay Matenga | Dec 7, 2023 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Leadership, Mission, Narratives, Relationships, Strategy | 0
Death is associated with separation, so too the antichrist/s. Anger is associated with separation which can lead to death if it is not well processed. It is transformational if it is well processed. Protest can be a legitimate expression of anger, but ultimately our aim should always be to process toward reconciliation.
Read MoreToxic Goodness
by Jay Matenga | Nov 7, 2023 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Leadership, Mission, Narratives, Relationships | 0
In a world being ripped apart before our very eyes we could all use a bit of love, faith, and peace right now. But there’s a reason for the dysfunction we see around us and it is called Sin. That’s not a popular opinion these days, but what if Sin was simply the imposition of good upon others? This post explores that very question.
Read MoreUnbroken Weave
by Jay Matenga | Oct 7, 2023 | All Posts, Interculturality, Leadership, Mission, Narratives, Navigation, Relationships, Strategy, Theory | 0
When Jesus prayed “that they all be one” (John 17) we interpret that one-ness in all manner of ways that fail to match our lived reality. But if we understanding it to mean an inseparable family bonded in/by the blood of Jesus (via faith in/allegiance to Him) our reality matches perfectly: warts and all. The challenge then remains: how to align.
Read MoreTidal Adaptations
by Jay Matenga | Aug 7, 2023 | All Posts, Featured, Interculturality, Leadership, Mission, Navigation, Relationships, Strategy | 0
When it comes to effective outreach ministry, context is crucial. The gospel seed sprouts best in well prepared soil. As formerly Christianised nations became more secular, individualistic, and drift from traditional moralities there is an urgent need for us to adapt well to the changed tide, but rarely are we doing it well.
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