September 1984 – Channels Magazine

4. Fall 1984

COVER PHOTO: As the tide drains out through the opening in the breakwater, all the boats are pulled closer together, drawn toward that one point. The harbour is that of Mousehole, Cornwall. Photo by Dal Schindell.

ARTICLES

Editorial & Letters
“The Spirit-Empowering Presence”: A Conference Review – John A. Vissers
“Living Faith”: The Process – Garth Wilson
Living Churches feature: McKercher Drive Church, Saskatoon – W. J. Fenton
Worship Workshop: Freedom & Order – Bill Steele

REVIEWS

Made For a Purpose: Understanding and Using Spiritual Gifts, by Chuck Congram – Colleen Kouwenberg

Editorial & Letters

A. Donald MacLeod reflects on the need for renewal in each of three areas: worship, community, and ministry, particularly that of the elders. … Read more

Theology

“The Spirit-Empowering Presence”: A Conference Review

By John A. Vissers. The most remarkable aspect of the conference was the degree of openness on the part of the reformed theologians and pastors to Pentecostalism and the charismatic renewal, the sincere desire to articulate a biblical and contemporary doctrine of the Holy Spirit … Read more

Theology

“Living Faith”: The Process

As a member of the committee responsible for drafting the new statement of faith, Garth Wilson describes the questions and concerns that the committee had to deal with while writing the document. … Read more

Renewal

Living Churches feature: McKercher Drive Church, Saskatoon

By W.J. Fenton. Worship services convey a sense of joy, of hope, and of expectancy. The concept of joining together as a spiritual “family” has been encouraged. Elders with different but complementary gifts make up a strong and unified Session. … Read more

Worship

Worship Workshop: Freedom & Order

Bill Steele offers some alternatives to the stiffly formal and intellectual mood that one sometimes encounters in church worship, with obligatory singing and cold prayers. … Read more

Daily Faith Reviews Theology

Made For a Purpose: Understanding and Using Spiritual Gifts, by Chuck Congram

By Colleen Kouwenberg. Congram’s study material is an skeleton outline of twenty-five spiritual gifts, requiring research by the leader in preparation for the sessions. It excludes the more controversial gifts of healing, tongues, miracles, and interpretation. … Read more

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