A Just Mission: Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality
Written by Mekdes Haddis
Narrated by Mekdes Haddis
()
About this audiobook
Western mission often still centers the senders, without as much understanding of the experiences of the receivers. Mekdes Haddis, an Ethiopian now living in the United States, provides a postcolonial critique of Western mission, upending the white savior complex and arguing for a more globally just approach. A Just Mission examines evangelical mission from the perspective of the receiver, highlighting areas of weakness and naming injustices.
Unveiling the negative impact of Western mission on the global church, Haddis addresses how white supremacy infiltrates and subverts mission organizations' good intentions, disrupting grassroots missions and local leadership development. Weaving together theology and Scripture with stories from people of color and diaspora groups, A Just Mission offers hope that the mission and message of Jesus can indeed become good news for all.
Mekdes Haddis
Mekdes Haddis is the founder and executive coach of Just Missions, an online community for missionaries, mission professionals, and ministry leaders seeking a more just approach to global mission. She is also project director for an effort working on racial justice and reconciliation. She has been a consultant and on staff with churches and nonprofit organizations in discipleship and outreach. She and her family live in South Carolina.
Related to A Just Mission
Related audiobooks
Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0: Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness and Justice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kingdom and Country: Following Jesus in the Land that You Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSubversive Witness: Scripture's Call to Leverage Privilege Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Faithful Antiracism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rediscipling the White Church: From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Loving Disagreement: Fighting for Community through the Life of the Spirit Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Building a Multiethnic Church: A Gospel Vision of Grace, Love, and Reconciliation in a Divided World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Join the Resistance: Step into the Good Work of Kingdom Justice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBuried Seeds: Learning from the Vibrant Resilience of Marginalized Christian Communities Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBecoming All Things: How Small Changes Lead To Lasting Connections Across Cultures Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ecosystems of Jubilee: Economic Ethics for the Neighborhood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Intensional: Kingdom Ethnicity in a Divided World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Next Sunday: An Honest Dialogue About the Future of the Church Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church Right Where You Are Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Uncommon Church: Community Transformation for the Common Good Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDivided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seeking Refuge: On the Shores of the Global Refugee Crisis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Effective Intercultural Evangelism: Good News in a Diverse World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Color of Compromise: Audio Lectures: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Heart of Racial Justice (IVP Signature Collection Edition): How Soul Change Leads to Social Change Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Church of Us vs. Them: Freedom from a Faith That Feeds on Making Enemies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What Jesus Intended: Finding True Faith in the Rubble of Bad Religion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hope in Disarray: Piecing Our Lives Together in Faith Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sacred Overlap: Learning to Live Faithfully in the Space Between Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Christianity For You
Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Divorce Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Grief Observed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mere Christianity Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Garden Within: Where the War with Your Emotions Ends and Your Most Powerful Life Begins Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Holy Bible in Audio - King James Version: The Complete Old & New Testament Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Weight of Glory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Four Loves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Little Book of Letting Go Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Switch on Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership 25th Anniversary: Follow Them and People Will Follow You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: Third Edition with Bonus Content, New Reflections Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for A Just Mission
0 ratings0 reviews