Glenmary is launching a new initiative to promote ecumenical relations between Catholics and Evangelicals. The initiative aims to share successful grassroots ecumenical approaches used in Glenmary's mission sites. Frank Lesko was hired as the director of Catholic-Evangelical relations to lead the initiative. The initiative will involve learning about existing ecumenical practices, developing resources to share these practices, and promoting ecumenism through workshops, publications and online. The goal is to help Christians of different denominations build relationships and work together to serve their communities.
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Father Luke Melackrinos’ Articles Have Been Published By Generation ICXCWill Henric
Father Luke Melackrinos is the pastor at the Greek Orthodox Church at St. Paul’s. He was ordained to Holy Priesthood in 2003 by the Metropolitan Gerasimos. Fr Luke Melackrinos has written more than 30 publications named “The Epistle”. Father Luke Melackrinos’ various articles have been published by the Generation ICXC giving a clear thought on the differences and similarities of the Easter being celebrated by the Greek Orthodox Church and Western Churches. He also writes how fasting before Christmas can help you celebrate joyfully.
The government-sanctioned Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) and Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in China (BCCCC) have named a young priest from Beijing as their first ever spokesperson.
The Vatican does not recognize either of the organizations, which were established in 1957 and 1980 respectively.
Conference president, Bishop Joseph Ma Yinglin of Kunming, said having a spokesperson is “a new thing for the China Church, and is essential given the present situation following the Eighth National Congress of Catholic Representatives.”
The congress last December re-elected the association and conference leaderships. Though the Vatican warned that attending it would run counter to communion with the pope, about 300 representatives including 45 bishops were present.
Presentation on the Vatican II Document regarding the ministry (apostolate) of the Laity. This document empowers the Lay Christian to share in the Mission of the Church
Marriage in the holy, one, catholic and apostolic church is very sacrosact. It comes after having fulfilled some conditions. Catholics hence are enjoined to have their marriage in the church thereby avoid "sendforth".
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Basic Ecclesial Community Orientation:
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Presentations 2 through 4 deal with Leonard Sweet, a leader in the Emerging Church movement and a professor at George Fox University, and many of the nearly 50 books he has authored which express his various viewpoints.
Presentations 5 through 9 deal with the five main leaders of The One Project, four of which graduated with or started DMin degrees from George Fox University under the mentorship of Leonard Sweet. In each presentation an objective look is taken at material in print telling of each leaders work and ministry up to 2012. The question will naturally follow; is this the direction we should be leading our young people in the Adventist Church?
Presentation 10 deals with the One Project gathering in Seattle, February of 2012, looking at the claims of the Project “Jesus. All” and comparing this to what really took place at the gathering. Yes, there was some good points made, and we need to lift Jesus up, but…. We also take a look at a little of the evidence suggesting The One Project is a response to GYC.
For a fully interactive edition of all 10 presentations with video clips, contact: theemergingoneproject@gmail.com
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This is the third in a five-part webinar series on Christian discipleship. Slides and other handouts can be found at http://bit.ly/BetterDisciple.
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church leader is free from spousal and familial responsibilities, he can better focus on ministering to others. Jesus mentions some becoming “eunuchs” for the kingdom of God.
Basic Ecclesial Community Orientation:
1. What it Means to be a Parish
2. Parish Pastoral Council
3. Church Ministries
4. Church Movements and Organization
5. Integral Evangelization
6. The What and Why of BEC
7. The How of BEC
The Emerging Church and The One Project? is a series of PowerPoint presentations asking the question if there is in fact a connection between the two. The purpose of the presentations are not to lambast those who want to lift Jesus up, but rather to allow leaders of the One Project to tell us in their own words (and the words of those promoting the project) what their goals and aspirations really are, and how these goals have been enacted in their past experiences.
Presentation 1 of 10 is a summary of the Emerging Church as defined on Wikipedia. This is a summary of the 17 page article found there which is taken from many leading proponents of the Emerging Church here in America.
