Podcasts about global christian forum

I dagens avsnitt gäster Jan Eckerdal, teologisk direktor på Sveriges Kristna Råd. Han berättar om sina intryck från Global Christian Forum i Ghana där kristna ledare från i stort sett hela kristenheten var samlade. Magnus och Jan samtalar om det ekumeniska året 2025 till minne av Nathan Söderbloms kyrkomöte i Stockholm 1925 som praktiskt taget var det första kyrkomötet av sitt slag sedan Nicaea år 325. Jan beskriver visionen bakom det ekumeniska jubileet nästa år och hur vi tillsammans kan göra det till ett avstamp för fred och försoning, enhet och helhet i både kyrka och samhälle. 

“We use faith stories. We use testimonies to build bridges and diffuse tension. We recognize Christ in each other and each other in Christ.” - Rev. Dr. Casely EssamuahMerry Christmas, everyone! If you're listening in the US, you have probably hunkered down with a few extra blankets or your warmest coat to brave the cold front that has crippled nearly all of the country. But maybe it's a blessing. Maybe this is a great opportunity to take advantage of the time to slow down and spend quality time with friends and family. Ponder the Christmas story that hopefully will take you to a place of worship as we consider our newborn King. Merry Christmas from all of us here at Restoring the Soul.Today, Michael welcomes Reverand Doctor Casely Essamuah to the podcast. Originally from Ghana, Casely is the Secretary of the Global Christian Forum. He is a bi-cultural bridge builder with a heart to see the world united in Christ, loving and respecting each other to build the Kingdom here on earth. Michael met Casely while on a recent pilgrimage in Scotland, and they will recount some of their more insightful conversations. We hope you learn where the Church is thriving and growing in the world and what we all can learn from the church in the global south.HELPFUL RESOURCES:St. Cuthbert's PilgrimagePark Street ChurchSupport Dr. CaselyContact Restoring the Soul:- Tweet us at @michaeljcusick and @PodcastRTS- Like us on Facebook- Email us at info@restoringthesoul.comThanks for listening!

The Glenmary Unity Podcast seeks to enhance understanding, reduce alienation and foster reconciliation between Catholics, Evangelicals and Pentecostals. In today's episode we speak with Dr. Casely Essamuah, Secretary of the Global Christian Forum, and Dr. David Han, Dean of Faculty at Pentecostal Theological Seminary. We discuss the Global Christian Forum, which is an exciting expression of ecumenism focussed on deepening unity through the sharing of our experience of Christ within our own lives, along with recent trends in ecumenism coming from the Global South. To learn more follow the links below: Glenmaryunity.org Globalchristianforum.org

"How to Heal Our Divides" interview with Wes Granberg-Michaelson where he describes the work of the Global Christian Forum

Now is the winter of our discontent... or is it the winter of our ecumenism? Either way, the mission-motivated drive to reconcile bitterly divided Christians has succeeded so well that all the frisson has vanished right out of it, but hasn't succeeded enough to actually make us one as Jesus and his Father are one. So in this episode, Dad and I talk through our own interest in and commitment to the search for Christian unity, what unity is not, how an ecumenical document differs from a confessional document, and the lively but relatively unknown history of this 110-year-old movement. Also, a few unguarded opinions. Support us on Patreon! Notes: 1. Tons of resources about ecumenism at the Institute for Ecumenical Research. 2. Some of the ecumenical documents we mention in this episode: Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, Healing Memories, Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, Unto the Churches of Christ Everywhere, Mortalium Animos, Unitatis Redintegratio. 3. Not mentioned by name but highly relevant are the document Lutherans and Pentecostals in Dialogue and the new ecumenical outfit Global Christian Forum. 4. Dad on ecumenism: “Staying Lutheran in the Changing Church(es)” in Changing Churches; Luther vs. Pope Leo; “Scripture as Matrix, Christ as Content” in Luther Refracted; Luther for Evangelicals; “Theological Anthropology: Towards Integrating Theosis and Justification by Faith," Journal of Ecumenical Studies 34/1 (1997): 38–73; and “Process, Convergence, Declaration: Reflections on Doctrinal Dialogue,” The Cresset 64/6 (2001): 13-18. 5. Me on ecumenism: "Reflections Five Years into Ecumenism," "Six Ways Ecumenical Progress Is Possible" Concordia Journal 39/4 (2013): 310–32, entries on "Ecumenical Movement" and "Pentecostalism, Global" in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Martin Luther, and A Guide to Pentecostal Movements for Lutherans. 6. And heck, let's get the whole family in on the fun: check out my husband Andrew's book Here I Walk: A Thousand Miles on Foot to Rome with Luther tracing our pilgrimage on the 500th anniversary of Luther's. (Except it was the 499th... we found out too late.) 7. If you want to take up the catechetical call at the end of the episode, why not try the Small Catechism: Memorizing Edition? More about us at sarahhinlickywilson.com and paulhinlicky.com!

