Thursday, December 18, 2025
Ecclesial Futures twelfth issue now live and free online
I’m delighted to curate another issue of Ecclesial Futures and offer selection of articles and book reviews focused on the mission of God in the world, particularly in local Christian communities and the systems that support them (link to full issue is here).
Ecclesial Futures is a diamond open-access journal published through Radboud University Press. The publisher provides human copyediting and design layout and is at the forefront of open access publishing. Authors retain their copyright. There are no Article Processing Charges and the publication is available to everyone, free online. It’s brilliant.
This is the twelfth issue of Ecclesial Futures and the sixth issue where I’ve taken the lead. This issue presents seven articles that explore the nature of the mission of God. Three of the articles are written by scholars in Global South contexts, while three investigate charismatic and Pentecostal churches. Four articles examine the systems that support local Christian communities, including funding, ecumenical partnerships, diocesan strategies, and digital technologies. The issue also offers five book reviews, evidence of a community of scholars who are reading, thinking, and interacting together about the mission of God in the world in and through Christian communities (link to full issue is here)
Finally, in this twelfth issue we announce that from next year Ecclesial Futures will move from two to three issues a year. The shift is due to a steady increase, first in the submission of individual articles and, second, in scholars working with us on special-themed issues.
This is an exciting development for Ecclesial Futures, made possible by our readers and reviewers, along with the other co-editor, Dr Nigel Rooms, the publishing team at Radboud University Press, and the technology team at Open Journals.
‒ Steve Taylor, Co-Editor, December 2025
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