Climate change and the churches
In this summary of his longer paper, David Atkinson addresses four questions often raised about the Christian response to climate change.
Mission
Christian Scholarship Beyond the Theological Guild
How are we to form Christian scholars in disciplines other than theology so the Church can offer public, intellectual engagement not only on those preoccupying internal academic debates within the theological guild or those currently animating the Church itself, but also those arising in ‘secular’ disciplines other than theology?
Partnership for Publishing New Voices: Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion
We are excited to announce this important new initiative and congratulate Bishop Graham Kings, a co-founder of Fulcrum and our Theological Secretary, on his appointment to the post.
Good News from Spiritual Journeys
There’s an important place for pre-evangelism in mission: a place to dip your toe in the water, a place to come at faith sideways, and a place to find out that your spiritual urges and explorations make sense.
Being Anglican: Perspectives from Asia
Anglicans in Asia are a fragile and numerically insignificant community in such a mission context…The vision of being part of a holy catholic people speaks powerfully to peoples whose social identity is violated, forgotten or dismissed amid constant volatility. To incarnate the presence of the holy catholic society therefore goes into the heart of being Anglican. If this recalling of the spiritual journey of being Anglican makes our hearts and minds more alert to this gift of God for the Anglican family of churches worldwide, perhaps then we can see each other beyond geopolitical blocs and binaries, and become freed to strike new paths with fresh graces of the Spirit for the present day.
Review of “The Church of the East and the Church of England: A History of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Assyrian Mission”
Dr Graham Kings, now Bishop of Sherborne, wrote this review in 1994 for the International Bulletin of Missionary Research. Fulcrum is republishing it, with permission, in the light of the current crisis in the Middle East.
Why evangelism is always non-negotiable
A diocesan bishop told me recently about a congregation that had decided that it was not “called” to evangelism at that particular time, but would reconsider it in five years. “Why do they think it’s an option?” he asked. “If they had decided they weren’t called to worship, they would have expected me to turn up on the door the next day insisting that, because they were a Christian church, this wasn’t an option for them. Why do we not grasp that evangelism is a non-negotiable?”
Fulcrum Pivot^Point – Growing God’s Kingdom through Intentional Evangelism – Book here: free!
Fulcrum’s new series of events – Pivot^Points – aims to get the conversation going about how we can play our part in growing God’s Kingdom. This series will look at a wide variety of topics, but will always revolve around that core theme. The first event is on Wed 17th September 2014, 7.30pm for 8pm.
Church Growth: what does it mean in multi-faith London?
Jesus tells a number of parables which relate to fruitfulness and growth. The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed – initially the smallest of all seeds, but growing to be the largest of the garden plants, becoming a tree in which the birds can come and find a home (Matthew 13). By contrast, Jesus also tells the parable of the fig tree, which is unfruitful for three years – and is to be dug around and given manure one last time (Luke 13).
What, then, are fruitfulness and growth, flourishing and success, in Kingdom terms?
Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel
A review of Pope Francis recent Apostolic Exhortation EVANGELII GAUDIUM