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Friday, January 15, 2021
AS TRÊS PARTES DE UM SERMÃO
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Greetings of Christmas
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Autoridade da Pregação e Pregadores
- A Bíblia foi escrita por homens comuns inspirados pelo Espírito Santo;
- A Bíblia é inerrante, plenária e verbal;
- A Bíblia é o cânon da fé cristã.
- A hermenêutica e a homilética são disciplinas imprescindíveis para o exercício do ministério da pregação;
- Os estudos teológicos e de conhecimentos gerais devem ser uma constante no exercício do ministério da pregação.
- A vida do/a pregador/a deve ser coerente com sua pregação, pois as pessoas observam seus doutrinadores;
- A incoerência da vida do/a pregador/a com a sua pregação pode gerar rejeição por parte dos ouvintes.
Thursday, December 3, 2020
For a more peaceful Christmas Month
“The pandemic deeply marked the lives of individuals and the history of the community. In order to honor the suffering of the sick and of so many deceased, above all, the elderly, whose life experience should not be forgotten, we must rebuild our tomorrow: it requires everyone’s commitment, strength and dedication. It means setting out anew from the countless witnesses of generous and gratuitous love, that have left an indelible impression in consciences and in the social fabric, teaching how much need there is of closeness, care, sacrifice in order to nurture fraternity and civil coexistence.” – Pope Francis
I and my churches have faced many unique challenges in 2020:
.. a little bit about my ministerial life this year which begins with an opening new congregation of our church in Argentina. It was a wonderful experience that brings me too much joy and happiness - my husband and I were received for a group of Catholic leaders who wanted to greet us and offer supportive to the first inclusive church (The first Reconciling Methodist Congregation) that we were committed to initiate in Córdoba Argentina. Of course, we had oppositions from many other protestant denominations, but we resisted and made it.
As we had gotten back to Brazil, the pandemic of coronavirus became a sad reality that we had to face. Firstly, the challenge of closing our three temples (two of them in Brazil and the other one in Argentina) was very hard and to quickly learn how to take our services online and develop creative ways to minister to our members and serve our community was hard work.
Two months since the pandemic had reached Brazil sad news started to come:
- we lost two trans women who committed suicide under the oppression for living with their families in quarantine;
- one of our couples of liders (two women: a deaconess and a presbitery) got COVID-19 and had to stay in a hospital. One of them lost her father days later;
- lots of our members lost their jobs;
- without tithing and offerings the Church's got a critical budgetary financial.
We accumulated debts from the chuches and from the shelter that helps people with which we used to support with monthly payments. The debts reached the amount of $5.500 (USD). Even as we started to gather again, in-person attendance typically isn’t what it was before. Additionally, congregations are often divided on whether or not the church should even resume in-person gatherings at the present time.
Recently, I had to do a surgery and I'm recovering from it yet. Meanwhile, I'm recovering from the surgery some of our leaders who were leading the services got COVID-19 and we had to reorgazided the plans in other to continue our work here.
We're resisting and striving for full inclusion and radical liberation amidst so many challenges we want count on you to have a Christmas month more peaceful. We'd like to count on you to pay off the debts acumullated during the pandemic of our congregations and carehouse: $3.500 - for full or partial donations click the button below:
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In his letter to the church then and now, Paul reminds us all: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1Thessalonians 5:16-18). Even during this coronavirus pandemic, especially during this anxious time, let us hold onto our faith and give thanks that God promises to be with us always.
May God bless all of you!
Sincerelly,
Reverend Marvel Souza
Monday, November 23, 2020
Pregadores: mediadores de conhecimento diverso...
DECLARAÇÃO DE FÉ INCLUSIVA
Friday, November 20, 2020
Dia Nacional da Consciência Negra na Igreja Metodista Reconciliadora IPEG
Saturday, October 31, 2020
LA REFORMA PROTESTANTE Y LAS IGLESIAS INCLUSIVAS...
LA REFORMA PROTESTANTE Y LAS IGLESIAS INCLUSIVAS...
En 1517, Martín Lutero expuso sus 95 tesis que se convertirían en el hito de la Reforma Protestante. Más allá de la Reforma, lo que Lutero no sabía es que su movimiento llegaría al siglo XXI como facilitador de otro movimiento reformista, quizás menos expresivo, pero legítimo: el movimiento inclusivo para las personas LGBTQ+.
El surgimiento de las Iglesias Inclusivas tiene que ver directamente con los efectos de la Reforma Protestante, ya que la democratización de la Biblia, la libertad teológica y los conceptos de laicismo fueron fortalecidos por el movimiento reformista.
La libertad teológica que tenemos hoy posibilita el surgimiento de nuevos conceptos teológicos y el acceso a la Santa Biblia hizo posible la experiencia individual que cada persona pueda tener con lo sagrado. Puedo decir que la democratización de la Biblia es una de las grandes fortalezas de la Reforma.
Otro triunfo fue mostrar que la Gracia Divina es suficiente para la salvación de la humanidad en un momento en que las indulgencias instaladas demostraban lo contrario. Y esto está claro en el versículo de la Biblia que se ha convertido en uno de los fundamentos de la Reforma Protestante:
"Así que, justificados por la fe, tenemos paz para con Dios por medio de nuestro Señor Jesucristo". (Romanos 5: 1).
Las Iglesias Inclusivas podrían no haber existido si Martín Lutero no hubiera abierto las puertas del ACCESO A LOS TEXTOS BÍBLICOS y la DIVERSIDAD TEOLÓGICA, lo que en consecuencia hizo posible el EJERCICIO DIVERSO DE LA FE CRISTIANA, en el que encajan las iglesias inclusivas.
¡Termino este texto deseando a todos un feliz día de la Reforma!
Texto de Marvel Souza (Instagram: @marvelsouzaoficial).
Traducido por Michael Martinez.
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