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500 Years of the Protestant Reformation
I couldn’t let this anniversary pass without some reference here. It was on 31 October 1517 that Martin Luther is said to have published his protest against the abuses evident in the church of his day, the ‘Ninety-Five Theses’. Churches and ecumenical bodies around the world have been marking the anniversary this year, and some…
New Resource from Dr Tim Grass
We have just uploaded onto our website, as a resource, a link to a lecture given by Dr. Tim Grass, a member of our LOI Steering Committee, delivered recently at Spurgeon’s College, UK. The lecture on Evangelicals and Eastern Christianity starts with an historical overview of contacts between the two communities and moves on to look at…
Solidarity with Christians in the Middle East
“We are seeing an extreme religious ideology that knows no limits in its persecution of those who are culturally or religiously different.” says a statement this week from church leaders in the UK. The meeting of leaders from Middle Eastern churches and many others was conveened at Lambeth palace by Anglican Archbishop, Rt. Rev. Justin…
Orthodox reflection on WCC missiology
Metropolitan Geevarghese (George) Coorilos who was a participant in the last LOI consultation, and hopes to join us again this year, has just published his reflections on the latest WCC statement on mission. This follows the WCC Assembly in Korea late last year. Metropolitan Coorilos, who is also the moderator of the Commission on World Mission…
LOI 2017: Theological Formation for Mission
LOI’s 2017 consultation begins tomorrow, 5 September. For the programme, go to: https://loimission.net/loi-2017/. We eagerly anticipate a feast of good things, but we also want it to issue in practical action. We hope to make some of the papers available after the consultation, and will also post a full report. Please remember us in your prayers….
Orthodox missiology reviewed
Whilst Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative participants gathered in Helsinki, Finland, last week, a symposium was held in Oxford, UK, to celebrate the completion of the Edinburgh 2010 series of books on mission and unity. The series, published by Regnum Press, now includes over 30 volumes on topics raised by the international Edinburgh 2010 conference. Speaking at the…