2026 CONFERENCE THEME
Theological Anthropology for Missional Engagement
Theological Anthropology for Missional Engagement
3909 Swiss Ave, Dallas, TX 75204
This year’s theme “Theological Anthropology for Missional Engagement” is central to missiological reflection and practice, since acts of gospel witness, service, and cultural engagement all rest on assumptions about human identity, dignity, and destiny. In a rapidly changing world—marked by shifting views of spirituality, ethnicity, gender, technology, and ecology—the church must embrace a biblically faithful and missionally engaged understanding of the imago Dei.
At the heart of this year’s theme is the exploration of Imago Dei in missional engagement—how human dignity, human rights, and gospel witness flow from being created in God’s image. This perspective grounds reflection on the meaning of being human and how the imago Dei shapes evangelism, discipleship, community, and global mission
Past Conferences
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2025
Ecclesiology and Mission
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2024
New Frontiers in Missiology
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2023
Educating for Contemporary Mission
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2022
Reconciliation: God's Mission through Missions for All
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2021
Communication(s) and Mission
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2020
The Past and Future of Evangelical Mission
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2019
Mission Amid Global Crises
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2018
Mission and Evangelism in a Secularizing World
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2017
Engaging theology, theologians, theological education in (or from) majority world contexts.
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2016
Missions and the Local Church
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2015
Controversies in Mission