IACM SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

1) To foster fellowship among Catholic missiologists, thus encouraging them to contribute personally and collectively to the fulfillment of the objectives of the Association.

2) To promote scholarly studies of questions relating to the missionary nature and activity of the Church, encouraging theologians in their delicate work of developing an inculturated theology, carried out with courage, in faithfulness to the Church’s tradition and in full ecclesial communion (cf. Ecclesia in Asia, 22).

3) To contribute to the content and quality of missiological education and formation, not only in Catholic academic Faculties and Institutes dedicated to this specialization, but also in programs for the initial and continuing formation of the clergy, religious and laity in the local Churches.

4) To be at the service of the diverse local Churches in their mission of evangelizing all peoples and all human situations.

5) To identify, investigate and analyze the missionary challenges present in both perduring and newly emerging human contexts.

6) To further biblical, theological, historical, pastoral, religio-cultural and social science studies related to the evangelizing mission of the Church;

7) To promote mutually enriching relationships with other Christian missiologists and with other scholars dedicated to of mission related studies.

8) To organize academic encounters (scientific congresses, symposia, workshops, etc.) on missiological questions of current and fundamental importance.

9) To cooperate with existing missiological reviews, by means of articles produced by its members, and eventually publish its own Bulletin or Review.