All Are Called

“What’s the point of the church being a global family if we never listen to one another? Or worse, if only some members of the family get to do all the talking? It is vital that the voices of the global church are heard by those in the western churches who have tended to listen only to themselves – especially when those voices are speaking from the cutting edge of the church’s mission. So I heartily commend the vision and intentions of this project. Christopher J. H. Wright, Langham Partnership Mission is about encounters and participating in what God is doing to bring about God’s kingdom. The new Global Voices Series is a wonderful project that gives voice to those who have been engaged in God’s mission for many decades, but whose voices have not yet been heard in much of the world. Through these books, God’s people will be challenged and encouraged to think about and to practice mission in transformative ways; we will hear God’s call anew in the unique contexts these texts reflect and we will learn how to participate again in our service to the kingdom of Christ. Rosalee Velloso Ewell, PhD, Principal, Redcliffe College Executive Director, Theological Commission, World Evangelical Alliance The books in this collection expose us to connected themes which provide a foundational canvas for Christianity throughout the world. They approach mission as a challenging invitation to be born again, to break paradigms, to rupture with and change the cultural perspectives with which one perceives the world – our “Worldviews”. They also highlight the need for a profound transformation of our understanding of the Great Commission, suggesting that this is more than just a cross-cultural task, but that it also includes labouring to manifest the Kingdom of God in our daily life space, within our families and our workplaces. Finally, the books in this series also present a valuable approach that broadens the concept of mission itself: salvation through rebirth cannot be merely understood anthropocentrically. Its blessing must reach all of creation. It becomes clear that to fulfil the cultural mandate of Gen. 2:15 it is also necessary to know and understand the functioning of creation as an ecosystem. Marina da Silva, Former Brazilian Senator, Minister of Environment and 2018 Presidential candidate I have often lamented the fact that much of the most ground-breaking contextual theology is being done in languages that are largely inaccessible to the majority of the world's theologians. I have also often encouraged younger theologians that, instead of learning the classic languages of French and German, they should learn Spanish, or Korean, or Tagalog, or Indonesian. While learning these languages – or some of them – is still necessary today, Regnum Books is providing a great service to the future of theology by inaugurating this series in which hitherto inaccessible, major theological and missiological works will be translated into English. This is one of the most exciting projects that I have ever heard about, and one that has the potential to change the face of theology in our time. Now we are much closer to listening to all the voices!”

Stephen Bevans