Abstract:
There is a growing consensus among mission experts about the value of collaborative ministry as one of the current trends in mission today. This is born out of the realization that the missionary mandate of Christ–“Go make disciples of all nations”(Matthew 28: 19)–is addressed to all christians by virtue of our baptism. As the Vatican II document put it,“the church on earth by its very nature is missionary”(Ad Gentes Divinitus, No. 2;
