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Finding Naasicaa – letters of hope in an age of anxiety

Finding Naasicaa – letters of hope in an age of anxiety Charles Ringma Regent College Publishing RRP $32.95 Finding Naasicaa is written as a series of letters by Charles Rigma to his 19 year old granddaughter Naasicaa. Ringma is an Australian scholar, activist and deeply spiritual thinker who is Professor Emeritus of Missions and Evangelism at Regent College in Vancouver, ...

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Church ponders urgent changes to lay ministry

A report proposing major changes in non-ordained specified ministries, a major agenda item for the Uniting Church’s 11th Assembly, were discussed in working groups on Saturday afternoon, July 8. From time to time and place to place, the report from the Specified Ministries Task Group appointed after the 2003 Assembly, points to the Basis of Union’s call for the Uniting ...

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South African minister guides churches in country’s rehabilitation

With commitment forged in South Africa’s era of civil disobedience, boycotts and torture, when the role of pastors in community leadership was crucial, Assembly Bible study leader the Rev. Dr Mvume Dandala is now helping his church face its biggest challenge: contributing to the new Africa. While still a young teenager the Mvume Dandala began preaching and was mentored and ...

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A Response to UCA Resolution #84

Greg Brown writes to explore why evangelicals should not just walk away from the UCA. Some (and we need to remember, not all) parts of the UCA have been in great pain since the 2003 Assembly. The furore over what has been incorrectly termed the ‘ordination of homosexuals’ decision caught many evangelicals in the church by surprise, and it is ...

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Pete Rollins heads Down Under for NCYC 2007

Pete Rollins is travelling all the way from Northern Ireland to be a one of four Keynote Speakers appearing at the National Christian Youth Convention in January 2007. Delegates, volunteers and participants will have the opportunity to engage with Pete as he speaks at the programmed evening rallies, bible study features and highlighted electives throughout the convention week. On his ...

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More Ready Than You Realize by Brian McLaren

There’s something intriguing about a book that comes with a warning. As I grab hold of this book, the cover warns me of the contents. This is no normal evangelism book. If I am looking for an evangelism book that offers sales pitches and argument techniques, then I should keep looking. But if I am ready for something new and ...

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Call for urgent changes to specified lay ministry

A REPORT proposing major changes in non-ordained specified ministries will be one of the big items on the agenda for the 11th Assembly when it meets in Brisbane in July. The report from the Specified Ministries Task Group appointed after the 2003 Assembly is titled From time to time, and place to place, a phrase from Paragraph 14 of the ...

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World renowned Christian leader to present 11th Assembly Bible studies

Visitors and members of the 11th Assembly can look forward to an exciting Bible Study program headed by one of Africa’s most gifted evangelistic preachers, Rev Dr Mvume Dandala. A South African Methodist, who served as the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church in Southern Africa during and after the apartheid era, Mr Dandala promises to bring a fresh take ...

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Finding peace in politics

Brad Chapman is a self-professed high school dropout. The 22 year-old left school as a young entrepreneur to run his own mortgage broking company on the Gold Coast. Here is a young Christian who is exploring the world where religion meets politics. As a teenager, Mr Chapman became interested in both Christianity and politics. Now he finds himself actively participating ...

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Living Life to the Full

By Christopher C. Walker Open Book (2005) RRP $19.95 (paperback) Living Life to the Full is an autobiographical exploration of spirituality for today’s baby boomers A minister of the Uniting Church in Australia, Christopher C. Walker has served in congregations in New South Wales, as an evangelism consultant for the Synod of Queensland, was principal of Parkin-Wesley College in South ...

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