The gift of our shared faith and of the Church is that we are called beyond all other loyalties to work together for the Kingdom of God. We agree that today’s political issues matter as we strive for justice and peace, but we pray that we might cling to our ideologies and our power less tightly than we cling to each other.
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Marketing is not Evangelism: Part I
When I ask people about evangelism, I tend to hear the following: Evangelism is inviting people to church. Evangelism is done through marketing ... it might also be done by starting a Facebook page. These answers betray a confusion between the Message and the messenger.
Church Pension Ethics: Part I
In this year’s Blue Book report the House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church has asked whether the investments and business methods of the Church Pension Group [CPG] reflect the values of the Church? This would seem like a simple question. It is not.