Reimagining church and mission
All Nations Christian College hosted a significant series of webinars on the pandemic, church and mission. Dr Sheryl Haw reports
If we listened carefully, the first murmurings of an outbreak of a respiratory disease were reported from Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) was on it, already publishing information about the new virus, and by mid-January 2020 we had a name, COVID-19.
However, despite initial alarm bells ringing, no consensus on how to respond was agreed. By the end of January more than 7,800 cases in China and close to 100 in a further 18 countries were...
Initial reactions of churches revolved around how we conduct church services when we can’t gather. First responses – let’s care for our members. Many churches did not know who their members...
Fear and courage surfaced. Selfish stockpiling and servant-hearted generosity revealed themselves. Domestic violence escalated and care of the vulnerable was prioritised. Innovation and...
