A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
By David MacKenna. The Renewal Fellowship will have, for the first time, a full time Director, The Rev. Robert Little, to speak for and guide the affairs of the Fellowship, building on the dedicated and able leadership of Drs. A. Donald MacLeod and John Vissers as interim directors for the past eight years. … Read more
By Bob Little. My vision is that lay people and pastors will rise up, leave the hostage situation of our comfortable ecclesiastical enclaves and spread out across our communities, in a new freedom, to show the beauty and favour of our saving Lord. … Read more
By John A. Vissers. Perhaps the greatest obstacle to the ministry of the Renewal Fellowship is the perception within our denomination that it is our intention to move the church in a direction away from the Reformed tradition. You want to make our denomination something it is not. … Read more
By Jack A. Harewood. The 1989 Annual Meeting took place March 3 & 4 at St. Andrew’s, Islington in Toronto. Over 200 people attended, and Dr. Roberta Hestenes, President of Eastern College, Philadelphia, was the theme speaker. She spoke about renewal and spirituality from the book of Exodus. … Read more
By Harold Jantz. In a denomination with declining membership, in the PCC there are pockets of renewal with very dynamic and exciting congregations across our country that are winning people to Christ and growing. … Read more
By Harvie M. Conn. Reformation in the church has been reduced to the recovery of proper doctrinal formulations for use by Christians in the church, but no longer is the church at issue with community or society over worldview dimensions … Read more
By Bill Campbell. This article sets forth two focii as foundations for genuine biblical renewal. First, a clear commitment to a confessional ecclesiology as a basis of security and fellowship in that faith, and secondly, an intensely practical involvement in theological issues that impede renewal. … 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 W. Stanford Reid. Today, we find western society very much in the moral morass which engulfed western society in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. What is needed to bring about social, political, and personal moral renewal is ,the spiritual renewal of the church … Read more
By Paul Philpott. Given the pervasiveness of the leadership crisis that exists in our society today, it was encouraging to have two hundred people attend the 1988 Annual Meeting of the Renewal Fellowship which focused on the renewal of Christian leadership. … Read more
Reviewed by Greg Dallimore. The Dragons are those subtle seductions which keep us from being fully the children of God and from fully working out his purpose in the world. We might call these Dragons “worldliness” or “cultural values” … Read more
By Stanford Reid. The search for the spiritual renewal of the church is something which is constantly taking place, and that is good. For the Church of Jesus Christ is in a very real sense a human body which needs continual renewal and has needed it ever since the days of the Lord Jesus upon earth. … Read more
By John Vissers. Over two hundred and forty Presbyterians gathered at Kortright Church, in Guelph, Ontario for a Renewal Day on October 31, 1987. Representing nineteen presbyteries and fifty-four congregations, those gathered listened to addresses on “The Church as A Caring Community” by the Rev. Calvin Brown of First Church, Nelson, British Columbia, and Dr. Stan Skarsten, of the Institute For Family Living in Toronto, Ontario, featured on the cover. … Read more
By John A Vissers. As we enter the sixth year in the life of the Renewal Fellowship Within The Presbyterian Church In Canada, we do so with much thankfulness to God for the ways in which the ministries of the Fellowship have been used to advance the cause of renewal within our denomination. The past years have been times of exciting growth … Read more
Photos by Jack Harewood. The theme of the 1987 Annual Meetings was “The Church’s Evangelistic Imperative.” This was ably addressed by Michael Green (pictured on the cover) and Rosemary Green, from Regent College in Vancouver. The meetings took place March 6 and 7, at St. Andrew’s Church, Humber Heights, Toronto. … Read more
Reviewed by J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. This book is a collection of light but inspirational messages by the major participating speakers at the 1985 Presbyterian Congress on Renewal meeting in Dallas, Texas. … Read more
By Esther Mcllveen. Usually revival is mentioned in connection with the church. I wonder if God is saying to us, “Your emphasis is in the wrong place. Try the home.” … Read more