1.2.8 - The role of the church in the wider world
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- 1.2.8 - The role of the Church in the wider world
- Introduction
- Creating C unity - reunite C's from diff denominations / bring C's
- 1948 - WCC was set up
- B J is saviour + want to bring glory to his name, enables them to work together
- Focus on 3 areas:
- To seek visible unity
- To promote common witness
- To engage in C service
- Ecumenical communities
- 3 examples of communities are;
- Taize [France] - community where dialogue and friendship between Protestant + Catholic
- Iona [Scotland] - works for peace and social justice, rebuilding community + renewal of worship
- Corrymeela [N. Ireland] - encourage good relations between Protestant and Catholic
- 3 examples of communities are;
- Churches Together movement
- Encourages churches to work together - strength relationship - nurture new believers - help those in need + fight injustice
- The persecuted church
- Open Doors estimates 100mil C's persecuted today
- Evangelise / converting can cause offence - leads to conflict
- Despite this, lead missionary-driven lives. Eg. increase in C's in Iran
- Support persecuted Church - Eg. Barnabas Fund - bring hope to people being persecuted
- Publicise cases of persecuted C's. Work inc. petitions, campaigns and constant prayer
- The work of Christian aid agencies
- Cafod - RCC agency, bring hope to those in poor communitites
- Christian Aid - works to get rid of poverty, aim to put J's message of love / compassion into action
- The work of Tearfund
- Works to remove poverty - help / change / improve lives of local communities
- Eg. Cajamarca, Peru - teach women / kids to read / write, devlop skills to make / sell items, help farmers cope with climate change / give seeds, respond when disasters strike - help grow in C faith
- Introduction
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