http://www.mission2005.org/ Highlights from Athens 2005 en http://www.mission2005.org/fileadmin/templates/general/images/tt_news.gif http://www.mission2005.org/ 18 16 Highlights from Athens 2005 TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 19 May 2005 16:53:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD0yZTE2MDUyMDYzJnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT00MjA_.0.html The Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) has issued a letter to the Christian world in which it calls on churches everywhere to become healing and reconciling communities of hope, open to all. For CWME homepage Thu, 19 May 2005 16:53:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD04ZGIwZDNjMzZjJnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0zNTE_.0.html The olive-wood cross from Bethlehem that was presented to the Athens mission conference will continue its journey, traveling to the WCC's 9th Assembly in Brazil before returning to Athens. For CWME homepage Mon, 16 May 2005 17:50:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD02YjcxOWMyYjY4JnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0zNzM_.0.html "How can we not to share the Lord's supper when we can have dinner together?" Loud applause followed the sharp question posed to the world mission conference at its last plenary session by Johnson Asamoah-Gyadu, a Methodist pastor and theologian from Ghana. For CWME homepage Sun, 15 May 2005 15:10:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD0wYzk3N2M2MjM2JnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0zNjI_.0.html As Athens2005 reaches its conclusion, Bishop Ioannis of the ancient see of Thermopylae, the jovial chairman of the Athens Local Arrangements Committee, is a busy but satisfied man. For CWME homepage Sun, 15 May 2005 12:45:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD03MmU3OWIxNjAyJnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0zNjA_.0.html "How old was Jesus when he first delivered His message? According to WCC standards He would have been considered a youth..." For CWME homepage Sun, 15 May 2005 10:33:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD1iOTFmNWIxZGE0JnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0zMjQ_.0.html At the Agios Andreas Recreational Centre, which is owned by the Greek Ministry of Defense, conference participants encounter Greek soldiers on a daily basis and helicopters tend to fly overhead during times of worship. Fri, 13 May 2005 18:36:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD1lY2NmMjAwMDRiJnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0zMTM_.0.html The Rev. Dr Opoku Onyinah, rector of Pentecost University College in Accra, is a conference advisor. He has become a leading contributor to consultations on healing from Accra to London to Santiago, Chile. An executive council member of the Church of Pentecost, he is familiar with his Ghana-based church's missionary outreach in 54 nations. Last month, he conducted training for leaders of his church in Italy. For CWME homepage Fri, 13 May 2005 12:42:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD1lYWQ2YmM2N2YzJnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0zMTA_.0.html Alix Lozano, director of the Mennonite Biblical Seminary of Columbia, was unable to speak at Thursday’s plenary session on mission and violence because she was denied a visa. But her voice was still heard. For CWME homepage Fri, 13 May 2005 09:34:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD1jNzNlYTAzMDAyJnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0yODY_.0.html On Wednesday evening, conference participants were treated to a lively and colourful display of traditional music, song and dance from various regions of Greece. For CWME homepage Thu, 12 May 2005 16:10:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD0xY2Y0ZDJhZGE1JnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0yNzM_.0.html These were Orthodox theology teacher Athanasios Papathanasiou's words during one of the press briefings at the world mission conference. Papathanasiou, a member of the Church of Greece involved with the planning of the conference, was trying to explain the seemingly abstruse issue of the influence that the final things (eschata) have over the non-final ones (history). For CWME homepage Thu, 12 May 2005 10:41:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD0zNDEyMmI5ZDMyJnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0yNzE_.0.html "Panta ta Ethni" - or "All the Nations" - is the magazine of Apostoliki Diakonia ("apostolic ministry of service"), the mission and publishing unit of the Church of Greece. "Solidarity" is the church's non-governmental organization (NGO) sponsoring development projects in more than two dozen countries. The names are instructive, representing Greek Orthodox commitment to follow Jesus into all the world. For CWME homepage Thu, 12 May 2005 08:47:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD03M2FmYWRiNTBhJnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0yNTM_.0.html "After 21 years of war, reconciliation is a great challenge in Sudan," says bishop John Kongi, from the Africa Inland Church, which has some 97,000 members, 160 local congregations and headquarters in the capital Kartoum. For CWME homepage Wed, 11 May 2005 21:48:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD1iMDZkNGQwMmFjJnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0yNDI_.0.html When 22-year-old Yeukai Chikwizo travelled 25 hours from Zimbabwe to Greece, she had no idea that she would soon be playing a visible role in Tuesday’s opening worship ceremonies at the 13th Conference on World Mission and Evangelism. For CWME homepage Wed, 11 May 2005 17:48:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD0zZmFmM2NiMWFjJnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0yMzQ_.0.html "This conference reminds me of our Kirchentag in Germany," says Pastor Guenter Baum of the German association of Protestant churches and agencies in mission. "It does not concentrate on plenary sessions or the preparation of resolutions but builds a sense of community through Bible study in small groups and prayer in larger gatherings." For CWME homepage Wed, 11 May 2005 14:48:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD0zNTk3NGMyMzQ5JnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0yNDM_.0.html It seems a long time ago that the conference planning committee discussed ideas for a logo for the conference and considered various designs. This included discussion about the symbol of the cross. For CWME homepage Wed, 11 May 2005 12:08:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD0wNmQzMjg2N2M1JnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0yMzA_.0.html In the land of Sophocles and Aristophanes, youth delegates and stewards took to the stage Wednesday morning at the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism near Athens, Greece. Without resorting to spoken words, nine young performers enacted the shattering of a community circle and desecration of the cross through acts of racism, colonialism, exclusion, ecological destruction and prejudice against the poor, women and persons with HIV/AIDS. These victims were portrayed by women, but the remaining man was labelled as a victim of his own ignorance. For CWME homepage Wed, 11 May 2005 11:46:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD00NTI2Y2VmNTY3JnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0yMTk_.0.html What do a Norwegian Lutheran woman and a Greek Orthodox man have in common? A love of mission of course! Beate Fagerli is the Geneva-based CWME staff conference coordinator, and Dimitri Pasakos is the local organizer in Athens. Both have worked tirelessly - and their colleagues would say miraculously - for the last year to think, write, coordinate, plan, telephone, e-mail, cajole and convince their way to this unique world gathering. For CWME homepage Wed, 11 May 2005 08:37:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD02NTQ5NTE4ODYzJnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0xOTY_.0.html Representatives of the Christian churches of Jerusalem bore gifts to Tuesday morning prayer at the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism near Athens: a five-metre cross made from Palestinian olive trees to serve as a focal point for prayer, small cross pendants carved from olive wood, and olive oil to provide light in the conference's worship tent. For CWME homepage Tue, 10 May 2005 11:20:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD0wODNkNDM2OTQzJnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0xNjQ_.0.html "The Church of Greece wishes to sustain Greek hospitality to the international community and to offer the floor to WCC member churches for a fertile and creative exchange of missionary experiences," said the archbishop of Athens and All Greece. His Beatitude Christodoulos was delivering a welcome message to the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism- a week after Orthodox Easter, and one year after the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. For CWME homepage Sun, 08 May 2005 16:44:00 +0200 http://www.mission2005.org/English-highlights.890+B6Jkw9MCZjSGFzaD03OWIyNDljNTc1JnR4X3R0bmV3c1t0dF9uZXdzXT0xMjE_.0.html To be held in Athens at the invitation of the Church of Greece, this is a major international meeting of more than 500 representatives from all continents and all major churches and denominations. Scheduled to take place from 9-16 May 2005, the conference is being organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC). For CWME homepage Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:16:00 +0200