The Digital Frontier of Mission White Paper
This report is designed to provide preliminary findings, both from existing literature and initial field research, to understand the landscape of the church’s participation in the mission of God (missio Dei) in digital places and spaces. This report’s preliminary findings, recommendations, and conclusions are just that––preliminary. They are put forward in an attempt to initiate a broader conversation around the digital mission that considers the perspectives and practices of many rather than providing exhaustive and universally applicable conclusions set in stone. The belief that underlies this research endeavor is that ongoing collaboration, as guided by the leading of the Holy Spirit, is essential to understand how to minister to people in digital spaces.
This report is designed to provide preliminary findings, both from existing literature and initial field research, to understand the landscape of the church’s participation in the mission of God (missio Dei) in digital places and spaces. This report’s preliminary findings, recommendations, and conclusions are just that––preliminary. They are put forward in an attempt to initiate a broader conversation around the digital mission that considers the perspectives and practices of many rather than providing exhaustive and universally applicable conclusions set in stone. The belief that underlies this research endeavor is that ongoing collaboration, as guided by the leading of the Holy Spirit, is essential to understand how to minister to people in digital spaces.
This report is designed to provide preliminary findings, both from existing literature and initial field research, to understand the landscape of the church’s participation in the mission of God (missio Dei) in digital places and spaces. This report’s preliminary findings, recommendations, and conclusions are just that––preliminary. They are put forward in an attempt to initiate a broader conversation around the digital mission that considers the perspectives and practices of many rather than providing exhaustive and universally applicable conclusions set in stone. The belief that underlies this research endeavor is that ongoing collaboration, as guided by the leading of the Holy Spirit, is essential to understand how to minister to people in digital spaces.