The Pope's overwhelming emphasis falls
on evangelization.
In introducing the report, William Lazareth acknowledged the help received from the reports of the Bangkok Conference on Salvation Today, of the Lausanne Congress
on the evangelization of the world, and of the Synod of Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church on evangelization in the modern world.
In the words of the Evangelical leaders gathered at the Amsterdam 2000 conference
on evangelization:
Chilean Pentecostalism shares the basic characteristics of the Pentecostal identity: an emphasis
on evangelization oriented to conversion, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the church as a charismatic and healing community, the belief in a spiritual world, and the anticipation of the Second Coming of Christ.
And, again, this form of evangelicalism so differs from the others that the Germans have had to invent a new word, Evangelikal, to describe the growing evangelical self consciousness in Europe after the Lausanne Congress
on Evangelization that represented the neo-evangelical coalition.
Not exact matches
George Weigel
on NBC News says that Pope Francis is «very much a man of the new
evangelization.»
The society is engaged in
evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations
on six continents.
And perhaps even spur them
on to become mystagogues of the new
evangelization.
Rekindling the Christic Imagination: Theological Meditations
on the New
Evangelization, by Robert P. Imbelli (Liturgical Press): For those who've watched (as every sentient Catholic should have watched) Father Robert Barron's Catholicism series, here's the next step — a theologically rich, entirely accessible walk through the great themes of Evangelical Catholicism, keyed to four masterpieces of Christian art.
They are willing to engage in joint
evangelization efforts with the indigenous churches in reaching their own people, or to focus through cross-cultural evangelism
on areas not yet reached by the national churches.
Pattaya focused
on the worldwide
evangelization task, in terms of specific strategies for reaching tribes, cultures, communities and groups as yet unaware of the gospel.
Evangelii gaudium, which followed a 2012 Synod of Bishops meeting
on «The New
Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith,» has long been seen as a sweeping statement of Francis's agenda.
But rather than putting such local churches back under the supervision of «Prop,» put them into trusteeship under the supervision of a reconstituted and re-staffed Pontifical Council for the New
Evangelization — just as a failed company that goes into Chapter 11 bankruptcy is supervised by a trustee until such time as the company can stand
on its own feet again.
Promoting a book
on a religious topic, in particular the one at issue (PW) is, in my view, a useful kind of
evangelization.
They were brought into sharp contrast by the two «world evangelism» conferences sponsored just a few weeks apart in 1980: the meeting of the WCC Commission
on World Mission and Evangelism in Melbourne in May, with the theme, «Your Kingdom Come,» and the Consultation
on World
Evangelization, sponsored by the Lausanne Committee, in Pattaya, Thailand, in June, with the theme «How Shall They Hear?»
One might find at least a tiny echo of this inadequate notion of reform in his initial impulse to rebuild Christ's Church by attending to ecclesiastical masonry — an episode in the early steps of his pilgrimage toward Christ that makes me think of present - day temptations to live the New
Evangelization by getting top - drawer management consultants to advise the Church
on messaging.
The focus
on the new
evangelization gave the Holy Father the opportunity to speak of a dual theme that is proving to be central to his papacy — that is, unity in diversity, and unity in mission.
On October 11, Pope Francis addressed a conference sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New
Evangelization celebrating the twenty - fifth anniversary of John Paul II's Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Jesus may have referred to the Phoenician widow and the Syrian leper
on this or some other occasion, but the
evangelization of the Gentiles was one of Luke's major interests.
Had Pell not become archbishop of Melbourne, and later cardinal - archbishop of Sydney, it's a reasonable bet that Australian Catholicism today would resemble the Irish Church from which the Church Down Under largely descends: scandal - ridden, demoralized, intellectually shoddy, and somewhere out
on the far periphery of the New
Evangelization.
Prominent
on the list are fidelity to Vatican II, religious freedom, the priority of culture, ecumenism, interreligious dialogue, and worldwide
evangelization.
On the religious side, we owe Latin America cooperation for ecclesial indigeneity, partnership in mission and contextual
evangelization.
In 2004 he led a study group
on reconciliation for the Lausanne Forum
on World
Evangelization, which met in Thailand (see the groups paper, «God's Mission as Reconciliation,» at www.
