Christianity is not a spectator to globalization but one of its agents one of the forces at work which have extended interconnection between peoples shared ideas and promoted social political and cultural links the purpose of the present work is not to provide a complete response to the question of the mission of the church in a globalizing . The church in mission foundations and global case studies globalization of mission series 1st edition by betril ekstrom editor and publisher william carey library save up to 80 by choosing the etextbook option for isbn 9781645082132 164508213x the print version of this textbook is isbn 9780878080533 0878080538. Get this from a library globalization and the mission of the church neil ormerod shane clifton various social political economic and cultural commentators are presently arguing that human history is reaching a decisive stage in its development a stage marked by increased interconnection . Theological studies 60 1999 globalization and the churchs social mission t howland sanks sj the author argues that the churchs social mission has always been historically socially and culturally contextualized and that the cur rent context is aptly described as globalization with the help of. Various social political economic and cultural commentators are presently arguing that human history is reaching a decisive stage in its development a stage marked by increased interconnection between peoples the compression of space and time a sharing of ideas at unprecedented levels global trade and finance and so on the shorthand word used to encompass these phenomena is quot