Leadership
Useful resource for preachers and Bible study leaders
(from a netfriend): Hi everyone, I have been meaning for some time to alert people to a reasonably new resource for people who preach and lead Bible studies – The Source New Testament with notes “by” Dr Ann Nyland. Description from the web: THE SOURCE NEW TESTAMENT WITH EXTENSIVE NOTES ON GREEK WORD MEANING is […]
Making Sense of Anglicanism
Church Without Walls? Making Sense of Anglicanism Sunday 27 November 2005 Summary The Anglican Church has been described as ideally a church without walls, but on the inside there are divisions aplenty. Transcript Margaret Coffey: Hello, welcome to Encounter. I’m Margaret Coffey. This week, Encounter is mapping Anglicanism, working out the significance of all those […]
Professional ethics and honesty
Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:10 PM Ministers of religion out of the top ten but way ahead of journalists http://www.roymorgan.com/news/polls/2005/3938/ ~~ Image Of Business Executives And Politicians Down, While Nurses Once Again Most Ethical And Honest Profession ——————————————————————————– Finding No. 3938 – November 24, 2005 Only 15% of Australians, down 8% in a year, view […]
Emerging Mega Church
Sometimes a distinction is drawn between small “emerging churches” which aim to relate to “postmodern” culture and large churches that are considered to be “modernist” (and therefore doomed!). In the light of that discussion, readers may be interested in a new book I have just finished reading. I found it provocative, inspiring and encouraging. It […]
Gifts and ministry
A pastor writes: We are having our final session tonight on discerning, discovering and developing our gifts, which I believe are better termed as ministry gifts. This term emphasises their purpose – to bless others and glorify God by revealing the presence of Jesus (Matt 25:31-40) – with our personal growth coming in along the […]
God and the Marketplace
From a pastor-friend: We seek to encourage each person to see that God has placed them where they live, engaging with the people they meet each day, to live the kingdom. The Melbourne Pastors Network consultation last year on Monday Church focussed on this. A DVD of Brian Medway’s presentation is available from MPN. For […]
Monday Ministries
A simple way – among many – to recognize everyone’s ‘Monday Ministries’ is to include them in the Intercessions. Glen Eira had me preaching recently about work, and at the end I drew up a list of ‘occupations’ with the congregation’s help, and prayed specifically for each category. We mustn’t forget to include those in […]
Letter to Pastors
FOR THE PASTOR…from a concerned Artist who is a Christian. If you accept as a foundational belief that all the sheep under your care are also full-time servants of Christ, you will no doubt be wanting to continue to learn as much as you can to enable them to fulfill their services (as indicated esp. […]
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Presidential address at General Synod
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Presidential address at General Synod 16th November 2005 To begin by asking this audience, ‘Why are you here?’ may sound just a bit negative (shades of the wartime challenge, ‘Was your journey really necessary?’). But it’s meant as a serious and an open question. Why were you elected to this Synod? What […]
Reflections On Preaching
HOW TO SAY SOMETHING AND MEAN NOTHING: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON PREACHING (From a pastor-friend): First a disclaimer of sorts… The following are my notes on Matthew Jacoby’s presentation on Speech Act theory and its implications for preaching (given at the Baptist Union “Rev Up”, 9th November, 2005, Whitley College, Parkville). The reader should keep two […]
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