Who We Are

The International Association for Mission Studies is an international, interconfessional and interdisciplinary professional society for the scholarly study of Christian witness and its impact in the world and the related field of intercultural theology.
After some preliminary meetings, IAMS was inaugurated in Driebergen, The Netherlands, in 1972. Since then, every four years an international conference has been held on the different continents. There are now more than 400 scholars who are members of IAMS as well as over 50 institutions that are corporate members.

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The objectives of the association are:

-to promote the scholarly study of systematic, biblical, historical and practical questions relating to mission and intercultural theology.

-to disseminate information concerning mission studies to all those engaged in that and related study fields.

-to promote fellowship, cooperation and mutual assistance in mission studies

-to organise international conferences of missiologists and intercultural theologians.

-to encourage the creation of centers of research.

-to stimulate publications in missiology and intercultural theology.

What We Do

Every four years, an Executive Committee is chosen by the members and is responsible for the development of the association and charged to organise the next quadrennial conference. On this Committee, different regions of the world are represented. The Secretariat of the association is usually taken charge by one of the associated institutions. Currently the Secretariat is located at ACTS University, South Korea.

IAMS is able to do this work
because of your precious gift.

Executive Committee

Prof. Thinandavha Derrick Mashau

Vice President & Regional Representative Africa

Prof. Norbert Hintersteiner

Editor-in-Chief of Mission Studies

Rev Canon Dr. Nigel Rooms

Treasurer/ Assistant Editor of Mission Studies

Dr. Fides del Castillo

Regional Representative Asia

Fr. Cristian Sonea

Regional Representative Europe

Dr. Joachim Andrade SVD

Regional Representative Latin America

Dr. Michèle Sigg

Regional Representative North America

Dr. Evelyn Hibbert

Regional Representative Oceania