Phillip Jensen at ICM
'Irish Church Missions is hosting an evening reception for members of General Synod and others on Thursday May 6th at 7.30pm in the ICM building, 28 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1. The guest speaker is the Dean of Sydney Cathedral, Philip Jensen, who will be speaking on the subject of 'Why I am an Anglican'.
Phillip Jensen has been a regular speaker at conventions and is a sought after speaker in Australia and internationally as an evangelist and for his perceptive and incisive expository Bible preaching. As the Dean of Sydney he preaches regularly at St Andrew's Cathedral Sydney. He is the author of many books including By God’s Word (Vol I and II) , Prayer and the Voice of God, Guidance and the Voice of God and the gospel presentation Two Ways to Live. You can read his articles, watch or listen to Phillip on his website,
http://phillipjensen.com/, preaching or addressing current issues with a practical Biblical perspective on The
Chat Roomor Ask Phillip.
As well as initiating a number of significant organisations including the Ministry Training Strategy (MTS) and Matthias Media, Phillip is director of MTD, providing the ongoing training for Ministers in the Sydney Diocese. Phillip has been involved in full-time ministry for 30 years as an evangelist, church planter and Bible teacher. In all these ministries it has always been Phillip’s aim to glorify Christ by faithfully preaching the gospel through the prayerful exposition of God’s word to the people given to him to love. He and his wife, Helen, live in Sydney and have 3 adult children and 10 grandchildren. '
Annual Supporters' Meeting
The Irish Church Missions' Annual Supporters' Meeting was held on Tuesday 2nd March at 8pm in the Fergus Hall of St. Mark's Parish Church, Portadown, N.Ireland, where the Superintendent and staff of Irish Church Missions were warmly welcomed by the rector, Canon Jim Campbell, who conducted the proceedings of the evening.
The Superintendent spoke to a packed hall of supporters about the work of the mission in Ireland today. The theme of the evening was proclaiming Christ in Ireland. Rev. Coulter outlined the Gospel that the Bible teaches and spoke of its continuing relevance and power to change lives in modern day Irish society. An overview of the various aspects of the work of the Mission was supplemented by interviews with ICM staff.
Rev. John McClure, Irish Church Missions Deputation Secretary, thanked the people of the parish of St. Marks for their warm welcome, hard work in preparation for the evening, and their hospitality. Mr. McClure also thanked the supporters of the Mission who had travelled to the meeting from the Republic of Ireland and N.Ireland.
EAI and the Civil Partnership Bill
Evangelical Alliance Ireland, an organization representing some evangelicals in the Republic of Ireland has issued a statement calling on evangelicals to support the Civil Partnership Bill. The statement is a sad indication of the poverty of biblical understanding of the Gospel now to be seen even within evangelicalsim in the Republic of Ireland.
The deepest concern is that Scripture has been used to justify support for a lifestyle clearly defined in Scripture as one of the ways in which man rebels against the love of God. Whilst we must do good to all men as the Evangelical Alliance Ireland statement makes clear, that 'doing good' does not mean affirming people in their sinful lifestyle, but rather calling people from it!
As Evangelicals we want to affirm God's love towards all sinners, whether homosexual or heterosexual. That love expressed in Christ's death on the cross means calling people to repentance from ways of living that are contrary to God's Word, to faith in Christ and life under the Lordship of Christ. There is only one standard for homosexual and heterosexual, and that is the Gospel. There is no exemption for any group.
Therefore, in relation to the Civil Partnership Bill, the Bible is abundantly clear that an active homosexual lifestyle is a sinful lifestyle, and so Christians cannot support such a Bill. To support such a Bill is to effectively say we do not care about the spiritual welfare of homosexual people. As Evangelicals, we do care about the spiritual welfare or salvation of all groups of people, calling them to new life under the rule of Christ Jesus.
The Evangelical Alliance Ireland statement is not an accurate representation of the Bible's teaching on homosexuality or of the Gospel of Christ. By such a statement, EAI are not only doing evangelicals a disservice, but also are doing a great disservice to homosexual people. Indeed, the statement is doing a great disservice to the Gospel itself and EAI should withdraw it as it will do great damage to the cause of Christ rather than promoting it.
Wednesday Night Small Groups
Our small group programme in 2009/10 is looking at the Gospel of John. The meeting begins at 7.15pm finishing around 8.30pm. The small group programme is aimed at Christians who are exploring making Immanuel Church Dublin their 'home'. For more information please contact
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magazine
The Banner is ICM's quarterly newsletter.
The latest edition, Summer 2009, is available here.
In this issue:
- Building Friendships with a World of People
- Planning Ahead for a Good Harvest
- We Can All Share in the "Good Life"
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