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thumbThe Centre for Missional Leadership (CML) is a theological centre specialising in applied theology. It is based in Watford, 20 miles northwest of central London. CML teaches applied theology with the aim of equipping Christians for practical evangelism. Located on the Watford High Street, CML is an urban centre for Christian learning in the fields of applied theology and Christian mission. The centre trains Christians for ministries that are both in and outside the church. Many non-church ministries have been developing over recent years.〔http://www.reclaim7mountains.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=39377&columnid=4347〕 ==Workplace ministry== Movements that aim to equip people in the workplace are trying to create a shift in attitude from seeing work as a "necessary evil" to a vehicle for evangelism.〔conversation.lausanne.org/conversations/detail/10380〕 CML rejects what it believes to be a false dichotomy and dualism of the sacred and secular divides.〔 An early proponent of this thinking was the theologian John Stott who, through his seminal work with the Lausanne movement, sought to affirm belief in the central calling to ministry and mission of all Christians, regardless of their field of work. Stott wrote: “Every honourable work should be seen by Christians as some kind of co-operation with God, in which we share with Him in the transformation of the world which He has made and committed to our care”.〔Stott, 1991, p. 148〕 A particular expression of Stott’s thinking reached culmination in the founding of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC) in 1982,〔http://www.licc.org.uk〕 now led by Mark Greene who has been a visiting lecturer at CML. The aim of LICC is to encourage evangelical Christians to put all areas of their lives under belief in the lordship of Jesus Christ. C. S. Lewis is said to have spoken enthusiastically about William Tyndale's rejection of the secular/sacred divide.〔http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/2006/issue89/7.32.html〕 This is based on the Puritan ideals of leading an ordered and disciplined life that integrates both secular and religious aspects. The Business as Mission Movement also aims to equip Christians in the workplace.〔http://www.lausanne.org/issue-business-as-mission/overview.html〕 The movement was inspired by YWAM and aims to provide resources for Christians to live out their faith in all aspects of life and to have purpose, perspective and impact that glorifies the Kingdom of God.〔http://www.businessasmission.com/about.html〕 CML was also influenced by the "Seven Mountains Movement" that emerged after a meeting in 1973 between Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ (CCCI), and Loren Cunningham, founder of Youth with a Mission (YWAM). A consensus emerged from their meeting stating that if post-modern secular western countries where going to be re-evangelised, then the wider church needed to take seriously sending advocates into various secular spheres rather than encouraging them to leave such spheres of influence and serve the church. This was not a negative attitude towards the church, but it recognised that the church had retreated from cultural engagement and aimed to face the issue. Seven areas of strategic influence were highlighted, namely arts and entertainment, business, education, family, church, government and the media. These fields are seen as particular culture shapers that are especially influential within the post-modern era. As the Seven Mountains movement emerged, the church was encouraged to repent for its retreat from these places of influence and instead infiltrate and permeate these areas as strategic mission outposts.〔 There has also been criticism that the church is out of touch with the pressures that people in secular jobs face.〔Thank God it's Monday, Mark Greene〕 There have been efforts to educate church leaders about this concern, such as the third Lausanne congress in Cape Town 2010. CML is in the Evangelical tradition and non-denominational and works with people from a number of denominations. It is part of the London School of Theology, the largest Evangelical theological college in Europe.〔http://www.lst.ac.uk/smartweb/history/history〕 The Evangelical tradition places emphasis on personal conversion, sharing the Gospel, belief in the inerrancy of the Bible and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as being historical events. The college aims specifically to equip people for whole-life discipleship as reflected in courses such as Mission and Bible Overview. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Centre for Missional Leadership」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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