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Global Vision 2008

Seminars

Some seminar speakers from GV08 have been able to provide follow-up material or links or notes from their seminar which may be useful to some. These details are given below.

1. What are we to make of the Chinese puzzle?

John Doherty, Bible Society in Northern Ireland

If anyone would like to receive a self-explanatory PowerPoint on the church in China you can contact the Bible Society in Northern Ireland at tel. 028 90326577 or email GSec@bsni.co.uk (it can be emailed or placed on a CDROM).

2. The hidden mission in Europe

Colin Ride, Area Secretary for Europe, World Church Office (Meth. Church in Britain)

Website: Europe - World Church Office

3. 24-7 prayer Ibiza style

Jud Sweeney

Website: www.brianheasley.blogspot.com

4. Doing mission in the global village of the 21st Century

Dr Samson Makhado, Association of Christian Schools International

Website: www.acsi.org

5. Hope in a Broken Land: Afghanistan

Mrs Suraya Pakzad, Voice of Women Organisation

6. Challenges and opportunities facing the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe

Rev Edson Dube

Website: www.methodistzim.org.zw

(may not be up to date and a little slow)

7. An end to outreach?

Rev Des Bain, Methodist Home Mission Department

Website: www.freshexpressions.org.uk  

Book: UK Methodist “Changing church for a changing world” published by Methodist Church UK in booklet form as a Conference Report 2007.

8. Our father who art in heaven

Tearfund

Ten year vision and resources: www.tearfund.org/Churches/

9. A Liberating Theology - interpreting scripture from point of view of the poor

Victor Henriquez, Christian Aid Ireland

Download list of resources here

10. Inspiring our children - giving childrena world view

Nicky Blair, Methodist Dept. of Youth and Children's Work

11. Growing Churches in a 21st Century World - equiping mission

Rev Bobby Loney, Church Education Trust

Website: www.churcheducationtrust.com

12. Palestine: Imprisoned by Apartheid Walls

John Parkin, Convener of Methodist World Development & Relief Committee

Book recommendation: ‘Palestine: Peace not Apartheid’ by Jimmy Carter, 2006   Pocket Books

Book recommendation: Jeff Halper - Obstacles To Peace: A critical reframing of the Isreal-Palestine Conflict.

Book reommendation: The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (Probably not available in bookshops in Ireland)

Website: East Jerusalem YMCA

13. Chodort Training Centre (Zambia)

David, Rhoda, Samuel and Christopher Nixon, Mission Partners

Website: Methodist Missionary Society (Ireland)