Presentations 2 through 4 deal with Leonard Sweet, a leader in the Emerging Church movement and a professor at George Fox University, and many of the nearly 50 books he has authored which express his various viewpoints.
Presentations 5 through 9 deal with the five main leaders of The One Project, four of which graduated with or started DMin degrees from George Fox University under the mentorship of Leonard Sweet. In each presentation an objective look is taken at material in print telling of each leaders work and ministry up to 2012. The question will naturally follow; is this the direction we should be leading our young people in the Adventist Church?
Presentation 10 deals with the One Project gathering in Seattle, February of 2012, looking at the claims of the Project “Jesus. All” and comparing this to what really took place at the gathering. Yes, there was some good points made, and we need to lift Jesus up, but…. We also take a look at a little of the evidence suggesting The One Project is a response to GYC.
For a fully interactive edition of all 10 presentations with video clips, contact: theemergingoneproject@gmail.com
This is a collection of writings that deal with the issue of Apostles and whether the gift has ended or still exists today. Many different convictions are shared in these writings.
This presentation was made by Chief Akin Fasae on behalf of the Ekiti State Governor at the Synod 2012 of the St. Stephen Anglican Church, Ora-Igbomina, Osun State of Friday July 6th 2012.
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- Volonteer Overseas
- Sacred Flame Ministries and has received short term missionaries in the past from USA and UK
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Shining_an_Ecumenical_Light - GC Winter 2014
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Ecumenical Light
“I pray…that they may all be one, as you, Father,
are in me and I in you, that they also may be in
us, that the world may believe that you sent me.”
—Jn 17:20-21
Ecumenism is the effort to bring Christians
together to work and pray in a spirit of
harmony, respect and hope for eventual
unity. Glenmary’s Catholic-Evangelical relations
initiative is another chapter in ecumenical efforts
that have been an integral facet of its ministry for
75 years. This initiative, says Father Neil Pezzulo,
is true to God’s call, the Church’s teachings, and
Glenmary’s charism.
“We can’ t
ignore Jesus’
prayer for unity
in Scripture,”
says Father Neil,
chair of the
Glenmary Com-mission
on Ecu-menism.
“We are
called to share
our unique gifts
and experiences
in ecumenism
with others to
help bring about
this unity. Our
goal is for Glen-mary
to again
take its place
as a leader in
ecumenical rela-tions.”
The commis-sion—
with inter-
SHARING IDEAS: Frank Lesko, Glenmary’s director of
Catholic-Evangelical relations, talks with an attendee at
the 2014 Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina, hosted by
the Emerging Church movement. Glenmary was the first
Catholic group ever to sponsor a table at this gathering.
church membership—was established “to enhance
understanding, reduce alienation and foster rec-onciliation
between Catholics and Evangelicals,
primarily in the southeastern United States.”
The June 2014 hiring of Frank Lesko as direc-tor
of Catholic-Evangelical relations was the key
step in launching the grass-roots-based initiative.
He’s an experienced leader in outreach, justice
and ecumenical efforts—for instance, as a founder
and director of the Catholic Worker in Columbus,
Ohio.
The launch of this ministry also coincides with
the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Coun-cil’s
1964 Decree on Ecumenism—which says “the
attainment of
union is the con-cern
of the whole
Church…Thi s
concern extends
to everyone, ac-cording
to his
talent….”
Father Neil ex-plains
why Glen-mary
is uniquely
suited to ecu-menical
work:
“Our charism
takes our mis-sioners
to areas
where they and
their mission
members are a
small Catholic
minority. But by
building friend-ly,
prayerful re-lationships
CHRISTIAN UNITY
By Dale Hanson
Shining an
Glenmary is embarking on an initiative to build ecumenical relations,
and to seek out and share successful grass-roots ecumenical approaches,
to assist in the cause of Christian unity.
PHOTOS / COURTESY FRANK LESKO
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EDUCATING: Frank Lesko points
out some of the areas where
Glenmary missioners serve in
the United States to a Wild Goose
Festival participant.
with non-Catholic ministers and congrega-tions
and partnering with them to serve those
in need, Glenmary missioners and parishioners
overcome prejudices and become respected, val-ued
members of the larger community.”