Mark 6:7-13 | Rev. Wes Granberg-Michaelson* *Wes Granberg-Michaelson is a speaker and the author of several books, including Future Faith: Ten Challenges Reshaping Christianity in the 21st Century and From Times Square to Timbuktu: The Post-Christian West Meets the Non-Western Church. From 1994 to 2010, Granberg-Michaelson served as General Secretary of the Reformed Church in America. He has long been active in ecumenical initiatives such as the Global Christian Forum and Christian Ch...

In the early years of this century, four groups formed a global grouping to share concerns within a dialogue framed by love and devotion to Jesus. This group would not make pronouncements or take actions. Instead, meeting every few years, we would face matters in an open and honest way about our respective witness. The four groups making up this “forum” are The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the Vatican (Roman Catholics), the World Pentecostal Fellowship (WPF), and the World Council of Churches (WCC).

Wes is the name and "reformed and always reforming" is the game. Wes is here to talk about his newest book, Future Faith: Ten Challenges for Reshaping Christianity in the 21st Century. We talk about how Christianity is not only changing in American but globally and how the shift of Christianity to the Global South will change American Christianity. Guest Bio/Info: Wes Granberg-Michaelson is an author, speaker, and former General Secretary of the Reformed Church of America. Wes has also been active in ecumenical initiatives such as the Global Christian Forum and Christian Churches Together. Find Wes here: Twitter: @WesWgm Facebook: facebook.com/wgranbergmichaelson Special music by Weathered: weatheredmn.bandcamp.com Twitter: @WeatheredMN Instagram: @weatheredmn Facebook: facebook.com/WeatheredMN Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga

Father Lawrence Frizzell interviews Msgr. John A. Radano, Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology in the Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University, about his participation in the Meeting of World Council of Churches and Global Christian Forum.

Lawrence Frizzell interviews The Reverend Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, who serves on the Global Christian Forum’s Executive Committee, about his work in the modern ecumenical movement and how he fosters new levels of unity and reconciliation between Catholic, Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox groups.

The Global Christian Forum is a recent development responding to a new situation among Christians. For more than a century, mainline churches, Catholic, Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, have been involved in the modern ecumenical movement, and after centuries of division, have achieved new levels of unity and reconciliation. Together these mainline churches represent about 1.8 billion Christians. But a new development especially in the 21st century is that some of the fastest growing Christian communities in the world are Pentecostal (more than 600,000,000 million) and evangelical groups who have generally not been involved in the ecumenical movement, and in some ways have even been hostile to that movement. The Global Christian Forum (GCF) was conceived fifteen years ago, to bridge this gap by finding ways of bringing mainline Christian churches and growing numbers of Pentecostals and Evangelicals into contact with each other. The GCF is supported by the Vatican Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, the World Council of Churches, the Orthodox churches and many others. Increasingly the Pentecostal and Evangelical organizations are supporting it as well.

Cecil M. Robeck, who has worked at Fuller Seminary since 1974, is professor of church history and ecumenics and director of the David J. DuPlessis Center for Christian Spirituality. His recent publications in the field of ecumenics have focused on the Holy Spirit, the Church, unity in the Pentecostal perspective, and potential contributions the Pentecostal Movement can make to the world Christian Movement. Previously, Robeck served as an instructor in religion at Southern California College (now Vanguard University) in Costa Mesa, California, and as a trustee for Bethany Bible College (now Bethany University) in Scotts Valley, California. At Fuller, he has served in several administrative positions, including associate dean for Academic Programs in the School of Theology, director of Academic Services, director of Student Services, and director of Admissions and Records. An ordained minister with the Assemblies of God, Robeck has also worked on ecumenical issues for nearly 30 years with the World Council of Churches, the Vatican, the World Alliance [now Communion] of Reformed Churches, and other groups. He serves as a Consultant to the Chairman of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization for long-term relations with the Vatican. For the past 13 years Robeck has served on the steering committee of the Global Christian Forum. He also participated with Pope John Paul II in worship events in Rome and Assisi. For 18 years he has met annually with the Secretaries of Christian World Communions and he appears regularly as a panelist on broadcasts of the American Religious Town Hall Meeting.