[ March 29, 2012; 6:30 PM; ] You are Invited:
The 9th Annual Institute of Evangelism Dinner
with guest speaker Paster Beth Fellinger
at Wycliffe College, 5 Hoskin, Toronto
March 29, 2012
Reception 6:30pm Dinner 7:00pm
We are extremely pleased to welcome Pastor Beth Fellinger as our guest speaker for our Institute of Evangelism Dinner on Thursday March 29th. Over her 30 year ministry, Pastor Fellinger has [...]
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Judith Purdell-Lewis March 1, 2012 One Comment
According to the recently-published statistics, the Methodist Church and the Church of England each have one thousand fresh expressions of church, which involve a total of 66,000 people, meeting at least once per month. In addition, fresh expressions are developing in the United Reformed Church, the Congregational Federation, the Church of Scotland and other traditions. [...]
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Judith Purdell-Lewis February 13, 2012 No Comments
This year’s Vital Church Planting conference held in Toronto in early February about missional listening and making disciples was an exciting event. Registration had to be cut off a week beforehand because capacity had been reached at 173, of whom about 60% had not attended before. This event appears to be still gaining momentum after six annual conferences in Toronto and two in Edmonton.
Two articles appearing in the online Anglican Journal tell of some of the highlights:
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As of September, students registering for the M.Div program at Wycliffe will have two choices: the regular M.Div, to train to be a missional leader of an existing congregation, and the pioneer M.Div, to train to begin new ministries, churches, and fresh expressions of church.
The two streams will do the same foundational courses in Bible, [...]
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Judith Purdell-Lewis joined the Institute as a part-time Administrative Assistant to the Director in September 2008. She lives in Hamilton and attends the Church of St. John the Evangelist.