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Thursday, November 03, 2005
NOT ‘SURVIVING’ BUT LIVING ... IN BRADFORD
“As Christians in a multi-faith, Muslim majority context, we Christians are a minority. But we are not ‘surviving’ we are living!”
These were the words of the Rev Arun John, who heads up the Bradford Inner Ring Group, an ecumenical church consortium exploring fresh possibilities of engagement in the inner city. He was speaking at the 2005 Future Church Conference today at the High Leigh conference centre in Hertfordshire.
In this challenging new situation for a church used to being the majority, Christians need to re-learn Gospel humility, to build “the church for others” and to be a living sign of hope in the lives they lead, said Arun.
He talked about how Christians in Britain can learn from Asian Christian spirituality in witnessing to Christ through building bridges of hope towards their neighbours.
Arun John has been working in Bradford for a year now, though he had contacts in the area for a number of years. He was previously working in South Africa. He is a priest of the Church of North India.
Arun’s role is being supported by the Church Mission Society. The Bradford Inner Ring Group has been linked to Building Bridges of Hope for several years.
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“As Christians in a multi-faith, Muslim majority context, we Christians are a minority. But we are not ‘surviving’ we are living!”These were the words of the Rev Arun John, who heads up the Bradford Inner Ring Group, an ecumenical church consortium exploring fresh possibilities of engagement in the inner city. He was speaking at the 2005 Future Church Conference today at the High Leigh conference centre in Hertfordshire.
In this challenging new situation for a church used to being the majority, Christians need to re-learn Gospel humility, to build “the church for others” and to be a living sign of hope in the lives they lead, said Arun.
He talked about how Christians in Britain can learn from Asian Christian spirituality in witnessing to Christ through building bridges of hope towards their neighbours.
Arun John has been working in Bradford for a year now, though he had contacts in the area for a number of years. He was previously working in South Africa. He is a priest of the Church of North India.
Arun’s role is being supported by the Church Mission Society. The Bradford Inner Ring Group has been linked to Building Bridges of Hope for several years.
Comment on this post: BuildingBridges [Nb. Content is not necessarily the view of CTBI/CCOM]
