PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN

MAINLINE RENEWAL LEADERS AFFIRM "THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE"

AS THE GLOBAL ANGLICAN FUTURE CONFERENCE IS MEETING TODAY IN JERUSALEM, IT IS EVIDENT THAT THIS IS AN HISTORIC EVENT FOR THE ENTIRE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. T (read more)
 

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA GENERAL ASSEMBLY STRUGGLES WITH LOSSES, SEXUALITY, ABORTION, ANTI-SEMITISM ELECTS REVISIONIST MODERATOR  (read more)
 

PEW STUDY II
The Problem is in the Pew!

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CANADA REAFFIRMS SOVEREIGNTY OF JESUS CHRIST 

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA: TO BE OR NOT TO BE

MAINLINE CHURCHES
DOWN TO 18.1% OF AMERICANS:

An extensive new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life confirms what other studies and experience have long asserted, that . . . click to read

JERUSALEM CALLS ANGLICANS TO GOD'S FUTURE

Archbishop Akinola of Nigeria called the Anglican Communion to reformation not division in his opening challenge. He made clear that the Episcopal Church in the U.S. and the Canadian Anglican Church had torn the fabric of unity in their repetitive defiance of authority, but that a renewed and reformed global Anglican Communion would move forward in the power and purpose of the Holy Spirit.
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CALL TO PRAYER

BARNA STUDY: HOPE IN THE ASPIRATIONS

A new Barna study out yesterday on the 'American dream', indicate that people's aspirations include relationship with God (read more)
 

RENEWAL EVENTS: OPPORTUNITIES TO REFRESH
YOUR SPIRIT, CONFIRM YOUR CALL, AND MOBILIZE
FOR MINISTRY

MAY

LUTHERAN RENEWAL:
DANGEROUS DISCIPLES CONFERENCE

May 30 – June 1
 

Emmaus Lutheran Church

5015 144^th Ave

Edmonton, Alberta  Canada

http://www.lutheranrenewal.org

JUNE

PRESBYTERIAN LAY COMMITTEE:
STANDING FIRM IN TRUTH & UNITY

35^TH Annual Faith and Life Conference

June 5 – 8,

Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA

http://www.layman.org

JULY

ALDERSGATE 08 (METHODIST)

GO DEEPER, RE-DIG THE ANCIENT WELLS

July 2-6 Columbus, Ohio

http://www.aldersgaterenewal.org

FAITHFUL & WELCOMING, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

July 10 –12

Radisson-Gateway Hotel, adjacent to UCC National Office

Cleveland, Ohio

http://www.faithfulandwelcoming.org

DISCIPLES HERITAGE FOUNDATION
(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) NATIONAL CONFERENCE

July 10 –13,

Eastridge Park Christian Church, Mesquite, TX

http://www.disciple-heritage.org

NOVEMBER

NEW WINESKINS CONVOCATION V

COME TO HIM THE LIVING STONE

Nov. 9 – 11, 2008

First Presbyterian Church

PO Box 2006, 763 North Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA

http://www.fpcr.org
 

WHAT ARE WE REALLY ALL ABOUT?

"We must once again contend for the apostolic faith of the one, holy, universal and apostolic Church. This renewing work must be built only upon the foundation of our unity in the truth that is made known in Jesus Christ. It is now time for repentance, courage and action. The renewal, reform and healing of our churches only can come through the life-giving power of the Holy Spirit."  

Tom Oden, United Methodist

 

The following are statements of faithful witnesses from the many who seek in a genuine ecumenism to renew the church of Jesus Christ. These are a handful of glimpses into a movement that is wide and deep in both the U.S. and Canada

• UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Recently the UMC held its General Conference, Good News Board Chairman, Tom Lambrecht Explains: click to read
   

• PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA: The 2006 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) met in Birmingham, Alabama. I found the landscape familiar, remembering some click to read
   

• EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA (ELCA) All that we preach, teach and do must be centered on Jesus Christ. He alone is Lord and he alone has been given "all authority in heaven and on earth." (Matthew 28:18) click to read
   

• EPISCOPAL/ANGLICAN CHURCH: “The 1988 Lambeth Conference brought evangelism to the top of the Anglican Church’s agenda and challenged us to ask ourselves what we know and believe about evangelism. For the whole Anglican Communion found itself obliged to face a responsibility which it has often shirked, namely the call to click to read

• CANADIAN ANGLICAN J.I. PACKER SPEAKS ON
  SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND THE GOSPEL:  

  “God uses language to tell us things and the Bible is the language he has used. The Bible is personal communication from the creator to us creatures.  And in personal communication click to read
   

• UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST: Recently the leadership of the United Church of Christ has called for a national dialogue on racism. The irony is profound. The leaders of one of the most homogenously caucasian denominations in the country have arrogantly deluded themselves into thinking that they are taking the moral high ground. In reality  click to read

   
• POPE BENEDICT XVI: SPEAKING ON RENEWAL: Too often those who are not Christians, as they observe the splintering of Christian communities, are understandably confused about the Gospel message itself. Fundamental Christian beliefs and practices are sometimes changed within click to read