Unity

by John Hall In 1910, major Protestant and Anglican denominations and missionary societies gathered in Edinburgh for the World Missionary Conference. The major thrust of the conference was to activate the Evangelical church to evangelize the “Non-Christian” world. Eight commissioned papers were written for the conference, some of which had a lasting impact on missional … [Read more...] about Unity: God’s Global family

by John Hall I was talking to a Jehovah’s Witness recently (at his door, not mine), and he was telling me about what attracted him to the JWs. He said he appreciated that they have one name for God, that the order of service was always consistent and the people welcoming, and that no matter where you went in the world, you would know what scripture was being studied because … [Read more...] about Unity in my (our) city

by John Hall Through advances in technology, we can view the whole earth from space. All of humanity on one twirling ball in an immeasurable universe. You would think that would be humbling enough to unify people, but no. Humanity behaves as if small bits of territory and ideology have ultimate significance.  Instead of working together for the betterment of our obviously … [Read more...] about Unity – One God