theology – as a passionate engagement with the God who became incarnate in Jesus Christ, who seeks to be the giver of life for all people of all cultures and the head of local communities of the church across a diverse world – deserves a broader definition that will allow oral expressions of theology to find their place.
These videos are essential watching for anyone who wants to understand the church in the UK and our place in God’s mission
What does a strategy for involvement in God’s movement look like and why would you want one anyway?
If God is as big and wonderful as we claim him to be, then it is unlikely that any one theological tradition will have a monopoly on on insights into his character. None of us will get all of it right, but all of us will have something to contribute to the church’s understanding.
The future of the Christian faith does not lie in the leafy lanes of The Hundred Acre Wood, but it is being worked out in the streets of Lagos, Beijing and Sao Paulo.
If all the church has learnt during this time of COVID-19 is how to live-stream sermons, worship songs, religious rites and requests for tithes, we have lost the Kairos moment.
The future and growth of the world wide church isn’t going to be determined in mega-churches in the US, or in publishing houses in Europe, but by the faithful witness of millions of people whose name is written in the book of life, but may not turn up on a Google search.
A suggestion of one way round the perennial problem of how to refer to the church in the “west” and “the rest”.
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…we need the experiences of the global and historical Church, with all of its shades and colours, to be with us if we are to advance his Kingdom and ignore pitfalls of our own bubbles.