The COVID-19 pandemic has limited Christians’ access to face-to-face spiritual nourishment provided by their own church, whether through Sunday worship, Wednesday Bible studies, cell group and discipleship gatherings, or other church activities. Pastors were anxious and concerned whether online church programs, such as streaming Sunday worship and Zoom Bible study sessions, would be adequate toContinue reading NOVEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER
AEA November 2021 Newsletter is available. Click here to read Click on the links below to read each article. Digital Resources, Covid 19 and Spiritual Growth in Indonesia Churches Adapting to the Digital Age Is God Against A Data Driven Church ? An Introduction to the AEA Digital and Media 13 Commission A Report fromContinue reading AEA November 2021 NEWSLETTER
The Bible teaches that disciple-making begins at home, but how many Christian families are actually doing it? How many churches have emphasized this function? And how well are we doing it? The quality of family discipleship became a crucial issue during the COVID-19 pandemic. People couldn’t attend church, so there was no Sunday school forContinue reading SEPTEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER
Recent research by the Bilangan Research Center (BRC) in Jakarta on disciple making and evangelism points to areas where the church in Indonesia should focus its investment in the months and years to come. Areas needing attention include (1) the gap between evangelism and disciple making; (2) the gap in evangelism engagement between the periodsContinue reading JULY 2021 NEWSLETTER
By: Rev. Canon Mark Oxbrow, Director: Guided Study Programme- Oxford Centre for Mission Study Intentional Holistic Discipleship happens when we actively take the decision every day to allow God to give us a ‘Jesus-Shaped Life’, at work, at home, at church, at leisure – in every aspect of our life, so that everything we do,Continue reading INTENTIONAL HOLISTIC DISCIPLE MAKING
Bambang Budijanto – General Secretary A. INTRODUCTION Most of us are familiar with the terms, “succession of leadership,” or “transition of leadership,” and probably “regeneration of leadership.” In most cases they are understood as the passing of baton from one generation (usually older) to the next generation (usually younger) of leader(s) or leadership in anContinue reading Intergenerational Leadership
Rev. Paul H. Ueki – Chairman of AEA “Give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.” (2 Timothy 2:2) It was about twenty years ago, when I was a missionary teacher at Caribbean Wesleyan College in Jamaica and assisting a pastor at a local church. One of our youthContinue reading Intergenerational Leadership – Problem at a Japanese Local Church
Rev. Dr. John Yates, Chairman of Australia Evangelical Alliance I spend a significant part of my time in one on one meetings, generally with younger men. They may be pastors, teachers, evangelists, even a few apostles and prophets, ministering in the Church (Eph 4:11). But they also include those called to represent Christ in business,Continue reading Intergenerational Leadership, Parent-Child Relationship
Rev. CB Samuel Broadly speaking, there are five generations in any community. For want of better categorization, I begin with the popular terms: (1) Traditionalist, born between1929-45), so in the age group of 74 and above (strictly speaking 74-90), (2) Boomers, born between 1945-1960/64 and currently between 55-74, (3) Generation X, born between 1961/65-1979 andContinue reading TOWARDS A CULTURE OF INTERGENERATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY OF FAITH
WEA’s Geneva Liaison Office Keeps Sri Lanka, India, Algeria and Malaysia under the Spotlight at the Human Rights Council. Liaison Office also submits report on Freedom of Religion or Belief in Viet Nam and in Iraq, and denounces nationalist populism and xenophobia as being incompatible with Christian values.
