The theology of fullness of life has strong links with churches’ calling to participate in the Mission of God, or Missio Dei. The church’s participation in God’s mission includes the flourishing of life and underscores the important role of ‘earth-keepers’ who affirm the calling to be stewards for all creation.

The term ‘fullness of life’ has emerged as an important ecumenical affirmation over the last century. It emphasises the point that the God who created the oikos constantly works, loves, empowers, sustains, and restores the creation. It is an important contribution to the socio-economic development discourse, which, in its focus on profit and unchecked growth, has often evaded, or compromised on, the concern for ‘the fullness of life’ for all of creation. The unprecedented present-day challenges to the ‘fullness of life’ may lead to the collapse of humanity and the environment as we know it, and thus it is of paramount importance for churches to engage with social and ecological ethics and counter deprivation, exclusion, and fragmentation.

The Churcha session on ‘Theology of Fullness of Life and Restoration of Creation’ will address important questions such as how can the concept of ‘life in its fullness’ serve as contextual and relevant theological interpretation in the mission of the church? How does this concept enrich our ecclesiology? How does this concept impact the witness of the church in the public sphere and society?