LOI wishes to pay tribute to Protopresbyter Leonid Kishkovsky, who fell asleep in Christ on 3 August 2021. For more information, see the announcement by St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary at https://www.svots.edu/alumni-news/memoriam-protopresbyter-leonid-kishkovsky. Fr Leonid’s extensive ecumenical experience and contacts meant that he was able to be a great help and encouragement to LOI in its early…
A reminder that booking is still open for the second event in this series, looking at our journeys towards greater mutual understanding. It takes place on Tuesday, 13 July,at 4.30 pm UK time. For more information, go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/orthodox-and-evangelical-journeys-ii-tickets-159874042565.
Orthodox & Evangelical Journeys II: Continuing Conversations about journeys between Evangelical and Orthodox traditions About this event Christian faith is a journey which sometimes takes us across traditions, an experience that lies at the heart of the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative (LOI). LOI has organised this Zoom gathering to follow up on our event last March, to…
LOI’s first Zoom event on March 23rd was fully booked, and an opportunity to hear some moving stories about how people had grown in their appreciation, not only of another tradition, but also of their own. We are delighted to make the recording available on YouTube, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-2VFcxg4_8&t=139s. It’s about an hour long. Speakers include:…
Christian faith is a journey which sometimes takes us across traditions, an experience that lies at the heart of the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative (LOI). LOI has organised a Zoom gathering to stimulate conversations about spiritually enriching journeys, especially encounters between the Evangelical and Orthodox Christian traditions. You are warmly invited to attend this one-hour Zoom event,…
Ralph Lee reports on some significant Reformation research This presentation was given by Dr Stanislau Paulau through the Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs at Georgetown University on 18 November 2020. A recording is available at: https://youtu.be/Vuc-uWBlwJ0. Dr Paulau is a scholar of the global history of Christianity and a researcher at the…
Mark R. Elliott, The Arduous Path of Post-Soviet Protestant Theological Education (Wilmore, KY: First Fruits Press, 2020) 190pp; freely available online at https://place.asburyseminary.edu/academicbooks/35/ We are indebted to Dr Elliott for his collection of articles chronicling the history of theological education in the former Soviet Union from the early 1990s to 2020, especially for the immense…
Dr Mark Elliott (Editor Emeritus, East-West Church Report, www.eastwestreport.org), has just released a book with First Fruits Press, The Arduous Path of Post-Soviet Protestant Theological Education. This is a compilation of his articles on the subject from 1993 through 2020. It is available to be read or downloaded at no charge at the following Asbury…
This Friday the Aqueduct Project is hosting an online presentation by James Payton Jr in connection with his new book on Orthodox thinking about salvation, The Victory of the Cross. It will be followed by a panel discussion in which Tim Grass as LOI Facilitator will share. You are welcome to observe. For details, click…
Mark Oxbrow, first facilitator of LOI and now on the staff of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, reviews an important book: Petros Berga, Ecumenical Dialogue in the Rapidly Changing Ethiopia: A Reappraisal in the Postmodern World. To read more …