Mission without conquest/Misión sin conquista

For more than 55 years, the missionary presence of the workers of the Mennonite team in the Argentine Chaco has been involved in the search for practices neither paternalistic nor colonial. Given the horrors committed in the name of Christ during the historic conquest of the Americas, mission among indigenous peoples requires such sensitivity.

This alternative style of mission is best summarized as walking as Jesus walked—with others who are seeking the life of Christ, prioritizing the integrity of groups and individuals, and with weakness and vulnerability instead of attitudes of superiority.

“Mission without Conquest,” by Willis Horst, Ute Mueller-Eckhardt and Frank Paul—three former long-term members of the Mennonite team in the Chaco, which is supported by Mennonite Mission Network—is for everyone who seeks effective and faithful models of mission.