republished, with permission, from the International Bulletin of Missionary Research, April 1999, Vol 23 No 2 Who is this seated Indian so serene and calm? What is he reading, with concentrated meditation, that is so evidently precious? What are those books and bottles in the background? Why was he celebrated with such a commissioned portrait? … Continue Reading
Lausanne 2010: Jesus Walked Among Us by Christopher J H Wright republished by permission of The Living Church Jesus showed up at the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, which drew 5,000 invited participants in Cape Town in late October. Jesus showed up on the platform. He was most obviously present as seven men and women … Continue Reading
A Momentous Day for Sudan on 9 January 2011 Fulcrum Newsletter December 2010 copublished, with permission, with Comment is free belief, The Guardian, 23 December 2010 by Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne Is “the writing on the wall” for the whole of Sudan? The referendum, by the people of Southern Sudan, which is due to … Continue Reading
Faithful Locally, Prayerful Globally by Benjamin B Twinamaani (originally published on The Living Church, republished with permission) Introduction I write in order to comment on the new challenges facing Anglican mission in the Global South, when a new and realized global disorder burns its way through the Anglican Communion. I attempt to provide a wider framework … Continue Reading
Social Action at the Crossroads by Jon Kuhrt ‘Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.’ Jeremiah 6:16 The landscape is changing… Twenty years ago I used to go to Christian events like Spring Harvest … Continue Reading
Islam and Mission Opportunities in the UK by Matthew Vaughan Dearie me, this whole Islam debate can get a bit heated, can’t it? It seems that just about any news story which is related in any conceivable way to Islam is guaranteed to make the front page. The cultural clash between Islam and the West … Continue Reading
Should Christians share Christ with People of other Faiths? Fulcrum Newsletter July 2010 by Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne copublished, with permission, with The Times online, 5 July 2010 Should Christians keep themselves to themselves and not share Christ with people of other faiths? ‘Conversion must never become a word of which Christians fight shy’ … Continue Reading
Salvation outside the Church – But why then, evangelize? Reflections from a Roman Catholic perspective By Stephen Bevans, SVD A Time of Certainty “Sweet Baby Jesus, help the poor heathen!” This was the repeated refrain in a prayer for the Christmas season in one of the official prayerbooks of my own Catholic religious missionary congregation, … Continue Reading
The end of Christian mission by Matthew Vaughan While manning the Interserve stand at New Wine last summer I chatted to a lady who had glanced at our stand and wanted to know what we did. After I had given her the usual talk – 10/40 window, building the church, people for the hard places, … Continue Reading
Welcome to my world on suffering each other by Jody Stowell Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God ROMANS 15:7 (NRSV) I think I was always rather an ‘odd’ child: philosophical of nature, with a tendency to preoccupations that did not occupy my friends’ minds. I was … Continue Reading