Book Description
This study explores the interrelationships between local church participation in cross-cultural mission, Ugandan cross-cultural mission engagement, and the missional formation of church leaders through theological training institutions. Its goal is to establish a program at Uganda Martyrs Seminary Namugongo (UMSN) that encourages and equips future Anglican Church of Uganda (CoU) clergy to lead their congregations in cross-cultural mission engagement across East Africa. Relevant precedent literature is examined to identify essential biblical, missiological, and praxeological principles that demonstrate God's purposes for local churches and church leaders to be involved in mission outreach that transcends tribal, ethnic, or cultural frontiers. The significant potential of CoU churches in this work across East Africa is then established. Data from UMSN alumni and Ugandan mission experts--collected through surveys, focus groups, and semi-structured interviews--reveal that this potential remains largely unrealized because many CoU clergy are not convinced of God's commitment and call to cross-cultural mission engagement through their local church ministries. Theological training institutions represent a substantial opportunity for personal missional transformation in students before they graduate to serve in local church leadership. This study, therefore, presents a semester-long, five-stage, small-group cocurricular program at UMSN called Martyrs Mission Fellowship, which is designed to encourage and equip UMSN students to engage in cross-cultural mission leadership across East Africa in their future CoU ministries. In this way, the study seeks to contribute to the ongoing development of a Ugandan cross-cultural mission movement.