That’s the ecumenical foundation on which
Frank hopes to build. As an undergraduate at a
small Protestant college, he studied, volunteered,
prayed and
dialogued with
mainline Prot-estants,
Evan-gelicals
and
other Catholics.
“Some of those
folks have be-come
my clos-est
friends,” he
says. Ecumen-ism
has been a
central theme
in Frank’s life.
Hi s rural
roots help him
relate to Glen-mary
missions.
He grew up in
an immigrant
farming com-munity
where his family’s small Catholic parish
helped form his faith.
“I’ve been amazed by how well Glenmary de-velops
ecumenical relations in innovative ways,”
he says. “Being a missionary group puts them in a
unique position to be pioneers. It’s a tremendous
story that needs to be shared. Glenmary can be an
ecumenical light for the whole Church.”
Frank and Father Neil are working collabor-atively
to plan the ecumenical initiative in
three overlapping phases. The first phase
involves learning as much as possible about the
ecumenical “best practices” used at Glenmary
mission and ministry sites. Frank is talking and
walking with missioners and their non-Catholic
ecumenical partners to gain a deeper understand-ing
of their rich experiences in ecumenism.
“I ask them: What does ecumenism mean to
you? How do you live out Jesus’ prayer for unity?
How do you foster ecumenism? What is the es-sence
of your ecumenical partnerships?
“This helps me pull stories out of these mission
areas for future sharing. In the meantime, I’m re-lating
these individual experiences and other in-formation
through my blog (travelingecumenist.
blogspot.com) and Facebook page (Together-in-
Mission-Evangelicals-and-Catholics).”
Some ecumenical best practices may sound
deceptively simple, but they can be powerful:
praying together and for each other, visiting each
others’ churches and collaborating on social out-reach.
For the tentative second phase, Frank will dis-till
the information and narratives from his expe-riences
at the Glenmary sites. He will then cre-ate
documents, workshop/training materials and
published materials for sharing.
Ultimately, in the proposed third phase, Frank
and others will share this information at every op-portunity
with Glenmary and the larger Church
and community—to provide ecumenical models
and inspiration for their future lives and minis-tries.
“Our first audience will be Glenmary mission-ers
and students, and then possibly Catholic and
Evangelical Christian seminaries, clergy, congre-gations
and conferences.”
A planned Web site will also offer ecumenical
resources, links and online discussions. “One of
my responsibilities,” says Frank, “is to provide on-line
support for people in ecumenical marriages.”
In addition, he’ll work to further develop re-lationships
with regional and national Christian
groups/movements. Examples include the South-ern
Baptist Convention, the Emerging Church
movement, the Charismatic movement and more.
He and Father Neil will also participate in the
2015 National Conference on Christian Unity.
Vatican II stated that “the movement toward
unity is the work of the Holy Spirit,” Frank
says. “The Decree on Ecumenism says divi-sion
between Christians ‘openly contradicts the
will of Christ.’ St. John Paul II cited the same pas-sage
30 years later. And he and Pope Benedict
XVI both expressed their strong commitment to
ecumenism. These statements reinforce the im-portance
of our ecumenical efforts.
“The mainstream culture will say this work
is against all odds. But I’ve seen through Glen-mary
the amazing, visible signs of the kingdom.
I’ve seen Glenmarians who have won the trust of
the local community and who have become close
friends with Evangelical pastors, leaning on and
trusting one another.
“Some Glenmarians say their ecumenical min-isterial
alliances are their lifeblood. I think these
experiences can help Christians everywhere figure
out how to build relationships.”
Unity will occur in God’s time, Frank says. He
quotes Pope Francis from his recent video address
to an Evangelical group: “A famous Italian author
named Manzoni once wrote in a novel of a simple
man…who said this: ‘I’ve never seen God begin a
miracle without finishing it well.’ He will com-plete
this miracle of unity.”