Good News Church

Description

In more than forty years of ministry, Harold Percy has sought to waken a slumbering church by reminding it of its true calling—to imaginative evangelism, faithful discipleship, and innovative leadership. As a priest in the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, and as founding Director of the Wycliffe College Institute of Evangelism, Harold has challenged and encouraged leaders in a range of denominations across Canada through articles and books, conferences and workshops. This books engages in lively dialogue with Harold’s many contributions to the life of the church today, with chapters on leadership, discipleship, spirituality, congregational ministry, and missional outreach from eighteen pastoral practitioners, all of whom continue to expand on his unique legacy in the service of Christ.

Sujets

• Religión
• Christian Church
• General officer
• General
• Leadership

Informations

• Publié par: Castle Quay Books
• Date de parution: 28 mai 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 3
• EAN13: 9781988928029
• Langue: English

Extrait

My wife, Eleanor, and I have benefited greatly from Harold’s leadership and teaching at Trinity Streetsville since 1992; this man is so articulate and thoughtful in making God’s written word both practical and applicable. Harold and I have been in a men’s group together for over twenty years, and he has profoundly impacted my life in understanding leadership. If this book enables a new generation of Christian leaders to benefit from Harold’s experience, it will be a great gift to the future of the church.
Paul Henderson
Canadian Hockey Legend
The ministry of Harold Percy has had an indelible impact on my own ministry. Harold brought the ministry of evangelism out of the “red light district” of the Canadian church, and for that we owe him deep gratitude. I distinctly remember walking through downtown Toronto one winter night nearly twenty-five years ago, when I was a student at Wycliffe College. I had been in Harold’s class on evangelism, and he awoke in me such a hunger for the ministry of evangelism that, as I walked, I prayed to God that I could serve him in some small way in leading others to new life in Christ. Thank you, Harold. I commend this diverse volume to all readers as we seek to build on Harold’s legacy.
Jenny Andison
Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Toronto
Another strong book on the mission of the church in the Canadian context! Even better, a book dedicated to Harold Percy, who personifies the effective leadership that is so crucial in the church of the twenty-first century. A must-read for anyone thinking of addressing the church’s missional initiative in Canada and what it takes to bridge the gap between church and culture. The fact that all the contributors are Canadian writers and practitioners makes it all the more valuable a resource.
Gary Nelson
President, Tyndale University College and Seminary
The gospel as presented by Harold seemed so real, it was easy to accept it as a way of life. He transformed the way we worshipped at Trinity from the traditional to a more meaningful and contemporary worship service, and he did it with concern for the members.
Hazel McCallion
Former Mayor of Mississauga,
Chancellor of Sheridan College
Legacies are gifts, built up through hard work in the past, that enable and enrich present and future generations. Harold Percy is still very much contributing to the life of the church today, yet these essays honour and extend exactly what he has spent decades of ministry teaching us to pay attention to if the good news is to be effectively lived and proclaimed: leadership, discipleship, spirituality, congregational ministry, and reaching out. He models it himself and, thank God, not in the past tense.
Colin R. Johnson
Anglican Archbishop of Toronto
I have known Harold Percy for many years as friend, mentor, leader, and fellow worker in the vineyard. His irrepressible humour, and his depth of love for Jesus and Jesus’ people, knows no bounds. As I read Good News Church , I was reminded once again of all the leadership Harold has offered to so many of us in a variety of ways throughout the years. Whether it be preaching, evangelism, prayer, or leading a faith community, Harold has shown the way—often to the chagrin of the institutional church. I commend Good News Church to all of us called to serve a changing church in this post-Christendom era.
Barry Parker
Rector, St. Paul’s Bloor Street &
St. George the Martyr, Toronto
As a young Canadian church planter, I have enjoyed the privilege of being one of the later miners to break through the great underground shaft of reformation led by Harold Percy and his many fellow collaborators, represented in this book. I believe the perspectives in this unique volume are both a foretaste and a guide to the kind of kingdom theology we are seeing unfold today. God is on the move!
Graham Singh
Executive Director of Church Planting Canada &
Rector of St. Jax Montreal


Good News Church: Celebrating the Legacy of Harold Percy
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Good news church : celebrating the legacy of Harold Percy / general editors,
John Bowen & Michael Knowles.
ISBN 978-1-988928-00-5 (softcover)
1. Christian leadership. 2. Church work. 3. Christian life. 4. Spiritual life.
5. Percy, Harold--Influence. I. Bowen, John P., 1946-, editor II. Knowles, Michael, 1956-,
editor
BV652.1.G66 2018 253 C2018-900586-6



For Kathy




The Reverend Harold J. Percy, BA, MRel, STD
Harold Percy is perhaps best known for his pastoral ministry at Trinity Anglican Church in Streetsville, Ontario, between 1987 and 2010. He came to national prominence in 1991 as founding director of the Wycliffe College Institute of Evangelism. In that role, he led workshops and conferences across the country, as well as publishing numerous articles and books on the topics of congregational renewal, evangelism, and discipleship. He retired from the institute in 1998 in order to devote more time and attention to parish ministry.
Harold’s educational background includes a BA from York University (1969) and an MRel from Wycliffe College (1975). For three years, he pursued doctoral studies in the New Testament with C. K. Barrett at the University of Durham, England, before deciding that his true calling in ministry was to parish leadership.
Following ordination in the Anglican Diocese of Toronto in 1975, Harold served as assistant curate at St. Bride’s, Clarkson (1975 to 1977), as associate priest at Little Trinity in downtown Toronto (1980 to 1983), then as rector of St. James, Humber Bay, in Etobicoke (1983 to 1987), before being appointed as rector of Trinity Streetsville.
He is the author of Following Jesus: First Steps on the Way (1993), Good News People: An Introduction to Evangelism for Tongue-Tied Christians (1996), Your Church Can Thrive: Making the Connections That Build Healthy Congregations (2003), and (with John Bowen) Just the Basics: Teaching the Faith to Beginners (2004).
Harold and his first wife, Kathy, had four children: Joel, Ben, Rachel, and Rob. Kathy (to whom this volume is dedicated) was tragically killed in a traffic accident in 2004. Harold is now married to Heather Smith and is the proud grandfather of five grandsons and one granddaughter.
In retirement, Harold continues in various ministry roles, which include preaching, leading worship, and mentoring younger leaders. Since 2011, he has served as spiritual adviser to the senior leadership team of World Vision Canada.
Harold says of his own work, “My great joy in ministry is to lead God’s people in worship, helping them to become intentional followers of Jesus and grow towards maturity in their faith.” In 2000, Wycliffe College awarded him an honorary doctor of sacred theology degree, in recognition of his pioneering contributions to evangelism and congregational renewal.
(This bare list of names, dates, and titles is important, but, as always with such lists, it fails dismally to convey the substance of the person honoured. To learn more of “the real Harold Percy,” read on!)
John Bowen
Michael Knowles
Pentecost 2018


Contributors
Kelly Baetz is the pastor of St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, Bracebridge. She received her MDiv (Hons) from Wycliffe College, Toronto, in 2006 and more recently completed courses for a certificate in missional leadership and formation. For three years, she was part of a small group that received formal mentoring from Harold Percy, and she has kept in regular touch with him since. Kelly’s particular passions in ministry include preaching and provid