Mission agency leaders from around the world will gather in Tokyo May 11-14 for a global mission consultation.
According to David Taylor of the Global Network of Mission Structures, the hope is that this gathering will lead to greater coordination of agencies. “The exciting potential is there: if mission agencies work together, we could see for the first time in history all peoples fully engaged with evangelism, church planting and disciple making efforts,” he writes in the March-April edition of Mission Frontiers.
Taylor says the agency leaders expected at Tokyo 2010 will represent 150,000 missionaries on the field and be responsible for deploying 50,000 more workers over the next 10 years.
Global gatherings such as Tokyo 2010 are significant because they often affect trends in missions work for years to come. Research presented could impact the placement of future missionaries, as well as the role that short-term missions plays in various agencies.
The meeting theme is “Making Disciples of Every People in Our Generation.” Organizers want to emphasize the strengthening of missions movements in the non-Western world. Therefore, two-thirds of all delegates will be from non-Western mission agencies.
Attendance is limited to those individuals commissioned as delegates from their organization. Tokyo 2010 is being coordinated by the U.S. Center for World Missions in Pasadena, CA. Additional information can be acquired by calling 626-398-2134 or on the web at http://www.tokyo2010.org/.
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