Moscow Centre for Mission Studies

Colleagues!

I have the honour to report you that with the blessing of Patriarch Alexey II here in Moscow we have started the activity of the Centre for Mission Studies, which is aimed to develop and to introduce in Russia a course on the foundations of scientific missiology for civil and religious colleges and to unite the efforts of academic and theological scholars to develop a new for our country field - mission studies as academic discipline.

We hope that the science of missiology will open a new horizons for inter-confessional and inter-religious dialogue and cooperation, will allow us to use the experience of the missionary organizations and societies in other countries in resolving a social and national conflicts, in charitable and peacemaking activity, to use an achievements of science and new information technologies in missionary activity. Hopefully we will be able to establish the links and cooperation between missiological centres and schools, to organize an exchange programs for scholars, students and other information.

We’d like to ask our colleagues-missiologists to share with us their plans and information about conferences and seminars, scholarships and grants, programs and projects for 2000/2001 .

Respectfully yours,

Director of the Centre for Mission Studies in Moscow

Rev. Dr. Sergei Shirokov

Russia, 101000, Moscow, Maliy Spasoglinischevsky per. 2/4, ap.318