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Churches and Mission Agencies Part 2

by Eddie 19.08.2010

If you are involved in church leadership, particularly in the UK, Wycliffe Bible Translators would be very grateful for 5-10 minutes of your time to fill in a survey on the relationships between churches and mission agencies. If you want to know my thoughts you can see them here.

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Churches and Mission Agencies

by Eddie 07.08.2010
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One of the questions which concerns me in my ‘day job’ is how should churches and mission agencies work together. This is obviously extremely important to an organisation such as Wycliffe Bible Translators which can only exist as long as churches continue to provide resources for the agency. There is no way that a blog [...]

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A Non-Conformist in an Anglican Church

by Eddie 26.05.2009

Since we came to live in High Wycombe, Sue and I have been worshipping at Christ Church in Flackwell Heath.  We initially started going there because we have a few friends who are involved in the Church (we were at Bible college with the vicar). This is the first time I have regularly worshipped at [...]

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What is Socialization for the Christian Church

by Eddie 05.12.2008

I hope no one thinks I’m trivialising a very important and sad series of events; that is certainly not my intention. However, some remarks made by the policeman in charge of the Shannon Matthews case (for background information see here) have really struck me today.  Chief Constable Norman Bettinson said of Shannon’s mother: in his [...]

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Fresh Expressions Journal

by Eddie 21.11.2008

You can download the latest Fresh Expression’s journal (Mixed Economy)  here (or you can get a print copy for a couple of pounds if you are feeling flush).  There is some good stuff in there and it is probably the first time in history that a Christian magazine has had reports from both Sue’s and [...]

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Why Young Adults Leave Church

by Eddie 04.06.2008

I told you Mark Sayers was worth reading… Today he has an excellent second post in his series on why young adults leave church. The early church lived in a pre-Christian culture, other believers in the world today live in cultures that are Islamic, Animist, or Buddhist; however we live in a culture which is primarily [...]

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The Bible, Sermons and God’s Word

by Eddie 14.04.2008

Has it ever happened to you that you heard something that was extremely familiar and yet all of a sudden you heard it in a new way and started to ask questions about it? Something like that happened to me in church yesterday. The man leading the service said something short and simple – I’m [...]

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Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness

by Eddie 12.02.2008

Until recently, I was more or less ambivalent to the architecture and decoration of church buildings. If I had a preference it was for the utilitarian, box-like structures of my non-conformist heritage. However, as I grow older, I realise that the surroundings can help me to develop a sense of awe and wonder. What do [...]

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Youth Ministry

by Eddie 10.02.2008

Hamo has some provocative things to say about youth ministry and disciple making. I am convinced the challenge of youth ministry to keep ‘making disciples’ as the main game. Its easy to get into event mode & ‘pumped’ mode, but the stuff that lasts is the stuff that matters. Its not to say there is [...]

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The Future of Christianity Down Under

by Eddie 26.01.2008

For Australia day, a number of erudite people have posted things about the future of the church in Australia – apparently this is a synchro-blog. I found Hamo’s post very well worth reading, if more than a little depressing. I know it may sound as though I lack faith, but I believe that what he [...]

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Dignity in Work

by Eddie 25.01.2008

I was very moved by the story of the closure of the Tower Pit in South Wales. This is the last deep coal mine in the Wales coalfield and it’s closure marks the end of an era. In a way, it’s hard to be sad at the end of an industry which was physically so [...]

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Academic and Religious Freedom

by Eddie 19.01.2008

One large evangelical seminary has made a stupendous bid for academic and religious freedom by shaking off the habit of students wearing robes and mortar boards at graduation (because they have Roman Catholic roots). This glorious bid for freedom involves the wearing of…  no you have to read it for yourselves. Make sure you read [...]

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