Highlights of our 10 years and beyond!

• The history of CMMW started with a four-way conversation with Rev Dr Israel Olofinjana, Rev Tayo Arikawe, Dr Harvey Kwiyani and Peter Oyugi. The conversation was on diaspora mission and African mission in Britain. This was done over rice and peas and jerk chicken!
• October 2013 the Centre as well as a book resource (Turning the Tables on Mission: Stories of Christians from the Global South in Britain) was launched at the Evangelical Alliance headquarters by Steve Clifford
• March-May 2014 we had Missional Conversations with few mission leaders and theologians once a month for three months
• In September 2014, in partnership with Spurgeon’s College, South Asian Forum (SAF), South Asian Concern (SAC) and One People Commission, we had a one- day conference exploring the theme: Partnership in Mission
• March 2015, in partnership with the Ethiopian Church and The Evangelical Alliance we had another one- day conference exploring multicultural churches
• In November 2015 we had a Pastor’s Brunch for about
• 15 church leaders representing the Majority World

• July 2016, we partnered with Birmingham Churches Together and Queens Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education and organised a one- day conference themed: Every Tribe, Nation and Language: Growing Multi-ethnic Churches
• June 2017, in partnership with Church of God of Prophecy, Grace Evangelistic Ministries and St Mark Baptist Church, Bristol, we had a day conference with the theme: Every Tribe, Nation and Language: Growing Multi-ethnic Multicultural Churches
• In October 2017 we partnered with London City Mission and organised a day conference with the theme: African and Caribbean Theologies. The event also saw the launch of the book African Voices: Towards African British Theologies
• In March 2018 in conjunction with BMS Birmingham we organised a mission conference themed Mission and Migration

• In October 2018 we worked with Sheffield Community Church to put together a mission conference themed World Christianity in Britain. One of the exciting emerging themes the conference addressed briefly was the issue of second-generation Africans
• In June 2019 in partnership with All Nations Christian College, Global Connections and Movement of African National Initiatives (MANI) we organised a two-day mission consultation on the State of Diaspora Mission in the UK.
• In 2020 some of the team members worked with Lausanne Europe as consultants serving in various teams towards a European consultation scheduled for Poland in October 2020 which was postponed to November 2021. The theme of the consultation is dynamic Gospel in New Europe.

• CMMW in partnership with Faith Forum (an online theological conversation for African Pentecostals) and Missio Africanus organised the launch of two books: World Christianity in Western Europe and Multicultural Kingdom in July 2020 on Facebook live conversation.
• In January 2022 in collaboration with Majority World Christian Leaders Conversation (MWCLC), we hosted an online discussion looking at Globally Inclusive Leadership within western mission organisations
• In 2022 in collaboration with other partners and stakeholders (London City Mission (LCM), Faith Forum and others) CMMW is involved in the development of a theological institution in the UK that will give emphasis on Majority World Christian contributions in the area of theological education. The initiative is called Christ Theological College (CTC).

In 2023, the centre celebrated its 10 years of existence with a gathering that brough different people together. The theme of the event was Mission, Research, Education and in attendance were around 40 mission and church leaders from across the UK. The event was divided into three parts: Part One: Looking back, Part Two: The Present and Part Three: Looking forward to the future.

In 2024, the centre in collaboration with other organisations such as Keep the Faith, Intercultural Ministries Northern Ireland organised an online event to respond to the race riots that engulfed the UK summer of that year. The even was themed, How can the UK Church Respond to the Violent Disorder? Race, Migration and Britishness

That same year in September, the centre partnered with Sabeel Kairos to raise awareness among British evangelical leaders about the conflict in Israel/Palestine drawing attention to the Palestinian struggles. This was a small gathering that Palestinian theologians and Christians sharing their experiences and the need for western evangelicals to embrace a different hermeneutics that does not demonised Palestinian people.

In 2025, some of our centre directors have been busy of recent. Dr Usha Reifsnider and Dr Israel Olofinjana in June co-taught a module on intercultural theology and practice at Regents Park College University of Oxford. The module which consisted of six-sessions was delivered to Baptist ministers in training over a two day period.

Another area our centre directors have been busy is with a book project on intercultural theology. Both Dr Usha Reifsnider and Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana have been part of an editorial team of three (with Rev Dr David Wise) working for the last two years on an edited book project called Polyphonic God: Exploration of Intercultural Theology, Churches and Justice. For more details about the book read this article Intercultural Churches, Mission and Racial Justice

There was an online book launch on the 7th of August with the editors and some of the contributors to the book. There was also a reflective response from Dr Peirong Lin from the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA).

Unmuted: Speaking to be Heard

Another project the centre directors have been working on is Dr Usha Reifsnider’s book project Unmuted: Speaking to be Heard. This edited book brings together different distinctive voices from across different cultures, experiences, background and nationalities using Unmuted Group Theory (UGT) to theologise around mission, World Christianity, Justice and theology. An online book launch was organised on the 7th of July