Together in Mission : The Anglican Church in Malawi and the Church of England Birmingham, 1966-2016.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Richard, author.

Tengatenga, James, author.

Series:

Mzuni books ; Number 45.

Mzuni books ; Number 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of England.

Church of England--Missions.

Missions.

Malawi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : MZUNI Press, 2022.

Summary:

The Malawi Birmingham Partnership dating back to 1966 was one of the earliest 'companion links' between an English and an overseas diocese and has been one of the most dynamic. With the help of a chapter by Professor James Tengatenga, a distinguished scholar of global Anglicanism and former Bishop of Southern Malawi, Richard Tucker traces the partnership's origins in the church histories of Malawi and Birmingham. He recounts its development as it has responded to the splitting of one diocese in Malawi into four, the Africanisation of the church leadership, and challenges including the final stages of the Banda dictatorship, famine and the AIDS pandemic, alongside growing secularisation in the UK. The Malawi Birmingham Partnership dating back to 1966 was one of the earliest 'companion links' between an English and an overseas diocese and has been one of the most dynamic. With the help of a chapter by Professor James Tengatenga, a distinguished scholar of global Anglicanism and former Bishop of Southern Malawi, Richard Tucker traces the partnership's origins in the church histories of Malawi and Birmingham. He recounts its development as it has responded to the splitting of one diocese in Malawi into four, the Africanisation of the church leadership, and challenges including the final stages of the Banda dictatorship, famine and the AIDS pandemic, alongside growing secularisation in the UK.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright page

Title page

Contents

Foreword by the Rt. Rev. Dr. James Tengatenga

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - A History of the Anglican Church in Malawi from 1861

Introduction

The History

The Land along the River Shire and Lake Nyasa

Bishop Mackenzie's Venture

Growth of the UMCA Mission

The Presbyterians

Livingstonia Mission

The Dutch Reformed Church

Blantyre Mission

The Roman Catholics

Denominationalism, Comity Agreements and Ecumenism

The Last UMCA Bishop

Theological Training and Priestly Formation

Anglican Council in Malawi and 'The Anglican Church in Malawi

Chapter 3 - The Church of England in Birmingham to 1966

Before the Diocese

The Diocese's Creation and Early Years

The Post-war Period

Chapter 4 - The Partnership's Beginnings and First Twenty Years, 1961-87

Two Bishops in Search of a Partner

The Link and the Malawian Church under Donald Arden

Mission Partners - The Last but One Generation of Birmingham Clergy to Serve in Malawi

Rethinking Mission in the Church of England, in Birmingham and in Central Africa

Peter Nyanja, Bishop of Lake Malawi, 1978-2005

Dunstan Ainani, Bishop of Southern Malawi 1981-87

Chapter 5 - The Malawian Church in Times of Stress, 1987-94

The Malawian Church at the Silver Jubilee

The Catholic Bishops Light the Fuse

International Church Support

Referendum and Multi-party Elections

Human Rights and Development

The Church's Struggle to Adjust to New Times

Chapter 6 - New Era, New Challenges, New Dioceses, 1994-2002

The Churches' Role in the Struggle against HIV/AIDS

Diocese of Northern Malawi created, 1995

Diocese of Southern Malawi

Redefining the Partnership and Broadening the Scope

Youth Exchanges.

Chapter 7 - Bishop Christopher Boyle and the beginnings of the Diocese of Northern Malawi

Jackson Biggers, First Bishop, 1995-2000

Christopher Boyle: Earlier Life and Ministry, Election as Bishop

Famine Relief, 2002

Bishop Christopher's Priorities

HIV/AIDS

Education in schools

Parish Visitations

Building up Clergy Numbers

Openness to the World

Bishop Christopher as Colleague and as Person

Chapter 8 - Women in Partnership

The Mothers' Union

Hospitality

Notable Anglican Women

Margaret Marango Banda

Agnes Mkoko

Claire Laland

The Ordination of Women

Chapter 9 - The Birmingham End of the Partnership, 1966-2016

The City and the Area

The Diocese, its Bishops and Church Life

The Role of Money

Specific Funds and Projects

Patterns and Structures of Support for the Partnership

Personnel and Malawi Committees

Publicity, Prayer Topics, Open Meetings

Parish Support

Study and Training

The Bolivia Link

Reviewing and Resourcing Intercultural Mission

Chapter 10 - Birmingham's Engagement with the Partnership, 2000-2016

Parish Links

Birmingham Children's Hospital/ Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre Link

Mission Encounter and Skills Share

Visits to and from Malawi by Bishops, Clergy and Diocesan Officers

Containers

Birmingham Diocesan Centenary, 2005, and 50th Anniversary of the Malawi Partnership, 2016

UK Partners - MACS, USPG, Mothers' Union

Chapter 11 - Developments in the Malawian Church, 2002-2016, and Birmingham's Role

Diocese of Upper Shire

Diocese of Lake Malawi

Diocese of Northern Malawi

Theological and Lay Training

Anglican Council in Malawi [ACM]

Friendships

Fr Eston Pembamoyo

Oscar Mponda

Fr Edward Kawinga

Fr Baird Mponda

Fr May Machemba

Jesman Seva.

Chapter 12 - Evaluation

The 2014 Review of the Partnership

Is the Malawi Birmingham Partnership a True Partnership?

Sharing in a Common Project

Sharing of Gifts

Sharing of Material Resources

Sharing in Suffering

Power and Powerlessness

A Common Basis of Belief and a Shared Theological Tradition

'The Partners are Individually United'

Regular Contact - 'Eager to Keep in Touch'

The Value of Companion Links

A Malawi Partnership Prayer

Appendices

Appendix A: Statistics for Malawi and Birmingham

Appendix B: Bishops in Malawi and Bishops of Birmingham

Appendix C: Review of the Birmingham Malawi Link: Summary of the Report by Canon Janice Price, Independent Reviewer, April 2014

Bibliography

Index of Names and Subjects

Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789996060694

9996060691

OCLC:

1337901799