By Jeff Gissing, from JeffGissing.com:
Last week was the annual meeting of the Fellowship of Presbyterians and the first Synod Meeting of the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (ECO). It’s amazing to consider that this gathering took place only two years after the “deathly ill” letter (you can read it here). In the space of two short years two new expressions of presbyterianism have come into being and are actively engaging in transforming the way we pursue God’s mission.
The Fellowship of Presbyterians is a missional order of evangelical presbyterians who are connected to the Presbyterian Church (USA) and who–in that context–are working to reform their own ministry in order to adapt to the unique new challenges facing churches in this post-Christendom period. ECO is a missional order that is independent from the Presbyterian Church (USA) and working toward the same goal–making flourishing churches–in partnership with Fellowship Churches. This is really quite remarkable.
Here are five observations about the conference.