Ecumenical Work
Semper Reformanda by Michael Horton
If you've been in Protestant circles for very long, whether conservative or
liberal, you may have heard the phrase "reformed and always reforming" or
sometimes just "always reforming." I hear it a lot these days, especially from
friends who want our Reformed churches to be more open to moving beyond
the faith and practice that is confessed in our doctrinal standards. Even in
Reformed circles of late, various movements have arisen that challenge these
standards. How can confessions and catechisms written in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries guide our doctrine, life, and worship in the twentyfirst?
Liberal Protestants frequently invoked this phrase to justify their
captivity to the spirit of the age, but some conservative Protestants also use it
to encourage a broader definition of what it means to be Reformed.
The Gathering DVD
This short film, produced by the Commission of the Covenanting Churches in Wales and first shown at 'The Gathering' in October 2012, introduces draft proposals for the Church Uniting in Wales.
Declaration of Ecumenical Welcome
DECLARATION OF ECUMENICAL WELCOME
FOR USE IN WALES
Advice from the United Reformed Church Ecumenical Committee.
WHEN UNITED REFORMED CHURCH PEOPLE MOVE TO A COMMUNITY IN WALES WHERE THERE IS NO UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
This advice assumes that the Church in Wales is the only Christian Church (or the only Christian church worshipping through the medium of English) in the community. Although some of the principles and considerations will be similar in relation to other churches, others will be different.
Lightship 2000 newsletter
Lightship 2000 is an exciting ecumenical venture in which Churches in Wales are working together to help people to meet God where they are rather than in Church on a Sunday morning. A small chapel is open daily and Holy Communion celebrated weekly. Find out more at: www.lightship2000.co.uk
The latest Lightship Newsletter is available below
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lightship news autumn 2011.pdf323.18 KB
Radical plans could see a united church in Wales – if churches are bold enough!
How bold are the churches of Wales? Are they bold enough to work more closely together? Are they bold enough to go forward with a radical plan that could lead to a united church in Wales? Those were the challenging questions put to a major conference of the five covenanting churches in Wales.
Far-reaching recommendations for a Church Uniting in Wales, with nine bishops and an inter-change of ordained ministers, were launched at The Gathering, in Aberystwyth, when representatives of the five churches came together in the largest ecumenical meeting held in Wales in recent times.
Bold and imaginative thinking was highlighted in the brief given to the Commission of Covenanting Churches in Wales, the Rev Gethin Abraham-Williams, chair, told the meeting. How the Commission had responded to the challenge could be seen in its reports. But, he asked, were the churches, in turn, going to be bold enough to take it forward?
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