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
LOI is delighted to welcome its newest board member, Rev Dr Calum Samuelson. Originally from the United States, he has lived and worked in numerous countries, including the UK, Kenya, and Sweden. Trained in biblical studies and historical theology (MPhil, Cantab), his doctoral thesis (IOCS, Cambridge) focused on expressions of theosis in the Ethiopian Orthodox…
The World Council of Church’s Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) have just announced that the next World Mission Conference will be hosted by the Lutheran community in Tanzania in 2018 (on a date yet to be agreed). The CWME director, Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum, speaking about the theme…
Tim Grass and Brad Nassif are delighted to announce the appearance of the long-awaited special issue of the open-access online journal Religions on the theme of ‘Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism: Contemporary Issues in Global Perspective’. Articles are available for free download from: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Orth_Evan#info. Contributors are drawn from many parts of the world, and many of the…
Brad Nassif, a long-standing participant in the work of LOI, has just released another book, which is sure to be of interest to all who seek closer relations between the Evangelical and Orthodox traditions. It will be launched by St. Vladimir’s Seminary this Saturday (Oct 2) at an event in Cleveland, Ohio. Here is the…
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) reports that, “Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe, Secretary General of the WEA recently met with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, in Istanbul, Turkey. Together they discussed the current crisis and the plight of Christians in Syria, Iraq and the Middle East region. A specific emphasis of the conversation was on…
Thursday 1 September is the Global Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation when Orthodox, Evangelical, Catholic and other Christian communities around the world come together to pray for God’s good earth and our responsible use of His gift to us. Please see the background to this day and resources for prayer here and…