Intercultural theology and contextualising mission

Contextual mission is essential and biblical, and we must shape our understanding of contextual mission through intercultural conversations. Intercultural theology, mission studies, and World Christianity can inform and enrich our approaches to contextual mission. Our missiology and missionary practices are integral and transformational when we embrace intercultural approaches to contextual mission.
Henning Wrogemann defines intercultural theology this way. “Intercultural theology reflects the missionary/ boundary-crossing interactions of the Christian witness of faith motivated by the claim to universal validity of its message of salvation. In the interplay between the respective cultural, religious, societal, and other contexts and actors, these interactions lead to the formation of multiple strands of local Christianities . . . This definition interweaves the subject areas of mission, culture, and religions. It expresses the conviction that the missionary impulse of the universal Christian message has always led and will always lead to the Christian message crossing boundaries (of all kinds). Mission is the driving force behind intercultural theology.”1
World Christianity and intercultural theology can inform and shape our approaches to contextual and integral mission.