Vol. 9 (2021): Acta Missiologiae 2021
It is a well-established praxis that the yearly published journal of our Association draws on material presented and discussed at our annual conferences. This year’s conference, “Mission Matters: Trends, Challenges, and New Perspectives in Christian Mission in Central and Eastern Europe” (23–25 February 2021) was fully online. The conference reflected upon the mission-experiences related to the pandemic. These special times continue to challenge those engaged in mission in all its dimensions (at the level of communities/churches, organization, academia) to revisit theologies of mission and identify some of the core questions: how to be present in the world, on this planet as disciples of Jesus Christ, as communities called and sent? How to be present in the midst of suffering and pain, hopelessness and sin, unjust structures and corruption? How do God’s healing, comfort, truth, love, compassion, and peace relate to mission praxis in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond?
The peer-reviewed contributions to this issue are each examples of components of public missiology: theological education, environmental concerns, politics, mission beyond the western-non-western dichotomy, and migration. In the non-peer reviewed section of this issue, we publish the re-edited text of an earlier publication by Corneliu Constantineanu. By doing so we wish to signal the impact and importance of his work and invite the reader to “listen” to his always friendly and engaging voice. He reminds of the importance of reconciliation as a missiological task in and for the societies in CEE.
