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An unexpected aspect of the arrival of hundreds of thousands of displaced people from various Middle Eastern countries is the exponential increase in membership and attendance of Orthodox churches in parts of Western Europe. The Media Project, which reports on the role of religion in public life, has run an article on developments in Sweden, exploring how…
Orthodox-Catholic Initiative
Running parallel to the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative (LOI) is the Lausanne-Catholic Initiative which is exploring the future of relationships between Evangelical and Catholic Christians. They have recently released three videos of the proceedings at their last consultation in Chicago. You can find these videos (called “Lausanne Conversations 1/2/3” at http://www.act3network.com/videos – but you need to scroll…
Course on Christianity released for Bulgarian schools
We have just received news from Ventislaz and Zlatina Karavaltcheva (Bulgarian Orthodox missionaries who have worked previously in Georgia and Ukraine) that the first stage of an imprtant reseource for Bulgarian schools has been released. This year nearly 2,000 first graders in Sofia and other parts of Bulgaria will have the opportunity to learn the basic…
Orthodox Mission Network
The Orthodox Mission Network met in Greece at the start of December. The meeting was attended by 18 Orthodox leaders from Nigeria, Cameroon, Mozambique, Bulgaria, Russia, Belarus and Greece. The network, which has been active for several years, last met in Albania in September 2013, immediately after the LOI meeting that year, providing an opportunity…
Third LOI consultation begins next week
“The Gospel as Good News” will be the theme as 63 Orthodox and evangelical leaders gather just outside Helsinki, Finland, from 1-5 September 2015 for the third Lausanne-Orthodox Consultation. We value your prayers for this important gathering. Full details are now available on our website here We will be meeting at the beautiful Sofia Cultural…
In a time of pandemic, is inter-church co-operation a luxury?
Most of us will be spending a lot of our time responding to the immediate issues thrown up by the coronavirus pandemic. That may involve pastoral care of church members, practical assistance in our local communities, and an awful lot of online meetings! If you are anything like me, however, you are probably also beginning…