The Beginning of Tomorrow: Call to the North – Churches Working Together in Mission
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Book Details
Format: Paperback (282 pages)
Publisher: Sacristy Press
Date of Publication: 1st May 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78959-029-6
Synopsis
In early 1973, all major Christian denominations united in an initiative of evangelism in the North of England. This is a unique account, written by the Secretary of Call to the North, which tells the story of this little known, yet momentous effort to join forces in proclaiming the gospel in a society shaped by increasing decline in church attendance and major social challenges.
Canon Hunter gives us a fascinating day-by-day insider’s account of the birth pangs of today’s ecumenism in the North of England. A procession of worthy individuals of very different temperament and conviction invites us to join in their fifty-year journey to the focus that is ‘no longer on doctrinal uniformity or denominational loyalty, but on the Lord of the Church, on Jesus and his gospel, and on commending him to the people of the North’. We who are the latest to join this procession are indebted to Canon Hunter for his lively chronicle.
Malcolm McMahon, Archbishop of Liverpool
This is a magisterial account of a unique time in the life and witness of Northern English Christianity. Ecumenical mission then was daring and brave, and this vivid, colourful and detailed narrative illustrates how hard it is to turn an idea into practice. Much can be learned from this past about how to do mission in the present.
Nicholas Baines, Bishop of Leeds
This is a timely and important book. The “Call to the North” remains unique as a province-wide ecumenical mission spearheaded by the denominational leaders involved. Canon Hunter is uniquely qualified to provide this closely observed account of it, one which reveals the difficulties of the enterprise and the ways found through them. CTN’s interlinking structure of small working parties in every parish, deanery and diocese, and their ecumenical equivalents, underlies much ecumenical life today. It also offers powerful evidence that shared mission is the key to unity. Was it a child of its time or of the future? Surely both.
Richard Williams, author, editor, parish priest