PMC (The practice of ministry in Canada) fighting to survive.The board of directors of The Practice of Ministry in Canada met in February and March to consider a proposal to breathe new life into the troubled publication. "One of the issues was that the board members were local pastors and not linked with national offices and national committees," said Rev. Michael Thompson Michael Thompson may refer to:
He is suggesting that a newly configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: board include members with closer ties to national churches. Mr. Thompson is a former member of the board and currently principal secretary to Archbishop Michael Peers The Most Reverend Michael Geoffrey Peers (born 1934) was Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1986 till 2004. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1934, Archbishop Peers completed an undergraduate degree in languages at the University of British Columbia in 1956 , the primate of The Anglican Church of Canada The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (referred to in older documents as the Primate of All Canada) is elected by the General Synod of the Church from among a list of five bishops nominated by the House of Bishops. . The board scheduled a planning conference for May 16 and agreed to invite members of the churches involved with the magazine as well as representatives of such educational institutions as the Toronto School of Theology History The school was originally constituted as the Toronto Graduate School of Theological Studies in 1944, in order to promote collaboration around advance degree programs among the theology schools affiliated with the University of Toronto. , said Mr. Thompson. The churches represented on the board are Anglican, Baptist, Evangelical Lutheran, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic and United. The conference will ask 15 or 20 people what they need, want or find useful about the magazine, Mr. Thompson said. Editor Ann Bemrose, who also attended the board meetings, said the quarterly publication has enough reserve funds to publish for the rest of the year. Staff |
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