PPT-Liberalism, Emergent Church, and the “New Age” Christians

The Twelve Main Issues Intellectual Freedom Rejection of Absolute Truth Inventing Your Own Faith The Miracles In The Bible The Uniqueness of Christ The Authority of Scripture Free Sexuality Questioning . Obedience. AD 250 . Northern Africa. My dear brother Cyprian. . . . Romans 12:2. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.. Much of our information on the early church . and persecution comes from Eusebius . He wrote Ecclesiastical History. Eusebius was a close friend of Constantine (emperor) and got permission to collect and write about the first 300 years of Church history. Constantine and Beyond. Decius . 249 A.D. came into power. . Christian historians paint him as cruel. History shows him to be a Roman of old style, who wanted to return Rome to her former glory. . Decius saw that the people abandoned their gods and that was why there was unrest. . st. February 2014. Helping local churches learn . how to make disciples. The Diocese of Chelmsford. Our Passion is . Jesus. - proclaiming and living out God's love for all people.  . Our aspiration is to be a . Key Words. Bible - . The holy book of Christians. Decalogue - . The Ten Commandments. Making Moral Decisions – the Bible. Many Christians use the Bible when making a moral decision because…. They believe it is the word of God dictated to the Bible writers (e.g. Moses spoke ‘face to face’ with God). It is God’s guidance to human and has absolute authority in decision making – the Bible is . Friday, October 10, 2014. 1:45 pm. The . Confident and Contextual church . amidst confusion. Andy Rowell. Slides at . www.andyrowell.net. Latest national statistics on GLBT and churches. "In just six years, the number of congregations whose leaders said that gays and lesbians could be full-fledged members increased from 37.4 percent to 48 percent. The number of congregations whose leaders said that no volunteer leadership positions were closed to gays and lesbians increased from 17.7 percent to 26.4 percent . . . Although more white conservative Protestants churches expressed acceptance of gay and lesbian members in 2012 than in 2006 (increasing from 16 percent to 24 percent), there was no increase in acceptance of gay or lesbian leaders (only 4 percent in 2012) within white conservative Protestant churches.". Definitions:. Liberalism: . Ideas of social progress, economic development, and the . upper middle . class. Society governed by a constitution that valued individual rights.. Economic Liberalism:. Often associated with Liberalism. Supported laissez-faire . Today is the. International Day of Prayer. . for the Persecuted Church. . Christians . face persecution in 60 . countries . Red . – Severe . . Orange . – Significant . . Summarising The Sheets Further. Paper 1: Christian Practices. Interesting facts from the text book: 80,000 new Christians (converts) and 500 new Churches a day in the world. The International Society for Human Rights states 80% of religious discrimination in the world directed to Christians. In 2012, a research centre said Christians discriminated against in 75% of countries in the world.. Linda . Woodhead. FOR INCLUSIVE CHURCH, YORK, JULY 2014. Liberalism – boo hiss . Many meanings, huge slippage. Now used by critics to mean ‘secular’, ‘theologically woolly’, individualistic etc. . Summarising The Sheets Further. Paper 1: Christian Beliefs. 1 in 3 people in the world are Christian. It is based on the belief of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection. Like Sunni and Shi’a Islam there are DIFFERENT GROUPS / DENOMINATIONS of Christians – Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant. The Christian Church initially split when the Orthodox Church split from the Catholic Church over the status of the Pope in the 11. Primary Content Source: Prentice Hall World History. Images as cited.. history.org.uk. traditioninaction.org. In 597, Pope Gregory I sent Augustine to convert the Anglo-Saxons in England. From Britain, missionaries went back to the continent to spread their faith among Germanic tribes.. Lesson 1: Apostles and Martyrs. 12 Apostles. Apostle means “one who is sent.” The term disciples refers to followers of someone. . The Twelve Apostles went on various missionary journeys.. The Acts of the Apostles focuses on two Apostles in particular:. Session 2. Key Events and Places. Key Events. First part of second . century a . Period . of relative peace for the church.. Clement of Rome writes letter to Corinthian Church (end of 1. st. c.). 5 .