A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
By Doug Schonberg and David Moody. The Discipleship Project is a tool for stimulating, promoting and measuring adult spiritual education, based on the assumption that even a 10% increase in serious, intentional adult spiritual growth can offset operating deficits and increase volunteerism for children and youth ministries. … Read more
By Mary Rogers. The Elders' Institute was founded to provoke Canadian Presbyterian elders and other leaders to lead the church into more faithful, effective, and wise ministry and mission, using both online distance education and face-to-face "On the Road" events. … Read more
By Scott Donaldson and Heather Parker. Celebrate Recovery, a twelve-step, biblically-based recovery program which focuses on principles from the Beatitudes, is a proven ministry which began at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. This is the account of work at Lakeshore St. Andrew's Church near Windsor, Ontario. … Read more
By Gail Reid. Tony Campolo challenged the Renewal Network Conference to preach the cross, surrender to the Holy Spirit, make the Bible part of who we are, and love the world into the kingdom. George Sumner, principal of Wycliffe College, an evangelical Anglican seminary, urged the crowd to minister for the sake of the larger church. … Read more
By Gail Reid. At the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada's yearly event for their affiliate denominations and ministry organizations in Ottawa on October 26, 2001, a workshop was held with a panel of three representatives from renewal groups in the historic mainline denominations on how people should pray for those in these churches. … Read more
By Bob and Olive McBay. Vital signs of a healthy church are worship, passionate discipleship, servant-based ministry, loving fellowshp,and an outward focus. Also important is the need for a church to discover, develop, and implement a clear vision for its future. … Read more
Reviewed by J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. Christian Schwarz conducted a comprehensive research project with over 1,000 large and small, growing and plateaued participating congregations throughout much of the world to discover certain principles of "natural church development." … Read more
Olive Regina Anstice asks whether we are a confessional church that is rooted in Scripture, committed to pray, and believes in the necessity of personal redemption. … Read more
By Carter Blaisdell. Spirit Alive works on the principle of sending teams to churches to testify, teach, and pray with members in order that the Body of Christ might be built up in faith and witness. … Read more
The Board outlines the purposes and concerns of The Renewal Fellowship, and intends to use these to shape their discussions, planning, and programs. … Read more
By Judy MacLeod. A Canadian Presbyterian is immediately struck by the size of the gathering, the sophistication of its procedures and administration, and the complexity of the issues facing this representation of some two and three quarter million congregants. … Read more