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54 – October 2007
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Clinton J. Holloway,
Editor
It
is Time to Register for Nashville 2008!
So far more than 350 people have taken advantage of the
significant discounts available through early
registration. But time is about to run out on these discounts!
On January 1st the regular registration rates will go into effect.
There are still two ways to take advantage of these savings. Go to http://www.worldconvention.org, fill out the online
registration, and pay using a credit card via a secure link. Or you can fill out
the registration form printed in the last issue of World
Christian and mail it along with your payment to World Convention,
1279 Brentwood Highlands
Drive, Nashville, TN 37211
New Stone-Campbell Resource
Available
College Press and
HeartSpring Publishing of
Joplin, Missouri has announced a new study series with
small groups in mind, The 3:16 Series, takes its name from Colossians
3:16, “Let the Word of
Christ dwell in you richly…” Titles in the series include: Strength for the
Journey, Unquenchable Faith, Freedom in Christ, The Gospel Unhindered, The
Gospel Unleashed and Jesus The Powerful Servant. For more
information, other titles and to order visit http://www.collegepress.com
(World Convention is proud to
welcome College Press to our growing list of ministries who have made
application to exhibit at the 17th Global Gathering in Nashville, July
30-August 3, 2008
where you will see first hand their many quality publications!)
Copies of Jeff Weston’s
Power for Pressurized People, A Devotional Study on Paul’s
Letter to the Church at Colosse (Colossians) is available
for $10 postpaid, only through the Convention office
at worldconv@aol.com Excellent for small group
study or personal devotions!
Pact for Peace
Signed at Restoration Forum
Early in September more than 1100 people attended the
final Restoration Forum, held in Joplin, Missouri. Of that number more than 500 signed
a “Pact for Peace” based upon Jesus prayer for unity in John 17 that included
confession, repentance, and a resolve to abandon division, love peace and live
as peacemakers (see the pact at http://www.poeministries.org). Restoration
Forum began in 1984 as a unity meeting between Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in the United
States.
India Youth
Conference
Over October 18-21 an estimated two thousand young
people will gather for the annual youth conference sponsored by Ajai and Indu
Lall’s Central India
Christian Mission. The 2007 theme for this annual event is taken from
Joshua 1:9, “Move Ahead With His Strength.” In the past many
students have made their first time commitment to Jesus Christ at this
conference. Cost for food, lodging and transportation is $20, yet many students
cannot afford to pay this amount. If you would like to provide a scholarship for
one student send your gift designated “Youth Conference” to Central India
Christian Mission, 9911 Emnora
Lane, Houston, TX 77080. Contact Ajai at alall@indiamission.org
“Unity in the Midst
of Adversity” Theme of Brazil
Gathering
The Brazil
Christian Churches/Churches of Christ National Convention will be held at the
Oliveira’s Place in Goiânia, Goiás, November 9-11, 2007. This
will be a pre-celebration for the 60th anniversary. In 1948 missionary Lloyd
David Sanders established the first church in Goiânia. For more information
contact Jeff Fife at rlm_fifes@hotmail.com
Prayer
Focus
Remember to pray for the
people of Darfur. http://www.savedarfur.org
News
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Editor Clinton J. Holloway at worldconvclint@aol.com.
Thanks!
Congratulations and best wishes to our ministry partner
Emmanuel
School of Religion, Johnson City, Tennessee, where World Convention
President Dr Robert Wetzel serves as President. On October 25 ESR will dedicate
their long anticipated Fred and Dorothy Thompson Community Center
which, among other things, will house their Institutes for Excellence
in Ministry, World Mission and Church Planting. They will also dedicate several
new cottages in the residential village. http://www.esr.edu
A National Conference on Youth Ministries
will convene January
2-5, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia under the theme “Get Caught
Up in the Overflow.” For more information on speakers and the program
visit http://www.ncym.org
As part of the Centenary Celebrations of the
Churches of Christ Theological College, Mulgrave, Australia, the memory of Sir
Douglas Nicholls was honored on September 16. Sir Douglas, who died in
1988, was a pioneer in Australia’s indigenous ministries and the first
Aboriginal citizen of Australia knighted by Queen
Elizabeth, in 1972.
Volume 55
of World Christian is now at the printers and will be
in the post in late October/early November so keep an eye out for it! If
you have access to the web you can view it on our web site
at http://www.worldconvention.org One
significant feature of this issue is a description of the Tours that
will be available before and after the Nashville Convention. If you have changed
address please let us know where to send your World Christian.
After the last edition we had nearly 200 returned due to change of
address resulting in significant postage charges!
Plans are moving forward for the 2008 Convention and
excitement is building! The roster of workshops and seminars is quickly being
finalized with more than 30 speakers and workshop leaders
firmly committed. Convention plans are coming together; are
yours?
June 26,
2007 marked the passing of
Charles Jerome Elder, 100, in Nashville, Tennessee. The founder of Elder’s
Bookstore, one of his areas of interest was rare and out of print
materials of the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement, particularly for the a
cappella Churches of Christ. Elder’s Bookstore remains a Nashville
landmark. http://www.eldersbookstore.com
Philip Woods, for the last eleven years Secretary for International
Relations of the UK’s United Reformed
Church, has announced that effective in November he will be moving to
the Council of World Mission as Executive Secretary for Mission Programme.
Dale Rominger will succeed Philip as Secretary of World Church
Relations and as a result will be working with the Disciples Ecumenical
Consultative Council and World Convention. Thank you, Philip! Welcome,
Dale!
World
Convention on the Road
The next several months will present several
opportunities for the story of World Convention to be presented. Jeff
Weston, Executive Director, will be traveling to the South
Carolina Regional Assembly, October 4-8; Lexington, Kentucky on October 10; and will be leaving on
October 29 for an extended trip to Kenya, Zimbabwe and South
Africa, returning December 2.
Clint Holloway will take the World Convention booth to the
National Missionary Convention at the Duke Energy
Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 16-18. Our booth is
#727. Stop by and pick up a “flashy” World Convention
souvenir!
2007 Calendar of
Events
We
are currently putting together our 2008 Calendar of Events. For inclusion send
news of your event to Clinton J. Holloway, ChristiaNet Editor at worldconvclint@aol.com
November
3-9, Pan
American Lectureship, Panama City, Panama, “Decisions that Determine
Destiny,” from Joshua 24:15 http://www.lectureship.org
November
15-17, Christian
Churches in New
Zealand, National Conference
“Mission of a Movement 07”, Wellington, http://www.ccnz.org
November
15-18, 60th
National Missionary Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio, “Compelled” from 2 Corinthians
5:14, http://www.nmc-windows.org
November
16-18, 40th
Eastern Christian Convention, Hershey, Pennsylvania, contact info@easterncc.com
World
Convention seeks to build up fellowship, understanding and common purpose within
the Christian - Churches of Christ - Disciples of Christ family of churches, now
serving and witnessing as part of Christ's church in no less than 178
countries.
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