Editor’s Note: You may read the three previous installments of this series here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 This is from a pre-event address by the Rt. Revd Robert Duncan, Moderator of the Common Cause Partnership in north America and Bishop of Pittsburgh delivered “Anglicansim Come of Age: A Post-Colonial and global Communion for [...]
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The Way The Truth and The Life Part 4
June 27th, 2008 · No Comments
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The Way The Truth And The Life Part 3
June 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Editor’s Note: You may read the three previous installments of this series here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Today’s excerpt reflects on what is required to move forward from this point in time. How will we move forward? In the United Church of Christ a search committee has been formed to determine the denomination’s [...]
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The Way The Truth And The Life Part 2
June 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Editor’s Note: This continues our presentation of the material from the GAFCON theological resource paper“The Way, The Truth, and the Life” begun yesterday. You may read the other installments of this series here: Part 1 Part 3 Part 4 While the Reformed church defines the definition of “Apostolic Ministry” differently than Anglicanism, the document [...]
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The Way The Truth And The Life
June 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
During the week of June 22, 257 Anglican bishops from around the world will gather in Jerusalem to discuss their true unity in Christ because, they sadly conclude, their former unity based on their historical connection to the English Reformation has been broken. For the Global South and Western Evangelicals, this historic church of the [...]
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Calvin 500 Quincentenary Announcement
June 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Editor’s Note: The United Church of Christ was formed largely as an attempt to unite two Reformed bodies in the US, the Congregationalists and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Both owe their existence, providentially speaking, to Jesus Christ through His servant John Calvin.
From Reformatus.us
The 500th Anniversary of John Calvin’s Birth takes place in July [...]
Facts on Teen Abortion Risks
May 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Editor’s Note: While many church members, pastors, and other leaders within mainline churches are personally opposed to abortion, the mainline church as a whole has a sad record of voicing concern for the poor, powerless and voiceless outside the womb while turning a willfully blind eye towards the violence of abortion and supporting it as [...]
Thousands of Young Christians adopt “Humble Orthodoxy”
May 29th, 2008 · No Comments
While the advocates of progressive theology like to characterize “fundamentalists” as “arrogant”, there’s a movement afoot to promote a “Humble Orthodoxy” and it’s attracting thousands of young people.
Given that the United Church of Christ ostensibly united the reformed people in two major branches of the reformation church (the Congregationalists and the Evangelical & Reformed Church), [...]
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Teleconference Promotes Prayer For Church Renewal
April 15th, 2008 · No Comments
T.M. Moore and the Fellowship of Ailbe - a fellowship for pastors and church leaders - announces a new monthly teleconference to encourage
1) Church wide prayer for the renewal, revival and reformation of Christ’s Church
2) Local prayer groups
Here is how local pastors and men’s prayer groups may participate:
Join us to Pray for Revival!
The [...]
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12 Discoveries From Recent Converts To Jesus Christ
April 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Editor’s Note: This is reprinted from the Vision New England website. Contact information follows if you wish to order the complete study from Vision New England. While the results reflect the New England region in particular, the summary of the results imply the findings are widely applicable in the US. One of the positive findings [...]
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Church Dissolved for Having a Sunday School - Forum 18 News Service
April 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Editor’s Note: We must remember to pray for our brothers and sisters around the world who are persecuted for their faith. One wonders why the outcry was heard from news agencies outside the mainline… have we become so unconcerned?
Church Dissolved for Having a Sunday School - Forum 18 News Service & Voice of the Martyrs
On [...]
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