The communique from the 2014 LOI consultation was published today and can be seen at https://loimission.net/2014-communique/ where a .pdf copy can also be downloaded. Consultation participants are encouraged to send the communique to their churches, agencies and press outlets. Please add your own reflections and if you need pictures request these from f2s@faith2share.net
Vladimir Ubeivolc, Rethinking Missio Dei among Evangelical Churches in an Eastern European Orthodox Context. Langham Monographs, 2016. Paperback, pp. xvi+320. ISBN 13: 978-1-78368-104-4 Reviewed by Dr Ralph Lee, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University; formerly Holy Trinity Theological College, Addis Ababa This welcome volume is a recent addition to the Langham Monographs which…
The Bible Society of Russia has announced the completion of a ten year project to translate the Bashkir Bible – project jointly undertaken by Orthodox and Evangelical Christians. The Bashkirs are descendants of the tribes that used to lead nomadic life in the southern Urals and were established as a nation in the 9th century….
This week Archbishop Foley Beach led a delegation from the Anglican Church in North America for formal ecumenical discussions with the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church. They were received in Moscow by HE Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, Head of the Department of External Church Relations. The Anglican Church in North America is the conservative church…
Today we launched a programme mentoring young leaders in LOI. A group of Evangelical and Orthodox leaders from around the world joined some board members, and shared what they are doing to engage across the traditions. Irini Pantellou and Grace al-Zoughbi didn’t make it but they are also part of this group. You will see…
This year’s Whitley lecture “Gospel, Church and Social Transformation: Post-Soviet Baptists After the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity and Freedom, 2013-14” will be delivered by Dr. Joshua Searle (right) Tutor in Theology and Public Thought at Spurgeon’s College, UK. Delivered at four different venues the lecture draws on Dr. Searle’s deep understanding of the history and contemporary…
The Conference of European Churches (CEC/KEK) have just announced that Fr. Heikki Huttunen, a member of the Finnish Orthodox Church and currently General Secretary of the Ecumenical Council of Finland, will be their next General Secretary. Fr. Heikki was an important participant in the recent LOI Consultation in Helsinki, as well as being one of our…