What's on: YOUth Experience, August 28. READ ON
Devil in the detail
Why
is there no agreement to cooperate in the one
area which, for many churches, remains their primary
field of recruitment - schooling? The
answer, it is tempting to suggest, is that in
the mind games of our church leaders, turf wars
are as intense as ever. READ
ON
Churches
sign "milestone" covenant.
READ
ON Churches in historic
pact. READ
ON
Merging music, message and
method
The
challenge of Christian progressive rock. READ
ON
How the zealots are killing
a dream
Fundamentalism
on both sides of the Israeli divide is proving
a tragic hindrance to a lasting peace in the
Middle East.
READ
ON
Membership, ministry, sexuality
Full roundup with background, history, reports,
resources, letters and other comments on
the 10th Assembly decision. READ ON Official Assembly site
for Proposal 84. READ ON
Sexuality and Leadership in the Uniting Church:
Biblical and Theological Reflection Resources
for the Uniting Church in Australia, released
in July, is to be linked to the Assembly
website.
It is available from the Assembly for $3 plus
postage. Here are the websites
it lists as resources. New Zealand Presbyterians
have Committed Conversations - resources
online.
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Minister is world champion
supernovae sleuth
Imagine
1,500 tables, each with a random array of salt
across it. Now add one grain of salt to any table
and let Bob Evans walk among them. At a glance
he will spot it. The grain of salt is the
supernova.
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That All may have Life in Fullness
Towards
the end of July 2004, delegations from over 200
Congregational, Presbyterian, Reformed, and United
churches in more than 100 countries will
gather in Accra, Ghana, to bear witness
to their common faith in the lordship of
Jesus Christ. READ ON
Can churches pass the charity
test?
Religious
bodies in England face the prospect of having
to prove that they are of public benefit. The
presumption that religious groups do good until
it is proved otherwise is to be removed.
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ON
God is calling us to look outward
"The
primary passions in our General Assemblies are
often not those of justice and mission in the
world but rather our own more pedestrian problems
-- how to deal with declining membership
in our churches, how to deal with problems
related to ministers, and a continuing struggle
about ordination and human sexuality." READ
ON
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