This pioneering book by theologians and leaders in the Anglican Communionaddresses the topics of ecclesiology and missiology. This book invitestheologians, theological educators and church leaders to reconsider thetheological basis of the Church and its call to mission and ministry inthe twenty-first century, paying special attention to the colonial legacy of theAnglican Church and the shift of Christian demographics to the Global South.Part one of the book offers reflections on historical and theological perspectives on the Church by some of the Anglican Communion's leading theologians. In the second part of the book, a number of authors from around the worlddiscuss the involvement of Anglican women in God's mission in a variety ofcontexts including the Mothers' Union, the Church Mission Society andthe HIV-Aids pandemic.