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Foreword by the Bishop of Bristol

I wholeheartedly welcome the publication of World-shaped Mission. It provides an important assessment of the journey the Church of England has travelled in negotiating our place in the Anglican Communion and the worldwide church in the last 50 or so years as well as providing pointers for the future.

It is the fruit of a three-year process that has been driven by the World Mission and Anglican Communion Panel together with the World Mission Policy Adviser, Janice Price. At the meetings of the Panel different perspectives have been brought to the discussion from the Anglican Communion and the global church, the ministry of both of our Archbishops, our ecumenical partners, the Mission Agencies, Diocesan Companion Links, the Development network and from the life of the parishes of the Church of England. World-shaped Mission represents a weaving together of these many and diverse perspectives.

The overall message of World-shaped Mission is that the Church of England needs to move towards a greater mutuality in world mission relationships through a process of giving and receiving that enriches all and enables the church here at home to participate in God’s mission more purposefully. No one is under any illusion about how difficult this is and the deep differences that can exist between churches in different parts of the Anglican Communion. However, it is a journey that we are part of by virtue of our history and that we shall be part of into our future.

One of the greatest strengths of World-shaped Mission is that it provides a process through which parishes are enabled to build their understanding of and engagement with the church globally for the purpose of enabling our participation in God’s mission here at home.

I am grateful to my colleagues on the World Mission and Anglican Communion Panel for their support and input into this process. Together, we are grateful for the wisdom, input, hard work and good humour of Janice Price without whose know-how and effort this publication would not have taken place. We are gratefully indebted to her.

I commend World-shaped Mission to the Church of England.

The Rt Revd Mike Hill

Chair, The Anglican Communion and World Mission Panel

Mission and Public Affairs Division of the Archbishops’ Council