By: Curt Gesch

Curt Gesch — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:06:47 +0000

I grew up in a different denomination, one which shared the high view of ordination with the Anglican Church. A local person (a layman) was active in evangelism as a one-man-team, you might say. He would walk out on a pier where people were fishing and get into marvelous conversations based on his questions to them about fishing. He would speak of faith in Jesus, too. The local regional of the denomination didn’t know quite what to do with a person like this: no B.A., no M.D., certainly no Greek or Hebrew language skills. One thing they did NOT do is call a regional meeting of ordained leaders with the purpose of letting my acquaintance, John (the evangelist) teach them.

By: Vanessa Rottner

Vanessa Rottner — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:51:20 +0000

I am delighted that Canon Dawn Davis has developed this initiative to assist Lay Leaders in their spiritual formation to the next level, through the “Revive” program. As a graduate of Lay Ministry (Wycliffe College, Toronto), I know how intrinsically important and valuable secondary theological education is. We at that time were studying the same course material as the MDiv. program, and it was the best decision of my life and so pleased I listened to the voice of God in calling me to this vocation. Our journey to faith is a living and breathing one. The Lay Ministry can equip women and men, to develop and use valuable skills in a working parish, under the direction of the clergy of course. I trust the Revive Forward Movement will be on the same level as the Lay Ministry at Wycliffe college. It’s worth exploring. This is a most noteworthy article.

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By: Curt Gesch

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