ACNS - More than 60 evangelism resources soon available for the Anglican Communion

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More than 60 evangelism resources soon available for the Anglican Communion

The

<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/ministry/mission/ecgi/index.cfm>Evangelis m
and Church Growth Initiative (ECGI) core group
met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 14 ? 17
February 2011. The groupi was chaired by Bishop
Patrick Yu from Canada, and hosted by Bishop Moon
Hing Ng of the Diocese of West Malaysia. It
included members from Melanesia, Malaysia,
Pakistan, South Africa, Kenya, England and the
USA, with staff from the Anglican Communion Office.ii

Reflecting on different stories of the growth of
the early church in the Acts of the Apostles, the
group shared stories of evangelism and church
growth from around the Communion and affirmed
that all were working in a variety of different
contexts and had much to learn from each other?s
experiences, and received a report on work amongst least evangelised people s.

They were able to review the progress made since
the core group first met in January 2010 and
sharpened its goals for the coming year. Time was
spent compiling a collection of over sixty
different resources for evangelism that will be
available on the
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/ministry/mission/ecgi/resources/index.cfm 
>ECGI
resource page on the
<http://www.aco.org/>Anglican Communion website
by mid March; these will be arranged according to
the type of context they are most appropriate
for, as well as a section of general reference.

They agreed to establish a Facebook group for
practitioners to increase interaction among those
involved in evangelism and church growth: to
share stories; best practice; resources; prayer;
encouragement. The frequency of the
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/ministry/mission/ecgi/newsletters/index.c 
fm>ECGI
newsletter, renamed Witness6.7iii, will increase
from four to six issues each year.

The core group were deeply grateful for the sense
of God?s leading and fellowship which was
enhanced by the overwhelming hospitality shown by
the Diocese of West Malaysia.

> ___________________

i. The full group comprises:

Bishop Patrick Yu - Canada ? Convenor; Bishop
Bill Godfrey - Peru; Mrs Linda Jones ? Liverpool,
England; Revd Anthonio J. Kibwela Kifwambwa ? DR
Congo; Rev Canon Rosemary Mbogo ? Kenya; Rev
Trevor Pearce - South Africa; Bishop Irfan Jamil
? Pakistan; Bishop Ng Moon Hing ? West Malaysia;
Revd Patterson Worak ? Melanesia; Bishop Ken
Okeke - Church of Nigeria Missionary Society; Rev
Canon Mark Oxbrow ? Faith2Share ? UK; Rev Dr
Julian Linnell - Anglican Frontier Mission- USA;
Captain Judy Douglas ? Church Army Australia and
is serviced by Revd John Kafwanka and Mr Stuart
Buchanan of the Mission Department, Anglican Communion Office.

> ii. For more information contact
> john.kafwanka@anglicancommunion.org or
> stuart.buchanan@anglicancommunion.org and see
> http://www.anglicancommunion.org/ministry/mission/ecgi/index.cfm

iii. Acts 6.7a - The word of God continued to spread