Integral Mission

Articles, letters, interviews and other interesting stuff...
Here we've collected all kinds of different recourses dealing with Integral Mission. (You will need Adobe Acrobat to view these .pdf's. If you don't have it, you can download it free by clicking here.)

What is Integral Mission by C. René Padilla
We offer this concise summary of an article which originally appeared in our blog. Here it is in .pdf form.

What is Integral Mission?

Princeton Lectures on Globalization by C. René Padilla
This is a series of lectures on Globalization and Integral Mission delivered by Dr. C. René Padilla at the end of 2005. They are an excellent treatment of the issue and well worth the read. The series contains an introduction, three lectures and a bibliography.

Introduction
The Historical Development of Globalization
Globalization and the Poor
Globalization and Integral Mission
Bibliography

An open letter from the US Conference for the World Council of Churches Porto Alegre, Brazil
A remarkable letter from U.S. Church leaders to the world assembly referencing 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. Among other things, the letter contrasts the compassionate response of many worldwide church leaders to suffering in the U.S. with a response from the U.S. that has done little except to increase suffering in the world.

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An Interview with C. René Padilla First printed in Tear Times, Tearfund's free quarterly magazine.

Spanning some of the big issues of our times, Tearfund’s International President René Padilla offers his perspective on global injustice and the systems that are mis-shaping our world.

Academic, theologian, social activist, writer, prison evangelist... no one can accuse René Padilla of letting the grass grow under his feet or of being less than forthright in his views. He's now 73 and into his seventh year as International President, but the fire within burns as brightly as ever...

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