A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
By Ron VanAuken. Celebration! Presbyterian Church began on April 19, 1992, as a mission to the unchurched. A faith mission, it is being supported by the gifts of individuals and congregations who have a vision for the renewal of the church and its mission and a desire to reach others with the good news of Jesus Christ. … Read more
By Ted Ellis — “Don’t call it ‘renewal’, call it ‘new life’. It is the most wide-spread movement in the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT).” Pastor Tan Sin-chhiong from the East Coast is not given to over-statement, but this is how he describes what is now known as “The New Life movement” in the PCT. He sees the PCT as old and creaky in places “but God is working to wake us up.” … Read more
By John Vissers. The statement represents at best a softening of our confessional position and at worst an outright denial of the uniqueness and glory of Jesus Christ and his saving grace. … Read more
By W. Stanford Reid. By 2000 55% of the world’s population will be living in cities and by 2050 that will increase to 80%. Churches in our land which are seeking to do missionary work in foreign lands must lay increasing emphasis upon urban mission at all levels. … Read more
By David Craig. The original vision of the French Canadian Missionary Society, which our church inherited, was to see this mission becoming gradually in its composition, management, and support, purely and exclusively French Canadian. … Read more
By J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. Although the Presbyterian Church in Canada has supported work in a French Canadian context, nevertheless, the General Assembly did not see fit to second any of our workers who might now already be working within a French Canadian context to the new Reformed Church of Quebec. … Read more
By Zeb Bradford Long. Over the last twenty years, there have been four streams of renewal and movements of the Holy Spirit bringing renewal to the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, each with itsr distinctive characteristics but which are deeply interrelated. … Read more
By A. Donald MacLeod. A trip to Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Singapore, under the sponsorship of the Overseas Missionary Fellowship and the Mustard Seed Mission, in a month of speaking and fact-finding left me breathless. What made my assignment so emotional was that I was returning to countries in which I had spent my childhood. … Read more