Wednesday, 29 September 2010

The five marks of mission

To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom
To teach, baptise and nurture new believers
To respond to human need by loving service
To seek to transform unjust structures of society
To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth
(Bonds of Affection-1984 ACC-6 p49, Mission in a Broken World-1990 ACC-8 p101)
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/ministry/mission/fivemarks.cfm

Saturday, 18 September 2010

Thought for the day

"I don't think the argument is about getting rid of it – even people who dislike it like disliking it so much that it becomes a talking point.

I myself have been known to scream during Thought for the Day. The question that was alive and now not quite as live was whether or not the range of speakers should be been widened to include avowed humanists, secularists and atheists."

Mark Damazer, former controller of Radio 4, Guardian 17 September 2010.
"Mark Damazer admits he faced political pressure"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/17/mark-damazer-political-pressure