Home     Contact Us    About Us   Links    Topical Index     Visit our Bookshop

  Announcements  

 

 

 

From Their Own Mouths

Richard Foster
"Christians ... have developed two fundamental expressions of Unceasing Prayer. The first … is usually called aspiratory prayer or breath prayer. The most famous of the breath prayers is the Jesus Prayer. It is also possible to discover your own individual breath prayer.... Begin praying your breath prayer as often as possible."

Philip Yancey
"I myself have been surprised at what I can get away with.

Ruth Haley Barton
"Ask for a simple prayer to express your willingness to meet God in the silence ... a simple statement ... such as "Here I am." ... Help yourself return to your original intent by repeating the prayer that you have chosen."

Dan Kimball
 "The labyrinth is a maze-like path similar to those designed into the floors of European cathedrals during the Middle Ages. Christians of that time would walk the labyrinth to aid their contemplative prayer and reflection. The labyrinths fell into disuse, and most were eventually forgotten or destroyed. At the National Pastors Conference in San Diego, however, we found the labyrinth was back and given an update."


 

 

 

National Pastors Convention
Where Pastors Meet Contemplative and the New Age

2008 National Pastor's Convention: 2008 National Pastors Convention Could Send Many Pastors in Mystical Direction


ZONDERVAN TAKES OVER NATIONAL PASTOR'S CONVENTION - STILL GOING IN A CONTEMPLATIVE DIRECTION! New National Pastors Convention Website

2007 National Pastors Convention

The 2007 National Pastors Convention (presented by Zondervan publishers) carries a heavy-weight line up of speakers. From Ruth Haley Barton to Brian McLaren next year's convention will not be lacking in New Age sympathizing, meditation promoting speakers. John Burke, president of Emerging Leadership Initiative, was recently a speaker at the Ancient Wisdom conference, and says this of the church of the future:

What do a Buddhist, a biker couple, a gay-rights activist, a transient, a high-tech engineer, a Muslim, a twenty-something single mom, a Jew, a couple living together, and an atheist all have in common? They are the future church in America! Most of them are in their twenties or thirties and became followers of Christ in the past five years. Many are now leading others in our church.
Emergent leaders Dan Kimball, Mark Driscoll, and Doug Paggit are on the speakers list as are other emerging/contemplative promoting authors such as Robert Webber (Ancient-Future Worship), Lauren Winner (Girl Meets God), and Gary Thomas (Sacred Pathways). Of Eugene Peterson, Stuart Briscoe and Phyllis Tickle, Zondervan says:
Meet this year's sages! These wise, experienced ministry leaders will be onsite and readily available to meet with you and your team by appointment. They're coming to answer your hard questions regarding real-life ministry issues and in turn give insight into what has helped them run the race well for so many years.
Unfortunately, the answers that this long line of speakers at the 2007 convention will be offering, will point participants to a spirituality that shuffles off the gospel message of Jesus Christ and introduces a sensual, demonic belief system that will bring much harm and damage. We hope you will be able to convince your pastor and other church leaders that this is not an event they should attend. For more information: Our research on the National Pastors Convention

Mystical Encounters for Christians at the NPC

National Pastors Convention 2006
Labyrinths, spiritual directors,
contemplative prayer

 

CONVENTION 2005

This year's contemplative speakers include:

Read The Book
That Exposes The Contemplative Prayer Movement For What It Really Is ... A Movement That Negates the Cross and Promotes
the Belief That
"All Paths Lead to God."


A Time of Departing
by Ray Yungen


Check out Youth Specialties The Emergent Convention 2004 and see that here too contemplative prayer is being taught and promoted.

Site Tools
Comments
Link to Us Email this page to friend
Guestbook Subscribe to free newsletter


  Things You May Want to Know  

 

Youth Specialties Teaches Young People Contemplative Prayer and the Silence.

Labyrinth "This unique, one-hour, guided prayer walk will take you on a reflective journey to the holy space at the labyrinth's center, bringing you to utter stillness in the presence of God."

Contemplative Morning Prayer Exercises "Start your morning by creating a space to listen to God through classic prayer and meditation practices from the Christian tradition"

Late Night Contemplative Prayer Service

 

Does your pastor attend the Youth Specialties hosted National Pastor's Convention?
If he does, he will be in an atmosphere where contemplative spirituality (all paths lead to God) will be taught, promoted and encouraged.

And how about your youth pastors? Are they attending the Youth Specialties hosted Youth Workers Convention? If so, they too are learning about contemplative prayer, labyrinths and the silence and taking it back to your churches ... to your teenagers.

 

NEWS ITEMS

Zondervan and
Youth Specialties
Announce
New Publishing Partnership Aimed at the Emerging Church

(see publishers who are publishing contemplative authors)

ALERT!!
ANOTHER CONTEMPLATIVE EVENT!
In the name of Christianity and
connected with Youth Specialties.
"A New Heart, A New Spirit: A Symposium on Youth Ministry & Spirituality"
[Plans for this event include: labyrinths, silence and contemplative prayer]
Check out this event's schedule and see what these young people are going to be learning.


You will need Adobe Reader to get to the event's schedule. You can download it by clicking the box above.

* * * * *