Associate Professor, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
The advent of digital communications technologies within a short period has rapidly increased the degree of connectedness. The ability to access, share, and contribute to the flow of information is continually expanding. This complex and increased connectedness will continue to rise in the coming years and revolutionize how we interact with others and the world. This paper contributes to reimagining mission given this context, it argues that in the current milieu it should be oriented towards interconnectivity, exacerbated by the era of globalization that contributed to an increased of connections that has exponentially accelerated cultural exchanges. Using a qualitative method of contextual analysis, this study seeks to understand how the complexities of contemporary realities shape mission. This paper explores the crucial shifts in paradigms in missiology, a perspective change from Church-centered (
Mission, Communio, Interconnectivity, Missio Dei, Paradigm Shifts