“Europe,” writes Philip Jenkins, “has long been a malarial swamp for any traditional or orthodox faith.”
This, however, is only one side of the picture, as this edition of Yes shows.
People no longer go to church out of compulsion or for social advantage so the churches are being freed to be the Church, small vigorous cells of mission creativity and spiritual enterprise. Faith is flowering among people who lived for generations with the aridity of socialist materialism. Young people are expressing faith through music and the arts. Refugee settlements are challenging the churches and the churches are responding with imagination and flair. The drug endemic is prompting churches to reach out in unprecedented ways and connecting them with their neighbourhoods with surprising outcomes.
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Visualising hope
Sarah Dunlop was commissioned by CMS to run a unique listening project with students from the former eastern bloc
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Greenbelt, look out
The Euro festival scene is vibrant and bursting with potential for the Kingdom of God, says Andrew Jones
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Jonny Baker
When people with good ideas and shared vision connect, then the world can really change for the better
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