From the Bishop of NWA, September 2009
Posted on September 22, 2009
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In the current issue of North West Network, David Mulready, Bishop of North West Australia, writes on ministry in his sparsely populated diocese. It’s a good reminder to keep the churches of the North West in your prayers –
“What a terrific time Maureen and I had visiting the Kimberley in July. We flew into Kununurra and spent several days with the growing ministry team. Large numbers of tourists were in town for the ‘dry season’ with hundreds of campers and caravans. Read more
Inspiring People: John Anderson
Posted on September 21, 2009
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Former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson speaks with Karl Faase at one of last week’s ‘Inspiring People’ events – about what’s wrong with Australian society. See the 1 min 45 sec clip on Vimeo.
(Thanks to SydneyAnglicans.net)
What we can learn from Charles Simeon
Posted on September 21, 2009
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“September 24 2009 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Charles Simeon, a great man of God whose 54-year ministry at Holy Trinity, Cambridge (1782–1836) had such a remarkable impact on the work of the gospel in this country and much further afield.
At the time of his conversion as a first-year undergraduate, there was only a handful of evangelical ministers in the Church of England, but, by the time of his death, it is estimated that a third of Anglican pulpits were occupied by evangelicals…”
– Evangelicals Now has published this article based on an address by Vaughan Roberts.
JAAL follow-up resource
Posted on September 19, 2009
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Just a reminder that Dominic Steele, Sam Boog and Christians in the Media have produced a course to help people follow up on the questions raised by the Jesus. All About Life campaign.
Read about Jesus: Connections for Life at Christians in the Media.
Andrew Shead on Bible translation
Posted on September 19, 2009
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Andrew Shead, who lectures in Old Testament and Hebrew at Moore College, chats about issues in Bible translation. Fascinating discussion at The Common Room.
(h/t Michael Jensen.)
The Calvin @ 500 Conference
Posted on September 18, 2009
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“The first day of the Calvin @ 5oo Conference at Moore has been a roaring success. It began with an audio interview between Colin Bale, Head of Church History at Moore, and Bruce Gordon, author of the new Calvin biography about which I have blogged previously…”
– Mark Thompson writes about the Calvin@500 Conference which was held at Moore College on Wednesday and Thursday.
Jesus. All About Life posters
Posted on September 18, 2009
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The Bible Society has published online the Jesus. All About Life advertising now placed in bus shelters around NSW.
See them here. (3.2MB PDF file.)
High Noon in Fort Worth
Posted on September 17, 2009
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Christian lawyer A S Haley, who blogs at Anglican Curmudgeon, spells out the steps taken by TEC against any diocese that attempts to leave. (h/t Anglican Mainstream.)
See also the Fort Worth website for the latest on the court case.
Be challenged: CMS Summer School 2010
Posted on September 17, 2009
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CMS have released a 2 minute video clip to advertise January’s Summer School (Saturday 2nd – Friday 8th January 2010).
Mike Raiter, now Principal of the Bible College of Victoria, is the main speaker at Summer School 2010. As he says, Summer School can be a dangerous place.
Watch the video to find out why – at YouTube or Vimeo. (If you are a registered Vimeo user, you can also download the 9MB WMV file for use in church – or you can request a DVD from Matthew Moffitt at missioned@cms.org.au.)
Christian radio and the gospel
Posted on September 17, 2009
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Moody Bible Institute graduate and radio feature producer Paul Butler reports on a look at Christian radio in the US, and asks what is really Christian about much of it.
While the territory is not quite the same in Australia, the questions raised could be put equally well to Christians at work or at home – are we really any different?
Hear the two segments of the programme at Paul Butler’s Production Blog. (h/t Justin Taylor.)
Archbishop Nicholas Okoh elected Primate of Nigeria
Posted on September 16, 2009
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Archbishop Nicholas Orogodo Okoh has been elected as the Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). His election was announced after the Episcopal Synod held in Umuahia, Abia State on 15th September, 2009. The 56 year old Archbishop Okoh is currently the Archbishop of Bendel Province and Bishop of Asaba.
And from a GAFCON press release –
“Archbishop Dr Peter Jensen, general secretary of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA) welcomed the news. ‘Nicholas Okoh was present at the foundation of GAFCON and has played a leading part in the movement. Archbishop Okoh has made a significant contribution as the Chairman of the Theological Resource group. He is an able and committed Christian leader and we warmly welcome his appointment.’”
(Photo: Church of Nigeria.)
Anglican Identity and Mission paper
Posted on September 16, 2009
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Last month, Bishop Robert Forsyth spoke at the Anglican Identity and Mission Conference in Adelaide.
“We have a crisis in which some Anglicans have removed themselves from the Anglican Churches of their provinces or dioceses, claiming that in doing so they, not the province or diocese, embody Anglican identity. Or at least are still really Anglican despite the breach with their bishop or national church. Are they? How would we go about answering that question?”
The paper he presented is now available here as a PDF file.
As well, the Diocese of Adelaide’s Guardian (PDF file) has a report (pages 4 & 5) on the conference. (With thanks to Rob Forsyth. Photo: The Guardian.)
Which church should I join?
Posted on September 15, 2009
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“I’ve gotten into several conversations with friends lately about which church they should join, or how they should advise their friends to evaluate a church…”
– Mark Dever passes on some wisdom from Richard Bewes.
Bioethics and Future Hope lectures online
Posted on September 14, 2009
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Audio files of the talks from last week’s New College Lecture Series on Bioethics And Future Hope by Professor John Wyatt are now available, courtesy of New College.
See the New College website to download the files.
At his Just in CASE blog, Trevor Cairney also provides helpful thoughts on the lectures:
Two worldviews: Two views of life and death
Bioethics and Redemption: Understanding pain, suffering and death
Bioethics and Future Hope: An Eschatological View of the Future
(Related: Tom Hargreaves recommends a Firefox plugin called DownThemAll for downloading links from web pages – useful for getting all the audio files linked from a page.)
Large TEC congregation considers leaving
Posted on September 12, 2009
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“One of the largest congregations in The Episcopal Church, St. Andrew’s Church of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., may by December become one of the largest congregations to renounce its Episcopal ties. …
‘Since 2003 I have felt compromised by continued association with a denomination that I consider to be apostate,’ Fr. Wood told The Living Church.”
– report from The Living Church. (Image: St. Andrew’s website.)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…