Mark Oxbrow, first facilitator of LOI and now on the staff of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, reviews an important book: Petros Berga, Ecumenical Dialogue in the Rapidly Changing Ethiopia: A Reappraisal in the Postmodern World. To read more …
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United to serve prisoners
We have just heard this encouraging news from Albania. Last week Orthodox and Evangelical leaders who work in prisons in Albania were able to meet together (perhaps for the first time?) to share common concerns and learn from each other. One Evangelical leader comments, “It was a very pleasant time together, studying several aspects on…
The debate continues – Ethical Evangelism
Stimulated by the two responses given to his paper when the LOI Initiative met in Albania last month, Dr. Elmer Theissen has now written a further contribution to the debate. On the final day at St. Vlash Dr. Theissen presented a challenging paper on the ethics of evangelism. This paper received appreciative but robust responses…
Inaugural lecture to be live-streamed
The Unchanging Gospel in an Ever-Changing Culture Metropolitan Kallistos Ware The first of the “Engaging Orthodoxy” series of lectures at North Park University, Chicago, USA, will be delivered by the renowned Greek Orthodox scholar Metropolitan Kallistos Ware. Those unable to attend the lecture will be able to participate through the live-streaming of this important event….
Statement from His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, co-chair of LOI, on the death of Queen Elizabeth II
Please follow this link for a statement from our co-chair, Archbishop Angaelos, on the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Now published in hard copy: “Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism: Contemporary Issues in Global Perspective”
The book edited by Brad Nassif and Tim Grass, Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism: Contemporary Issues in Global Perspective, has been published online and is freely accessible on the MDPI Books platform (http://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/4648). The reprint book will be listed in the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), Google Books and WorldCat and is available through several distribution…