The communique from the 2014 LOI consultation was published today and can be seen at https://loimission.net/2014-communique/ where a .pdf copy can also be downloaded. Consultation participants are encouraged to send the communique to their churches, agencies and press outlets. Please add your own reflections and if you need pictures request these from f2s@faith2share.net
The LOI Steering Committee is pleased to be able to announce that its 2015 Consultation will be held in Finland at the invitation of the Orthodox Church of Finland and with the warm support of the Evangelical Alliance. Finland has the rare distinction of having two ‘state Churches’, Lutheran and Orthodox, and makes an ideal…
As violence escalates in Kiev and speads to other parts of Ukraine, church leaders within the country and outside have appealed for a peaceful settlement to the current crisis. Churches are also providing practical help. St. Michael’s Orthodox Church in Kiev (pictured) is now functioning as an emergency hospital. Sadly church leaders from different traditions…
I’ve not posted much lately, as we’ve been getting a newsletter up and running. (If you don’t receive it and would like to, get in touch.) But from 5-7 June 60 Orthodox and Evangelical leaders in mission, church, and school are gathering at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology near Boston, MA, for a…
A review of The Mission of the Church: Five views in conversation edited by Craig Ott (Published by Baker Academic 2016) In the style and tradition of “Three views of Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism” edited by Brad Nasif et al., Craig Ott has now brought together five significant missiologists from major Christian traditions to reflect…
A good friend of LOI recently published a fascinating article on some significant women in the history of the churches of the Middle East. Please take a look at here.
Perception and Identity A Study of the Relationship between the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Evangelical Churches in Ethiopia Ethiopia is an icon of freedom and indigenous Christianity across Africa due to its historic independence, ancient Christian identity and rich religious heritage. However, Ethiopia and its various Christian denominations have their own understandings of this identity…