Decade of Evangelism
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This was an initiative passed at the 1988 Lambeth Conference to
, later the Bishop of Pontefract
. Many critics deemed the programme ineffective, but others felt it led to the creation of new churches and “fresh expressions”.
…make the closing years of this millennium a Decade of Evangelism with a renewed and united emphasis on making Christ known to the people of his world.. Its first officer was John Thornley Finney
John Thornley Finney
John Thornley Finney was the eighth Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract. He was born on 1 May 1927 and educated at Charterhouse and Hertford College, Oxford...
, later the Bishop of Pontefract
Bishop of Pontefract
The Bishop of Pontefract is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Wakefield, in the Province of York, England...
. Many critics deemed the programme ineffective, but others felt it led to the creation of new churches and “fresh expressions”.