{"id":13763,"date":"2023-03-10T08:49:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T08:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/?p=13763"},"modified":"2023-03-10T08:51:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T08:51:32","slug":"open-minds-open-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/open-minds-open-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Minds, Open Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 March 2023 | St. Albans, England [David Neal]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there a new way not just to \u2018do church\u2019 but \u2018be church\u2019? What does it mean to share the values of the Kingdom of God? What is the role of listening \u2013 really listening to those we share the gospel with? And how does this work for a message driven faith?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These were the questions at the core of the joint Inter-European (EUD) and Trans-European monthly Communication &amp; Media training webinar. Held on 28 February via Zoom and hosted by Vanesa Pizzuto, Dr Simret Mahary and Dr Tihomir Lazi\u0107 engage in conversation on these matters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_31016\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ObcOmB--W74?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/ted.adventist.org&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Open Minds, Open Hearts\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahary is founder and director of PRESENCE kulturlounge, a cultural centre in Frankfurt city, which offers a variety of cultural, spiritual and life-related activities through which individuals are invited to encounter life, each other and the One who is in and beyond us all. He is also Pastor of the Frankfurt Central Church in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His background is theology (Theological Seminar Bogenhofen, B.Th., Friedensau University, M.Th.) and Transcultural Studies (Heidelberg University, M.A.).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his foundational statement for the conversation, Mahary explains, \u201cOpen Minds, Open Hearts\u201d means for me how we see God at work in this world in, beyond and sometimes even despite of us and how we can recognise, celebrate it and give it room, as we encounter ourselves, each other and the supposedly \u2018Other\u2019. I believe the Spirit\u2019s work in this world is elemental and far reaching and I am deeply grateful to see Jesus at work in people\u2019s lives including mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lazi\u0107 is a Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Newbold College and a former TED director of Public Campus Ministry. He earned his doctorate in theology at the University of Oxford and specialises in contemporary ecclesiology. The sense of wonder and adventure that comes from the pursuit of divine truth, goodness, and beauty drive Tihi\u2019s vision for life and ministry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Convinced that story-telling is a key Christian Apologetic, Lazi\u0107 in his foundational statement explains, \u201cThe story is one of the main tools in Christian Apologetics that aims to deepen people\u2019s understanding of the intellectual, relational, aesthetic, imaginative, and ethical appeal of the Christian faith. Apologetics explores creative and successful ways to proclaim, explain, commend, translate, and defend the gospel to audiences that may be dismissive of Christian beliefs and practices. Knowing one\u2019s message and the audience is crucial in finding effective modes and strategies of communication to remove barriers to faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cOpen Minds, Open Hearts\u201d conversation is essential viewing for those wanting to communicate the gospel in Europe today because it takes the viewer beyond \u2018this is how we do it\u2019 to a level of exploration essential in understanding those who we are trying to share the message of Christianity with.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t take our word for it \u2013 view and engage with the conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why we need to listen (to others and to our own story) before we share the Gospel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1588,7,1577],"tags":[203,1383,606,287,1381,1243,1382,227,333,804],"class_list":["post-13763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland-united-kingdom","category-news","category-organisational-updates","tag-communication","tag-conversation","tag-eud","tag-news","tag-open","tag-simret-mahary","tag-story","tag-ted","tag-tihomir-lazic","tag-webinar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13765,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13763\/revisions\/13765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}