What is the difference between the Tokyo consultation and other 2010 events?
The Tokyo consultation is seeking to follow the model and tradition of Edinburgh 1910 and 1980 which had four distinctives: 1) They were run by mission agencies for mission agencies. 2.) They were focused on closure—the “unoccupied” fields 3.) They looked at issues of “field concern.” 4.) They sought to follow up by establishing regional structures to facilitate plans made to fully engage all the unoccupied areas of the world. In the same way, the Tokyo consultation is designed primarily for mission sending structures to come together and deal with matters of frontier mission strategy—that is, specifically, those issues of joint concern to mission sending structures. Agencies are asked to select their own delegates to represent them. It is in essence, a global level meeting of mission sending structures.
