The Impact of Globalization on Church Mission in Zambia: Some African Perspectives. (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kangwa, Jonathan
• Is Part Of: International review of mission. Volume 105:Number 1(2016:Apr.)
• Page Start: 131
• Page End: 146
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Mission of the church -- Periodicals; Missions -- Periodicals; 266.005
• DOI: 10.1111/irom.12124
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-8582

Abstract

Abstract: This article builds on the theme of a symposium held in October 2015 for female church workers in the United Church of Zambia in Kabwe, Zambia, and devoted to the impact of globalization on mission. The article discusses the effects of globalization on missionary activities in Zambia and offers some background to both the tensions and the opportunities that arise when doing mission in an Africa that is part of a globalized world. It discusses some insights that have emerged from the symposium with specific reference to the challenges faced by women doing mission in a globalized Zambian context. It concludes that globalization is setting the agenda for how mission should be done. To be relevant to Zambians, the church should seriously engage with the challenges and opportunities presented by the current uni‐directional globalization to make it into an instrument of liberation rather than a force of oppression.