Guest Editorial: Mission on the Move

Abstract

People on the Move has become a contemporary global reality. Christian migration and diaspora communities have played a greater strategic role in the spread of Christianity than the organized mission efforts and strategies in its history, despite the fact that all missionaries are migrants too. Where Christianity grows, it pushes people outward to other parts of the world, whether it be through trade, work, education, family, charity, or survival. Now with churches in every nation on the planet, Christian migrants and their progenies are remaking Christianity globally. The notion of some form of displacement appears throughout the Bible, and we must put on diaspora spectacles to grasp its narrative and innate missional thrust. The people on the move see that God is on the move, and they are at the forefront of the makeover of Christian mission globally. Yes, mission is on the move!