In July 1974, 2,700 evangelical Protestants from 150 nations gathered for the first International Congress
on World
Evangelization in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Another of the purposes of this book is to challenge ourselves to learn from one another mutually as Christians, and our interpretation of it will depend
on how we understand the work of
evangelization and mission.
Evangelization in the broadest sense is proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ to all people and bringing that gospel to bear, by word and deed,
on the totality of things.
What followed over the next fifteen years were nine conferences and consultations
on topics as diverse as «Gospel and Culture,» «Muslim
Evangelization,» «Simple Lifestyle,» «Evangelism and Social Responsibility,» and «Faith and Modernity.»
Pope Francis has innumerable issues begging for his attention: the
evangelization of peoples, continued ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue, standing firm against relativism and unhealthy secularism, outreach to the young and the alienated, the reform of the curia, the restructuring of the Vatican bank, and
on and
on the list continues.
Moreover, as it warned in an editorial
on the 1974 International Congress
on World
Evangelization in Lausanne, evangelism must not be confused with the Christian responsibility for genuine social concern.»
Schaeffer created much consternation among fellow evangelicals by threatening not to appear at the rostrum of the International Congress
on World
Evangelization which convened in July of 1974 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
However, as Billy Graham stated at Lausanne's International Congress
on World
Evangelization, while efforts at social justice are important, they are «not our priority mission.»»
A follow - up conference ten years later in New Orleans urged charismatics and Pentecostals to work together
on world
evangelization.
A month earlier, the Synod of Bishops
on the New
Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith was convened in Rome.
The International Congress
on World
Evangelization was held in Lausanne (Switzerland).
Thus the new
evangelization that marked the beginnings of Evangelicalism as a renewal movement within Christianity began
on premises similar to those outlined by Weigel.
He wants to see them do five things: «Initiate a focused approach to the claims of Islam; make a political and cultural analysis of the unique impact of the Islamic
evangelization of black males; approach Islam
on theological and evangelical levels; assess the geopolitical and strategic implications of Islam in Africa and South Asia, since the fortunes of black people in the U.S. are informed by what happens to blacks elsewhere In the world; and, mount a major effort to investigate the success of Islam in prisons.
In an overview of Church documents
on media, Haring concludes that
evangelization through mass media should involve a prudent limitation of any media that make dialogue difficult.
Based
on a definition in «The Willowbank Report of a Consultation
on Gospel and Culture,» (Wheaton, IL: Lausanne Committee for World
Evangelization, 1978), p. 7.
It was fostered during long years of association with him while serving
on the Board of Directors of William Carey International University; and while supporting his leadership in the A.D 2000 movement to complete the task of world
evangelization.
In that decade he became the foremost priestly embodiment of the New
Evangelization in the nation's capital, a fisherman of souls always
on the lookout for a convert to bring to the faith, a lapsed Catholic to bring back into the fold, or a lukewarm Catholic in whom to reignite the fire of the Holy Spirit.
Yet, under the most trying circumstances, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and his colleagues, both clergy and laity, have gotten
on with the New
Evangelization in their war - torn country, providing a model of spiritual vitality and effective public engagement that a lot of Latin - rite Catholicism would do well to study and then emulate.
Among the 4,000 leaders gathered in South Africa's Cape Town for the Third Lausanne Congress
on World
Evangelization, their empty seats signified the Chinese church's challenges in engaging world missions.
The trauma of Stephen's martyrdom recalled to the apostles our Lord's commission and led to a concerted effort
on the part of the leaders in Jerusalem to begin the
evangelization of the regions outside Jewish territory.
The mass campaigns that focus
on healing over
evangelization usually express this point of view.
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A collection of Church documents
on Catholic education which affirm the Catholic school as integral to the mission of the Church and at the heart of its efforts at
evangelization.
The campus consists of five primary structures, dominated by the four story World
Evangelization Center, the original offices built
on the site and completely renovated in 2005.
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In this work Kader Attia investigates the Vatican's holdings of art from Africa, much of which was plundered by Christian missionaries in the context of their
evangelization efforts
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