The executive can appoint
IAMS Honorary Life Members as a tribute to outstanding accomplishments in
missiology and dedicated services to IAMS.
Honorary Life Members are appointed on the basis of
the following criteria:
1: |
Exceptional services
to missiology |
2: |
Exceptional services to IAMS |
3: |
Candidates should be
retired from official posts |
4: |
Candidates are to be
appointed by a unanimous decision of the Executive |
2. Entitlements
Honorary Life Members are entitled
to free membership of IAMS and free subscription to Mission Studies
3. Nomination
Any two members
of IAMS can nominate a person for Honorary Life Membership. A nomination shall
be submitted in writing to the Executive with a motivation for the nomination.
4. General guidelines
1: |
Appointment of
Honorary Life Members will take place according to a restrictive policy in
order to limit the number of such members. |
2: |
The Executive shall
seek to provide a proper continental balance in its appointments. Pursuit of
such balance is, however secondary to the stated criteria (see 1. above) |
3: |
Newly appointed
Honorary Life Members will be presented in Mission Studies. |
4: |
On the IAMS Website
each Honorary Life Members will be portrayed. |
These guidelines shall be made
known to IAMS members via the IAMS website. Any two members can at any time send
nominations to the executive for consideration.
The following persons hold status as Honorary Life Members:
Arnulf Camps
Gerald Anderson, USA
Joan Chatfield, USA
Rene Padilla, Latin America
Willem Saayman, South Africa
John Pobee, Ghana
Andrew F. Walls, Scotland
Frans J. Verstraelen, The Netherlands/Zimbabwe
Deceased Honorary Life Members:
Stanley Samartha, India (deceased, July 22, 2001)
O. G. Myklebust, Norway (deceased Autumn 2001)
Paul Rowntree Clifford,
England (deceased January 19, 2003)