How can ecclesias most effectively respond to the new interpretations that are now being promoted in regard to the role of sisters?
Begin by understanding
An effective response calls for wisdom, a combination of insight and practical action. But understanding must come first – an understanding o…
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Forty years ago many churches in Christendom were engulfed in a fierce controversy surrounding the issue of women’s ordination. At that time we as a body looked askance at that debate and concluded that this was just another sign of a corrupt system sliding further into apostasy. Sadly, however, t…
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The Association of Christadelphian Ecclesias (AACE) was formed to provide a focus for discussion and cooperation relating to the organisational, spiritual and pastoral needs of Australian Christadelphian Ecclesias in areas of mutual benefit without compromise to ecclesial autonomy. One of the stated…
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When upon an ecclesial visit some months ago, my sister wife and I were taken to the Bible Class by two elderly sisters who apparently always go together on Wednesday nights. But this was a huge city and the suburban drive was for many miles through thick and fastmoving traffic. Besides, the night w…
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During the discussions revolving around reunion, Brother Carter found that a group of brethren who later joined the Old Paths fellowship were expressing doctrines in language reminiscent of that propounded by the late JJ Andrew. In his second report on Unity in Australia Brother Carter addressed the…
Continuing Difficulties – the Old Paths Fellowship Read More »
The preamble to the Basis of Fellowship set out on pages 13–15 of the Unity Book includes the following : “… a clear basis for ecclesial unity has now been formulated… The basis arrived at and which is offered as a means to ecclesial association is as follows”. We should not be surprised t…
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By the time Brother Carter reached the shores of Australia, significant progress had already been made by the Unity Committee (NSW) and by the Victorian ecclesias in their own earlier reunion.
The British perception was that the fellowship situation in Australia was confused, in that there were e…
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Fifty years is a long time, yet the writer can still remember seeing this visitor from England and still remember his voice as he concluded a most memorable talk on the atonement and especially his concluding words, “Brothers and sisters, I have used no notes; I have just spoken what was in my hea…
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Being a contemporary with the achievement of unity in Australia, one can testify to the sense of relief and joy that swept through our Australian community in the year 1958. Never has it been more necessary to remind those, born after the time, of the precious nature of that achievement, and of the …
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Have you read this part of the Unity Book lately? Have you read it often? More than one third of our Unity Book is devoted to Brother Carter’s addresses, “The Atonement” and “Isaiah 53”, the first delivered in Melbourne and the second in Sydney. Both addresses were delivered in the major c…
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