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Converts or Proselytes?
At the second Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative (LOI) consultation which will be held in Tirana, Albania in September 2014, the first main topic which will be addressed by participants will be our different understandings of the process of conversion or spiritual transformation. Exactly ten years ago three leading Evangelical scholars wrote on the topic of conversion in the…
Jetlag and Interviews
Tim was in Chicago from 19-26 April for a week’s meetings about LOI, and he and others were interviewed by John Maddex for an Ancient Faith Radio podcast. You can listen to it at: http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/features/the_lausanne_orthodox_initiative. The group planning our consultations had a productive day advancing preparations not only for this year’s gathering in Cambridge but…
Filioque – Spicing up the Trinity
One of the key note speakers from the 2013 Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative Consultation, Dr. Brad Nassif, has an interesting article in the current edition of Christianity Today. He writes about the theological convoversy concerning the Filioque, which has divided the Church for over 1,500 years. Reflecting on his grandmother’s recipe for hummus he suggests that this issue…
Praying for LOI
Prayer is key to the work of the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative. We would like to remind all those committed to this initiative that we value your prayers and provide regular prayer requests on our website. Please do visit our prayer page regularly, use the short prayer requests there and also encourage your church and others to…
Orthodox Mission Lectures online from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
OCMS is running a series of lectures on Orthodox Mission. They are at 2pm UK time, online, and open to all who wish to attend. 7 September: Sebastian Brock: The Church of the East in Central and East Asia: texts and translations – a historical view of mission in the Church of the East 14…
An LOI 2014 Participant reflects
The picture in this post does not depict the people and conversations referred to by the author. One day during the Lausanne – Orthodox Initiative 2014 consultation I found myself disturbed. I was upset because I felt like other members of my discussion group were not taking my experience and point of view seriously. I…