Monthly Archives: June 2010

Basque Evangelicals apologize for not supporting ETA victims

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

Basque Protestants have produced a manifesto calling ‘for peace and remembrance’, and exhorting the Basque separatist organisation, ETA, to lay down its weapons. It tells ETA that ‘here can be no forgiveness without repentance’. At the same time the Evangelical Council … Continue reading →

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From the European Parliament

Posted on June 8, 2010 by

Two issues recently brought to our attention by the office of Care for Europe Elections in the Netherlands and Czech Republic Voters in the Netherlands go to the polls this Wednesday (9 June) to elect a new Parliament. These elections are … Continue reading →

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Unintended consequences

Posted on June 3, 2010 by

The one phrase I will take with me from this morning’s opening plenary of the Edinburgh 2010 Mission Conference is ‘unintended consequences’. Dana Roberts challenged delegates to take a long view of mission and to consider the unintended consequences following … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh 2010: Continuing before beginning

Posted on June 2, 2010 by

The legacy of Edinburgh 1910 was, among other things, the establishment of a continuation committee. Out of its activity sprang, as just one example, the International Review of Mission, still widely read and consulted today by students of mission. Informal … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Edinburgh 2010!

Posted on June 1, 2010 by

I’m imagining that the regular passengers getting off the train this afternoon in Waverley station exhibited a greater degree of ethnic diversity than did the delegates to the world mission conference of Edinburgh 1910. The arrival of the ‘great and … Continue reading →

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