Hi there, I am Martin Stewart, the moderator of the ar-tic-u-la-te blog. Sorry about the name - 'articulate' would have been easier but New Thing does not as yet have an easy sense of itself that can be simply articulated - we're working on it!
Sally Carter and I have set up ar-tic-u-la-te to enable people interested in New Thing to reflect and comment. Once a week a guest will make an offering. You can comment on these offerings or read other people's comments by clicking on the comments heading at the bottom of each offering.
"New Thing" is a group formed after the PCANZ General Assembly 2006 and is an attempt to find new ways of being Church together. Its name comes from Isaiah 42:9 – "See, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them."
Following the leadership standards decision of GA06, people holding a wide range of views expressed disquiet over where the Church has found itself after this adversarial and legalistic debate. We believe that there has to be a better way of handling our differences when the matters before us are not of the substance of the faith.
For more details, have a look at http://www.newthing.net.nz/index-new.html
- Sally Carter & Martin Stewart, New Thing co-convenors.
