Global Mission
Global Mission is the frontline arm of Adventist Mission, an office of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s world headquarters. The organization sends volunteer missionaries, typically for one or two years, to reach people in areas of the world where there are no Seventh-day Adventist members. Together Global Mission pioneers and cross-cultural Seventh-day Adventist missionaries are working to "Tell the World" about the love of Christ in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places.
Global Mission was voted at the 1990 General Conference Session as a special initiative to reach people in the so-called 10/40 Window with the Gospel. Typically Global Mission pioneers work within their culture and language group. Unlike typical missionaries they already know the culture, and are thus more easily accepted by the community.
Study centers
Global Mission has created study centers around the world to investigate people and belief systems in order to more effectively share the message of Jesus with them. There are centers specializing in the study of Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, secularism/postmodernism and Islam. These are named the Global Center For Adventist-Muslim Relations led by Jerald Whitehouse, World Jewish Friendship Center led by Richard Elofer, Buddhist Study Center led by Scott Griswold, Hindu Study Center led by G. R. Mohan Roy, and The Centre for Secular and Postmodern Studies directed by James Coffin.
See also
- Adventist Mission
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
External links
- global-mission.org, official website
- Adventist Mission, parent office
Recommended
Related journals:
- Shabbat Shalom: The Journal of Jewish-Christian Reconciliation, ed. Jacques B. Doukhan