Vi måste gå vidare!
Stanley Sjöberg skriver i Hemmets Vän - "Ärligt talat befinner vi oss i en svår konflikt inom olika förgreningar av den kristna gemenskapen i vårt land. Bibeln ifrågasätts, Jesus förnekas, etiken omvärderas, den helige Ande nedvärderas. Vulgär kultur med antikristna värderingar accepteras i kyrkorum som tidigare var helgade platser.
Hur gör vi nu? Ska vi tyst acceptera det som händer? Vågar vi ta upp kampen för historisk väckelsekristendom? Många troende kristna sitter sörjande i kyrkbänkarna. Man upplever främlingskap och andlig hemlöshet. Nya modeller för ledarskap tillåter inte heller medlemmarna att finnas med i beslutsprocesserna. Hur gör vi nu?"
Sverige som varnande exempel
Liv och Rätt - "Sverige är tillsammans med Tyskland de länder i Europa som slår hårdast mot föräldrar som väljer att hemskola sina barn. Utomlands framstår nu Sverige som ett varnande exempel i de länder där hemskolning är en accepterad skolform."
Kyrkoprofiler till sjöss med 2000 ungdomar
FA:s hemsida - "Marie Willermark, kommendör för Frälsningsarmén i Sverige, är en av de sju samfundsprofilerna som är med på konferensen.
I september lämnar en abonnerad Silja Galaxy kajen i Stockholm. Under ett dygn blir det ungdomskonferens arrangerad av elev- och studentorganisationen Ny Generation. 2000 ungdomar finns det plats för - och sju vuxna profiler från olika kyrkotraditioner.
- De kommer finnas med hela dygnet, det finns ju liksom ingen annan möjlighet när det är en färja till havs, säger Joakim Lundqvist, ordförande i Ny Generation med ett skratt." Läs också i Världen idag
In English
The rise of evangelicalism is shaking up the established church
The Economist - "EVER since the 18th century, England’s established church has harboured a suspicion of religious enthusiasm. Anglicanism’s cosy ubiquity as a reassuring, if vestigial, presence in every English suburb and village is regarded as a defence against the sort of fanaticism that leads to social or ethnic conflict. But every so often in English church history, compromise and emollience have triggered a countervailing reaction: an upsurge in faith of a more passionate kind. Such a change may be under way now.
As the number of people who are actively committed to the Church of England falls, the proportion of churchgoers who are serious about their faith—and its implications for private and public life—is growing. Peter Brierley, a collector of statistics on faith in Britain, reckons that 40% of Anglicans attend evangelical parishes these days, up from 26% in 1989. That is against a background of overall decline; he thinks the number of regular worshippers in the Church of England will have fallen to 680,000 by 2020, down from about 800,000 now and just under 1m a decade ago. The lukewarm are falling away, leaving the pews to the more fervent."
The Economist - "EVER since the 18th century, England’s established church has harboured a suspicion of religious enthusiasm. Anglicanism’s cosy ubiquity as a reassuring, if vestigial, presence in every English suburb and village is regarded as a defence against the sort of fanaticism that leads to social or ethnic conflict. But every so often in English church history, compromise and emollience have triggered a countervailing reaction: an upsurge in faith of a more passionate kind. Such a change may be under way now.
As the number of people who are actively committed to the Church of England falls, the proportion of churchgoers who are serious about their faith—and its implications for private and public life—is growing. Peter Brierley, a collector of statistics on faith in Britain, reckons that 40% of Anglicans attend evangelical parishes these days, up from 26% in 1989. That is against a background of overall decline; he thinks the number of regular worshippers in the Church of England will have fallen to 680,000 by 2020, down from about 800,000 now and just under 1m a decade ago. The lukewarm are falling away, leaving the pews to the more fervent."
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