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 spend a few moments with us in prayer.
Dr Mark Elliott (Editor Emeritus, East-West Church Report, www.eastwestreport.org), has just released a book with First Fruits Press, The Arduous Path of Post-Soviet Protestant Theological Education. This is a compilation of his articles on the subject from 1993 through 2020. It is available to be read or downloaded at no charge at the following Asbury…
Today we are making available to you another paper by Dr. Chris Wright. This one picks up a topic which will be central to our discussions at the second LOI consultation in Albania this coming September – Conversion. Drawing on his wide expertise in both Old and New Testament studies, Dr. Wright, looks closely at…
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…
Regnum books have just published a compendium of articles on Orthodox Mission in their Edinburgh 2010 series. Orthodox Perspectives on Mission is both a humble tribute to some great Orthodox theologians, who in the past have provided substantial contribution to contemporary missiological and ecumenical discussions, and an Orthodox input to the recent 2013 Busan WCC General…
The LOI does much of its organization during a 3-day residential committee each year. We met at the Coptic Centre, Stevenage, from 16-18 January, at the kind invitation of His Grace Bishop Angaelos. The welcoming environment and home cooking provided an excellent setting for us to pray, think, and discuss together. Among other things, we…
One of the key note speakers from the 2013 Lausanne-Orthodox Consultation, Dr. Brad Nassif, has an article in the current edition of Christianity Today on the unlikely topic of the Filioque – the subject of theological debate for over 1,500 years. By reflecting on his grandmother’s recipe for humus, Nassif suggests that this debate might not…