Keon-Sang An, An Ethiopian Reading of the Bible: Biblical Interpretation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, American Society of Missiology Monograph Series Book 25 (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2015). ISBN 978-1-498220699; also available on Kindle This book gives a good background to the multiple influences on the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and the way in which…
Last night Archbishop Jeronymos of Mwanza, Grace Mathews and Mark Oxbrow arrived at St. Vlash monastery. For those of you still on the way here I can tell you it is a very beautiful location with the cathedral, a place of prayer, at the heart of everything. At the liturgy this morning we prayed for you all…
Writing “in solidarity with the various appeals and statements that have been issued by the leaders of our sister Eastern Churches, as well as my some Islamic groups” the Supreme Council of the Evangelical Community in Syria and Lebanon has issued an appeal for urgent advocacy, action and prayer. The council encourages all Christians to…
Stimulated by the two responses given to his paper when the LOI Initiative met in Albania last month, Dr. Elmer Theissen has now written a further contribution to the debate. On the final day at St. Vlash Dr. Theissen presented a challenging paper on the ethics of evangelism. This paper received appreciative but robust responses…
The Lebanese National News Agency is reporting that two Syrian bishops who were abducted in April this year have been location although it may take time to negotiate their release. Brigadier General Abbas Ibrahim, Lebanese General Security Chief, revealed that he received information concerning the location of the two kidnapped Syrian bishops, Archbishop Bolous Yazigi…
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:…