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The Post Evangelical - 2 We've never had it so good
The Post Evangelical - 2 We've never had it so good
by SPCK - Dave Tomlinson
2 We’ve never had it so good! By any standards, the period from the early 1980s to the mid- 1990s has been a remarkable period of transformation for British evangelicalism. In the years prior to this, the expectation of growth in most churches was minimal, media attention was vir…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Passion of the Community
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Passion of the Community
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Passion of the Community (Mark 13) Chapter 13, a speech in the middle of the Gospel’s second half, parallels chapter 4, a speech in the middle of its first half. The parables of the first speech suggest how the realm of God begins to take hold on the earth in the present age.…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Churches for All
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Churches for All
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
Churches for All Enabling church Churches for All is a partnership of UK Christian disability organizations. These partners have a breadth of experience and depth of knowledge on disability issues – challenging and enabling churches to fully include disabled people. The aim of Ch…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Holding an accessibility audit
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Holding an accessibility audit
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
6 Living with diversity There are a number of accessibility audits online which a church can use to check out barriers to access for disabled people. Detailed notes on this topic are not within the scope of this book, but some basic ideas are outlined here…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - From the Lausanne 2010 Cape Town Commitment – Part 2, Section IIB, 4
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - From the Lausanne 2010 Cape Town Commitment – Part 2, Section IIB, 4
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
From the Lausanne 2010 Cape Town Commitment – Part 2, Section IIB, 4 People with disabilities form one of the largest minority groups in the world, estimated to exceed 600 million. [The latest World Health Organization figures put this at over one billion.] The majority of these …
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Who’s disabled? Disability in the UK
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Who’s disabled? Disability in the UK
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
Who’s disabled? Disability in the UK The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and the subsequent Equality Act 2010 both define a disabled person as someone who ‘has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry o…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Standing up for justice
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Standing up for justice
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
3 Standing up for justice 2 Samuel 4.4, 9.1–11; Mark 10.46 –52 Purpose: to explore the idea of inclusion as a matter of justice, not charity; to look at self-worth, identity and dignity; to consider disabled people as contributors…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Knowing we're made in his image
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Knowing we're made in his image
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
1 Knowing we’re made in his image Genesis 1.26 –31; 1 John 3.2 Purpose: to explore what it means to be human, made in God’s image; to challenge prejudices about what is ‘normal’. Prayer Thank God for the Bible – his inspired message to us all – and for all that it can teach us of…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Annotated Suggestions for Further Reading
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Annotated Suggestions for Further Reading
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
Annotated Suggestions for Further Reading CHAPTER 1: FOUR GOSPELS On gospel criticism Richard A. Burridge, What are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography, SNTS Monograph Series 70 (Cambridge University Press, 1992; revised second edition, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Quoted on the Disability Wall
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Quoted on the Disability Wall
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
Quoted on the Disability Wall Laurence Banks Laurence Banks is Deaf. He has worked with Go! Sign for over ten years and is currently employed as their part-time ministry director. He preaches and teaches around the UK and overseas and has recently completed a theology degree at t…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Experiencing God in togetherness