Witnessing to Jehovah’s Witnesses
Last Thursday was a bit curious — I actually had a scheduled visit from the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Typically, this had started with the ringing of the doorbell (at an inconvenient moment, but then what moments are convenient for such a visit?) by a young woman with child in tow.…
– John Richardson at The Ugley Vicar has some wise words on sharing the gospel with those who come to our doors.
Reform Conference ‘discusses alternative oversight’
In a report for Times Online on the Reform Conference taking place in London, Ruth Gledhill writes,
“The Rev Rod Thomas, chairman of Reform, the conservative evangelical grouping that represents dozens of Anglican congregations, told parishes they should go ahead and seek alternative oversight, even if the Church of England fails to ‘accommodate’ this solution through its General Synod.”
(Bear in mind, of course, that the issue is not homosexuality per se, but theological liberalism.)
And Martin Beckford in The Telegraph reports,
“The Rev Rod Thomas, chairman of the Reform network of evangelicals, said some clergy and congregations may make the ‘radical’ move of secession from the established church because of the liberal direction in which it is moving on women bishops and homosexuality.
He claimed the differences are now so great that there effectively two religions within the church, one liberal and one conservative, and that at least 25 parishes are already seeking ‘alternative oversight’…”
Sydney affirms women’s ministry
Synod has strongly affirmed the ministry of women in the Diocese after the Rev Chris Albany’s motion calling the Archbishop to consider how different views on women’s involvement in ministry can be “creatively lived out” in the Diocese was lost…
– Full report on yesterday’s Synod debate from SydneyAnglicans.net. (Photo: Anglican Media Sydney.)
Looking for help in evangelism?
If you haven’t looked at the Evangelism Ministries website lately, check out their encouraging and practical notes on these topics –
How to pray for evangelism
How to prepare for an evangelistic event
How to prepare for an evangelistic church service
How to do evangelism on a zero budget
A simple feedback card to use at your evangelistic event
– all on the EM website.
How we define ‘Crisis’
“There is a crisis in the land! And what qualifies as a crisis? The fact that increasing numbers of children grow up in America without fathers? The savage exploitation of women and corrupting of men through legalized pornography? The systematic corruption that is our moneyed political system? The fact that a mother’s womb is the place where the great majority of violent deaths take place in our communities?
Of course not. The crisis is a threat to our money.…”
– Rick Phillips seeks some perspective on the global financial crisis – at Reformation 21.
Melbourne Synod Charge online
The Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, gave his Synod Charge to the Melbourne Synod last Thursday. It’s available on the Anglican Media Melbourne website (pdf file).
(Photo: Bryce Amner.)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…