Ministry

Church is a place of labels. Some are useful—for example, we wear name tags so we can more easily engage with others in fellowship, or sometimes we’re categorized into groups so we can be pastored more easily. But some labels are burdensome to…

In the medieval church the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was appointed by the crown in England, needed to receive a pallium from the Pope which represented his ecclesiastical authority. The pallium was thin scarf-like vestment and the last…

Among the myriad challenges facing the Church of England is the state of theological education.  Part time and mixed mode study dominates the theological educational landscape. Residential theological education is deemed too expensive. …

Originally from Sydney, Dave Jensen is currently serving as an assistant minister at All Saints’ Anglican Church in Belfast. Dave has been involved in the recent launch of UniChurch Belfast—a new initiative of All Saints’ Church in the university…

Are cultural churches valid? By ‘cultural churches’, I mean churches who cater to a particular group of people—the Homogeneous Unit Church (HUC). The HUC was founded from the Homogenous Unit Principle (HUP) and is part of a missiological strategy…

I grew up a Roman Catholic. When I was converted in my teenage years, I became a (high church) Presbyterian, so much so that in 2010 I refused to celebrate Christmas. Fortunately, in Scotland there are pockets of Presbyterians who likewise do…