Whilst Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative participants gathered in Helsinki, Finland, last week, a symposium was held in Oxford, UK, to celebrate the completion of the Edinburgh 2010 series of books on mission and unity. The series, published by Regnum Press, now includes over 30 volumes on topics raised by the international Edinburgh 2010 conference. Speaking at the […]
September 2015
Theological Educators seek collaboration in leadership formation
Organisers of last week’s LOI Consultation The gospel as Good News were taken by surprise when almost one third of the participants turned up for an ‘optional’ session on Theological Education. Planned as a gathering for a handful of interested individuals this meeting became a major aspect of the consultation signalling the importance of early […]
LOI participant speaks for unity in California
On 29 August 2015 Christians from at least three denominations met at what used to be a Jewish temple, Temple Beth Emet, now home to Emanuel Romanian Church of God, marking the first ever conference of the Society For Interdenominational Dialogue (SID). The event, held under the banner “The Relevance of God’s Word in a Postmodern […]
Collaboration in Mission and Thealogy in Central and Eastern Europe
We are pleased to report on the successful annual conference of the Central and Eastern European Association of Mission Studies (CEEAMS) which was held in Heiligenkreuz, near Vienna between the 10 – 13 February 2015. Its theme was, Beyond the Iron Curtain: Being Church in Central and Eastern Europe twenty five years after the political changes. The […]
Orthodox and Evangelical mission in Romania
We are very grateful to Deacon Gill Kimber for allowing us to share a copy of her dissertation paper MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?: Developing an understanding of the task of interconfessional mission with reference to the Romanian Orthodox Church and Romanian evangelical and Baptist churches in Transylvania here on the LOI website. Gill’s extensive and challenging paper […]
Gospel in hard places
The second day of the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative has been wrestling with ‘What is the Gospel?’. This is a particularly challenging question in the ‘hard places’ of our contemporary world. During the afternoon participants heard from Salim S. (name withheld) from Allepo, Syria, who joined the consultation by Skype because he had been unable to obtain a visa to […]
Consultation opens in Helsinki
On the first day of the Orthodox ecclesiastical year, 63 Orthodox and Evangelical leaders are gathered at Sofia Cultural Centre just outside Helsinki, Finland, to consider “The Gospel as Good News”. Gathered from around the world the participants were welcomed by His Eminence Metropolitan Ambrosius on behalf of the local Orthodox Community. Bishop Tapio Luoma, of the Diocese […]