IGWEBUIKE AND THE PAULINE THEOLOGY OF COLLABORATION IN MISSION

Résumé

While the existence of one humanity and one mission are taken for granted, not every society, individuals and nations believe in the true common goal and mission of ‘one humanity’. In many parts of the globe, and in Africa in particular, the concept ‘unity is strength’ or ‘united we stand, divided we fall’ articulates the complex pattern of belief and human-social understanding of the limits of individuals and the outweighing benefits of communality or communal life. As the emphasis on the need to acknowledge the existence and importance of unity in our global society surges on, this work evaluates how the Igbo’s expression Igwebuike and Paul’s message of collaboration in mission can shed further light on the ethical, religious and social lessons of collaboration.