Editorial: Special Edition: Reimagining a new social contract between Church and State

This special edition results from the first face-to-face conference of South African Missiological Society (SAMS), held at University Stellenbosch, after identified case COVID-19 and subsequent lockdowns its different levels protocols in Africa. The COVID pandemic revealed society's dire economic, social, political challenges that government could not address adequately. nature Church, during hard lockdowns, also became challenging, as those used to being Church behind their church "walls" were challenged for relevance society increased unemployment, entrenchments employees, mass deaths, corruption, crime levels, especially GBV be on rise. In conference, it essential discuss God's mission agents world again. Church's agency is isolation but collaboration with society, government, non-governmental institutions. How should then position itself which would, social ills? contributors this want understand what are reasons why able enter into a contract state, others would suggest how achieve this, while reflect role missiology such vision ideal.