Black Country Urban Industrial Mission - Workplace Chaplaincy Group sponsored by Christian Churches in the Black Country (UK) “Connecting Church & the Economy”
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I missed 31 Oct, traditionally the day Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses on door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, “Reformation Day”. Here’s a thread of some of Luther’s teaching on work in the world, set out by Gustav Wingren in “Luther on Vocation”. 1/6
“They who rush in to church, government, or business without prayer, shut God out of the orders he himself has established; for they do not seek his direction in prayer.” (WA 514, 9-19)
“Things are the vehicle of the Word of God to us.” (WA 32 495-6) 5/6
Wolverhampton construction firm secures six-figure funding to scale up | TheBusinessDesk.com thebusinessdesk.com/westmidl…
What sort of church does the working world need? Here are some points from last week’s AGM of @IndChristFel
Traffic management firm expands with Wolverhampton depot | TheBusinessDesk.com thebusinessdesk.com/westmidl…
How do Industrial Chaplains listen and help? Alan Dein explores past and present of work and faith with 4 chaplains in very different work places (originally broadcast in May 22nd on BBC Radio 4)
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“… …as result, the secular work of the world is turned to purely selfish & destructive ends, & that the greater part of the world’s intelligent workers have become irreligious, or at least, uninterested in religion.” 🧵3/4
More on the Eternal Value of our Work as Christians, by R E Gehrlein
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“The New Testament insists… that when Jesus of Nazareth died on the cross, something happened as a result of which the world is a different place. The early Christians insisted that when people are caught up in the meaning of the cross, they become part of this difference.”
“Jesus died for our sins, not that we should sort out abstract ideas, but so that we, having been put right, could become part of God's plan to put his whole world right.” (Tom Wright, “The Day the Revolution Began”)
£9.3m skills campus completed in Sandwell in the Black Country | TheBusinessDesk.com thebusinessdesk.com/westmidl…
Smithgate breaks ground as funding falls into place - A major city-centre regeneration scheme in Wolverhampton has moved into the delivery phase.| TheBusinessDesk.com thebusinessdesk.com/westmidl…