The terminology ‘theology’ is the combination of ‘logia’ (theory) and ‘deos’(god), meaning ‘the theory about God’. So basically the core of theology is the understanding of God. Since the view of God is important like this, it is not an exaggeration to say that the future of Christianity depends on what kind of understanding of God it has. This much important view of God is also crucial in missiology, since the understanding affects the direction of mission. For example, the purpose of mission would be different according to the understanding of God’s concern, whether it is the salvation of the souls or the shalom of the world. Or the content of mission would be changed according to the understanding about the channel of revelation, whether it is only Jesus Christ or there are other channels also. The purpose of this article is to analyze the understanding of God in ecumenical wing which is a major party of mission movement in these days. For this purpose, I studied the background of ecumenical understanding of God, major traits of ecumenical view of God, and their possible impacts on mission with a desire to shed light on desirable understanding of God for more holistic mission.

The terminology ‘theology’ is the combination of ‘logia’ (theory) and ‘deos’(god), meaning ‘the theory about God’. So basically the core of theology is the understanding of God. Since the view of God is important like this, it is not an exaggeration to say that the future of Christianity depends on what kind of understanding of God it has. This much important view of God is also crucial in missiology, since the understanding affects the direction of mission. For example, the purpose of mission would be different according to the understanding of God’s concern, whether it is the salvation of the souls or the shalom of the world. Or the content of mission would be changed according to the understanding about the channel of revelation, whether it is only Jesus Christ or there are other channels also. The purpose of this article is to analyze the understanding of God in ecumenical wing which is a major party of mission movement in these days. For this purpose, I studied the background of ecumenical understanding of God, major traits of ecumenical view of God, and their possible impacts on mission with a desire to shed light on desirable understanding of God for more holistic mission.

Understanding of God, Missio Dei, God the Creator, Salvational history, Revelation, Liberation