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Church growth in Arnhem-Nijmegen

Unanimously the members of the Anglican Chaplaincy of Arnhem-Nijmegen have decided to ‘plant a new church’. It is a funny one! Thus far, we have been meeting one week in Arnhem, the next in Nijmegen, the next one in Arnhem…

How Jewish was Church leadership?

I have a little theory. Maybe you can help me. It is the following idea.  Given the fact that the first generation of Christians was mostly from Jewish background, and all leaders of those communities were also Jewish, and given the fact that the initial growth of the church was mainly amongst Jewish people, and that leadership has a tendency to perpetuate itself:
 
Is it reasonable to expect that even into the third century, most of the bishops of the church had Jewish roots? Have studies been done in this issue? What do you think?
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Sculpture of a Biblical King of 3000 years ago found

A 3,000-year-old sculpture of a king’s head, unearthed in modern-day Israel, is at the center of a mystery that has baffled researchers the world over. An extremely rare example of figurative art dating back to 9th century BC Holy Land,…

STUDIES IN THE LORD'S PRAYER

In our  Anglican Church of Arnhem-Nijmegen we have done a bible study series on The Lord’s Prayer in the past months.  For these studies I collected reems of background information that really taught us new things about this prayer. You…

Welcome at my Early Church Studies

In two places in The Netherlands I am ‘teaching’ on Church Fathers, namely in Utrecht and Nijmegen.  You are very welcome to participate! On this place (and in my agenda below on this website) I keep you updated about ‘what…

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Agenda

Friday 28 June

8pm Lead study of Martyrdom of Polycarp, Holy Trinity Utrecht

Sunday 1 July 

10.30am  Celebrate in Anglican Church, Den Haag

Sunday 1 July

3.30pm Study of 1 Clement, Anglican Church Nijmegen

Sunday 1 July

5pm Worship service in Anglican Church, Nijmegen

Sunday 1 July

6.30pm Potluck in Anglican Church, Nijmegen

Tuesday 3 July

11am Meet with Catholic Church in Nijmegen

Wednesday 4 July

6pm Potluck of Church Arnhem-Nijmegen at our home in Utrecht

Friday 6 July 

7pm Final Evening of De Wittenberg in Zeist

Sunday 8 July

10.30am Lead worship service in Den Haag

Sunday 8 July

5pm Lead worship service in Arnhem

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Egypt Desert Retreat 13-19 October 2018

Egypt Desert retreat 13-19 October 2018 It is time to become more serious about registration. You are warmly invited to our Anafora Desert Retreat but in order to reserve the space in Anafora we need to pay a deposit.   So let me know whether you will join us!  For this, we need your deposit of €100. The maximum number of participants we will have is 15; about ten people have shown a serious interest thus far. Make sure you…

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