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Evangelism
Our Mission is Evangelism
By Calvin Brown. The Editor introduces this issue’s articles on evangelism and recounts the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Renewal Fellowship. Photos by Jack Harewood. … Read more
Boldly Going Where God Goes: Kingdom Risks
By John Bowen. The kingdom of God and the work of evangelism do not progress unless Jesus' people are prepared to take risks. The book of Acts holds several examples of evangelism that involved risk-taking. We grow only through change, and change means leaving behind what is familiar and comfortable, and that is risky. … Read more
Active Evangelism: The Canadian Presbyterian Story
By Peter Bush. A conference by this name, held May 24 and 25, 2002, focused on the biblical, historical, practical, and theological roots of evangelism. Six major research papers explored evangelism in the Old and New Testament Testaments, in The Presbyterian Church in Canada over the last 250 years, and in the contemporary Canadian context. … Read more
Evangelism Lives — Even In The Out-Back!
By Pat Allison. The four congregations of the Bass River Pstoral Charge in New Brunswick have learned how to co-operate in presenting the Alpha Course and Children's Summer Festivals in the local fire hall, Christmas pageants with "live" everything, a yearly Women's Day away, and a youth group, "Kent County Christian Youth". … Read more
An Evangelical Perspective on Some Issues Facing Theological Colleges Today
By J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. In trying to be faithful today, many theological colleges are more concerned about the cross-cultural, anti-Judaistic, or feminist dimensions of their work, than about the evangelical and classical expressions of the Christian faith. … Read more
One to One: How to Share Your Faith, by Michael Green
Reviewed by Calvin Brown. Unlike many How To books, especially about evangelism, Green doesn’t promote a set of pre-packaged approaches but rather deals with the root of evangelism, which is sharing good news with people we should care about: relational evangelism … Read more
Towards Renewing Our Vision for Mission
By J. Kevin Livingston. The Church's spiritual vitality and strength ebbs and flows. In light of recurring trends in times of church renewal we need as a Reformed church to maintain biblical fidelity and doctrinal integrity, as well as structural flexibility. … Read more
Is the Evangelist Facing Extinction in Canada?
By Dr. Larry Brice. Itinerant evangelists speak of having few ministry opportunities and little income to live on, which says a great deal about the unimportance of the evangelist in the Canadian Church. Is the evangelist, then, almost extinct in Canada? … Read more
These Evangelical Churches of Ours, by Lloyd Mackey
Reviewed by Calvin Brown. Lloyd Mackey’s book uses the Canadian image of a mosaic to describe the variety of religious expression that evangelicals in Canada experience. … Read more
Assembly ’91
Addressing the 117th General Assembly the Moderator, John Allan, identifies the challenges within and without the church, and Christ’s answer to those challenges. Our society is no less pluralistic than the society of Paul’s day, in which Christianity flourished. … Read more
Is Christ the Only Way?
By Clark H. Pinnock. The ideology of pluralism fills the air of Western culture and puts tremendous pressure on Christian claims surrounding the uniqueness of Christ. This ideology stems from secular humanism … Read more
Unity in the Body
By Jack Charleson. As Christians we have a responsibility to honour the command given by our Lord in the Great Commission. However, there is a tendency for many of us simply to ensure adequate funding is made available through congregational budgets to meet the expenses of others as they seek to carry out the work for us. … Read more
Lausanne II and The Manila Manifesto
By John A. Vissers. This past July “Lausanne II in Manila” brought together over 4300 evangelical Christian leaders from about 170 countries to assess what has happened over the last fifteen years since the first Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization was held in 1974 in Switzerland, and to chart a course for world evangelization as we approach the year 2000. … Read more
The Manila Manifesto: Twenty-one Affirmations
In July 1974 the International Congress on World Evangelization was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, and issued the Lausanne Covenant. Now in July 1989 over 4,000 of us from about 170 countries have met in Manila for the same purpose, and have issued the Manila Manifesto. … Read more
Lessons from Manila: The Primacy of the Local Church
By A. Donald MacLeod. “Who wants to belong to a church that has nothing to offer but a secular version of the gospels, that has lost its nerve to evangelize and takes refuge in the smug alleluias of pentecostalism?” Curiously, a large group within the church feels just the same way. … Read more
Do the Conversions Last?, by Robert O. Ferm and Caroline M. Whiting
Reviewed by Jack Charleson. The statistics presented clearly indicate that the majority of enquiries made at Billy Graham crusades are of a genuine nature and have a lasting impact on the life of the individual. … Read more