Dr. Darrell Jackson, who gave the key note address on an evangelical understanding of mission at the 2013 LOI consultation, has just alerted us to a new book. He writes … I’ve recently ordered a copy of ‘After Nicholas: self-realisation in the Japanese Orthodox Church’ published late 2013, and I’m rather excited by it! You […]
February 2014
Egypt 2013
Lausanne Orthodox Initiative Collaboration in Mission EGYPT June 2013 You can download a PDF of this report here Orthodox and evangelicals each have a rich and unique missions history but no modern history of collaborating in missions together. The Lausanne Orthodox Initiative leadership, in keeping with its goal to work towards better understanding, cooperation, and […]
Pray peace for Ukraine
As violence escalates in Kiev and speads to other parts of Ukraine, church leaders within the country and outside have appealed for a peaceful settlement to the current crisis. Churches are also providing practical help. St. Michael’s Orthodox Church in Kiev (pictured) is now functioning as an emergency hospital. Sadly church leaders from different traditions […]
Can you write on mission?
We have just heard from Prof Daniel Munteanu inviting papers for the Journal of Orthodox Theology (see www.orthodox-theology.com). This is an on-line open access journal. Looking at their back issues I see it is a long time since they published anything on missiology. So here is the challenge … Would any of you who were […]
Evangelical Assembly cancelled
In a shock statement today the World Evangelical Alliance has announced the cancellation of its planned global Assembly in October this year. The global community of Evangelicals have been planning for several years to meet in Seoul, South Korea, bringing together up to 7,000 particpants under the theme “Following Jesus Christ into the World”. Today’s statement […]
Orthodox reflection on WCC missiology
Metropolitan Geevarghese (George) Coorilos who was a participant in the last LOI consultation, and hopes to join us again this year, has just published his reflections on the latest WCC statement on mission. This follows the WCC Assembly in Korea late last year. Metropolitan Coorilos, who is also the moderator of the Commission on World Mission […]
Come and See
An Orthodox parish priest from North Carolina, USA, has just published a very interesting book on mission. Fr. Edward Rommen is the priest of Holy Tranfiguration Orthodox Church (within the Orthodox Church in America) in Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina as well as serving as adjunct professor at the Divinity School of Duke University. Having trained in […]
2014 Consultation
Plans are now well in hand for the Second LOI consultation which will again be held in Albania at the invitation of His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios. This year we expect around 55 Orthodox and Evangelical leaders to gather for a week in September. Invitations went out last month and already a good number of people […]