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Mission Theological Advisory Group (MTAG)

The Mission Theological Advisory Group is a partnership between the Church of England's Mission and Public Affairs Division and the Churches' Commission on Mission (CCOM) of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI). MTAG's membership reflects its ecumenical nature and brings together people from Wales, Scotland, Ireland and England.

MTAG offers advice to the churches on matters affecting the mission of the whole Church. Its particular interest is in the relationship between the gospel we are called to proclaim and the western culture where we proclaim it. MTAG publications and resources are relevant to anyone interested in Christian mission and gospel and culture issues.

MTAG creates links with other groups and agencies involved in mission theology and has a special relationship with the Forum for Culture and Interface within the Methodist Church.

The point of contact for MTAG is:

Dr Anne Richards
Mission Theology Adviser
Mission and Public Affairs Division
Archbishops' Council of the Church of England
Church House
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3NZ
anne.richards@c-of-e.org.uk

Resources from MTAG include

The Search for Faith and the Witness of the Church (Church House Publishing 1996)

This book looks at five areas of modern life: belonging, implicit religion, contemporary spirituality, science and faith, and the history of ideas, and asks whether people find it harder today to commit to Christian faith and whether our mission really addresses modern concerns.

The Toronto Blessing, an exploration of the issues (out of print)

What are we to make of the phenomenon of the Toronto Blessing? Was it a gift from God, a work of the Devil or just people getting hysterical? For more information contact info@mission.c-of-e.org.uk.

Presence and Prophecy: a heart for mission in theological education (Church House Publishing 2002)

This report looks at the challenges modern western culture presents to mission and at the styles of teaching and learning most appropriate to equipping people for effective mission. What does it mean to look at theological education subjects through a mission lens, - and what does effective theological education offer back as challenge to the way we understand mission?

Presence and Prophecy, Study Guide by Simon Barrow (Church House Publishing 2002)

Transparencies, pictures of mission through prayer and reflection (Church House Publishing 2002)

Through prayer, poems, theological reflections and group activities, Transparencies engages with such contemporary themes as the Harry Potter books, Sister Wendy, the Muppets and the Bluewater Shopping Centre.

Our current work includes looking at how people experience the world through their human senses and experience God at work in their lives.

Links:

CTBI/CCOM

Methodist Church

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