LOI was delighted to host a journeys event on Wednesday 1st Feb 2023, this time a conversation across the traditions between Archbishop Angaelos of London (our co-chair) and Bishop Christopher, the Anglican Bishop of Coventry. The conversation covers many topics, including the formation of this cross-tradition friendship, ways in which they have learned from each other, and some challenges for other Christian leaders, both Evangelical and Orthodox
In a shock statement today the World Evangelical Alliance has announced the cancellation of its planned global Assembly in October this year. The global community of Evangelicals have been planning for several years to meet in Seoul, South Korea, bringing together up to 7,000 particpants under the theme “Following Jesus Christ into the World”. Today’s statement…
Recently we heard from Pam Dandre in Ukraine who tells us her own story about Evangelicals and Orthodox working together in mission. She writes about a recent conversation with a friend who is Protestant-turned-Orthodox and will soon be a missionary in Mongolia. Pam writes, “We have been dialoguing about some of the doctrines and traditions within…
As the third international Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative consultation begins in Helsinki, Finland on Tuesday this week, the Steering Committee request pray for all those attending. The theme of this year’s consultation is “The Gospel as Good News“. The sixty three Evangelical and Orthodox participants will be gathering from countries as far apart as Ghana, Syria, USA,…
Whilst Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative participants gathered in Helsinki, Finland, last week, a symposium was held in Oxford, UK, to celebrate the completion of the Edinburgh 2010 series of books on mission and unity. The series, published by Regnum Press, now includes over 30 volumes on topics raised by the international Edinburgh 2010 conference. Speaking at the…
The LOI does much of its organization during a 3-day residential committee each year. We met at the Coptic Centre, Stevenage, from 16-18 January, at the kind invitation of His Grace Bishop Angaelos. The welcoming environment and home cooking provided an excellent setting for us to pray, think, and discuss together. Among other things, we…
You can now share in the blessings of our recent consultation in Egypt, by going to the web page at https://loimission.net/2019-christian-witness/. There is a gallery of pictures, and by clicking on the names of speakers in the programme you can download PDFs of their talks. We shall add more as they come in, so check…