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  • Hybrid churches show potential to grow stronger and stay longer

    The hybrid church has been described as the coming together of a church’s online presence and offline/physical gatherings. In fantasy fiction hybrids emerge at a critical point of change and endure longer over time. In a similar way, hybridity has the potential strengthen a churches witness and promote a stronger holistic ministry, increasing gospel impact and a church's longevity. Let's explore this further together.

  • Word and works witnessing with environmental acts

    Climate change and rapid biodiversity loss are threatening people, landscapes and all of creation in many parts of the world. Following the example of the Apostle Paul, we should take time to understand local values, traditions, and needs, including environmental concerns, to more effectively proclaim the goodness of God in Jesus Christ.

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Time to repent, focus on younger leaders & family discipleship to avert church decline, Asian leaders say

Time to repent, focus on younger leaders & family discipleship to avert church decline, Asian leaders say

“Everything that is not growing will slowly decay,” says Dr Bambang Budijanto, General Secretary of the Asia Evangelical Alliance (AEA), as he highlights the challenges facing the Church in Asia today. Following AEA’s 11th General Assembly in Mongolia, Budijanto and other Asian leaders have now published their reflections on what they see as the only way forward: repentance, focusing on discipleship within families and truly empowering younger leaders to participate in God’s mission.

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