Growing Together
Growing Together is a newsletter supplement to The Messenger online but with a focus on what is happening in our culture and the issues that are challenging for the church.As a small church conference, we cannot, and will not try to do what larger organizations do. What we will do, is discuss the issues that have an impact on us, with arguments and material to assist us to think through issues intelligently from several angles. As with everything we do, we are committed to the Bible as inspired by God and the truth by which we live.
Crisis Pregnancy Centres: What we stand to lose
GT interviews Dallas Kornelsen, part of Many Rooms Church Community, an EMC house church group in Winnipeg, and a staff member at Crisis Pregnancy Centre of Winnipeg.
Abortion: not a simple issue
As we heard from over 20 women throughout EMC with varying levels of experience and study on the topic of abortion, similar threads wove through their responses. For almost everyone who grew up in the church, abortion had been a simple issue with a clear right and a clear wrong, yet for many of them, their perspective has shifted over time. Without questioning the sanctity of life or the fact that abortion is the death of a child, each one acknowledged that it is an extremely complex topic…
Abortion: what is the church’s responsibility?
To address the topic of abortion, several women leaders of the EMC were asked about their views. Some provided written responses to key questions, and some were interviewed through video conference. One of the questions pertained to abortion in the church.
Abortion Statistics and Information
Since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade a few months ago, it’s the abortion conversation in and about the US that has dominated most of our thinking and Canadian information and the concerns here have been largely overshadowed. For that reason, some basic information about abortion in Canada is being included in this issue.