His Beatitude Patriarch of Romania Daniel

Orthodox Perspectives on Mission

Evangelism & Missions

“Since the late nineteenth century, and more recently through the World Council of Churches, Orthodox and Western leaders have engaged in fruitful dialogue resulting in the development of the prevailing missio Dei paradigm. Orthodox theologians' critique of the Western missionary enterprise often arises from bitter experience of being targets of it and has challenged Western mission practice to demonstrate humility and solidarity and to be theologically based. Many Orthodox churches are oppressed minorities, and few have the resources to publish internationally, so we are deeply grateful to Professor Vassiliadis for bringing together this wonderful collection of key and authoritative sources for Orthodox missiology and for so ably setting the context in his Introduction. This will be a rare and invaluable sourcebook for many years to come.”