Tag: Evangelism

Anglican comprehensiveness depends partly on our ability to turn a conversation back on its ear and ask, “What do you think you mean when you use that word?”

We didn’t really know enough about the recent Wild Goose Festival to attempt to make sense of it for you. But on what is likely to be a slow summer Friday sort of news day, we thought we’d let the festival speak for itself.

The three-and-a-half-minute video was made to promote the Marks of Mission, which emerged as a priority from the church’s strategic plan, Vision 2019. It begins with an imaginative exploration of how Jesus might use social media, then it challenges Canadian Anglicans to embrace and share the Marks of Mission.

Let’s not forget “those who might come if we made things simpler for them to start with,” the Bishop of Lichfield says.

Christian missionaries have long been accused of offering money, food, or other goods to win converts in poor countries, either from other faiths or from rival churches. Tensions have also risen in recent decades as evangelical Protestants have stepped up efforts to convert Muslims, which is a capital offence in some Islamic countries. This also prompts retaliation against local Christians who do not seek converts.

” … churches tend to lose vigor when they relax demands on adherents.”

Episcopal Bishop Greg Rickel says that the mid-20th century model of the big-staff, big-program church is not sustainable in a world of loose connections and informal networking. In thinking about membership, Rickel says we need to think of congregations as base camps for spiritual explorer.

“Lakewood Church remained the biggest church in the country and grew more than four-fold, from 11,000 weekly attendees in 2000 to 44,800 last year.”

“It’s the first PhD in snowboarding at all, so it’s pretty unique.”