Sharing the DNA of Christianity
ARTICLE This article is excerpted and lightly edited from the message Thomas Schirrmacher delivered on his inauguration as Secretary General of the WEA.
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ARTICLE This article is excerpted and lightly edited from the message Thomas Schirrmacher delivered on his inauguration as Secretary General of the WEA.
ARTICLE Today, Catholics and evangelicals have friendly relationships of mutual respect and cooperation in many parts of the world, but some criticize this friendliness on theological grounds.
ARTICLE As an evangelical theologian, I affirm that the ‘evangel’, God’s gospel of love and forgiveness, is the sole message of hope for this world.
SPEECH Thomas Schirrmacher addressed the global dialogue of Evangelical Charismatic and Catholic Charismatic Christians with the speech „Catholics and Evangelicals and their Future together“.
ARTICLE Thoughts on the relationship of theology, missiology and mission, presented by the chair of the Theological Commission of World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Thomas Schirrmacher, to the General Assembly of the Missions Commission of the WEA at Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Germany, November 2011.
ARTICLE After a short introduction, showing that suffering, persecution and martyrdom have been prominent in the theology of the Early Church, and that the Bible speaks about them constantly, the main part of the article outlines 18 examples of Bible texts and Bible topics. These have often been neglected, as the subject has not been seen as integral to Scripture, to the church and to mission.
ARTICLE Christians often think of apologetics as something that only academics do, but actually it has always been an essential part of Christian mission.
ARTICLE I have been ask to provide a short version of my essay ‘Do We Need a Special Ethics for the Last Days?’. Peirong Lin, our research coordinator, was so nice to provide it, here it is.