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Reading the story

This text explores how to read and understand the story of Europe, taking into account different starting points and converging climaxes as mentioned in various biblical passages. It focuses on seven steps to understanding and highlights five crises Europe is facing. The text also introduces six Europeans from different backgrounds and examines their post-Christian, post-communist, post-modern, post-migrant, post-secular, and today's Christian perspectives. The text concludes with seven signs of hope and emphasizes that the story is not yet finished.

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Reading the story

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  1. Understanding the context • How to read the story of the place where God has placed us? • Different starting points converging climax • Daniel 2:32 • Isaiah 9:7 • Col. 1:19,20 • Rev 11:15 • our role as story-shapers • Reading the story

  2. 7 steps to • understanding • EUROPE

  3. 1book 2splits 4apps 5crises • 3images 6Europeans 7signs of hope

  4. 1 • book

  5. Protestant Orthodox 1517 Catholic 1054 2 splits

  6. 3 • images of Europe

  7. 4 • apps faithful minorities God’s will wheat & tares death & resurrection

  8. 1. economic 2. political 3. social 4. religious 5. environmental • 5 • crises

  9. Karl 6 Europeans Olga Katrin Mustapha Diana

  10. Post-christian Karl Olga Karl Frankfurt Lutheran background banking millionaire by 40 Katrin Mustapha Diana

  11. Karl Post-communist Olga Olga Kyiv communist education information worker little hope for tomorrow Katrin Mustapha Diana

  12. Post-modern Karl Olga Katrin Prague no religious upbringing café have fun Katrin Mustapha Diana

  13. Post-migrant Karl Olga Katrin Mustapha Hamburg Muslim parents unemployed confused Diana Mustapha

  14. Post-secular Karl Olga Katrin Diana Paris esoteric interests lecturer go with the flow Mustapha Diana

  15. Karl Olga • each ‘post-’ requires • specific approaches - • • • no • ‘one-size-fits-all’ • technique! • • • ‘post’ is temporary • • • what comes next? Katrin Mustapha Diana

  16. • 6 Europeans: • post-Christian • post-communist • post-modern • post-migrant • post-secular • today’s Christian • short-memory • short-sighted • sees trees, not wood • church-centred, not kingdom-centred • intimidated by secularism

  17. 7 • signs of hope

  18. prayer concerts 30 Days 24/7 prayer walks Global Day of Prayer • SIGNS OF HOPE • 1. New prayer initiatives

  19. The Marxist world The Muslim world The world of Mammon • SIGNS OF HOPE • 2. Shakings of God

  20. ripe harvest field searching for spiritual reality incarnational missions • SIGNS OF HOPE 3. Spiritual hunger

  21. new wineskins engaging society • SIGNS OF HOPE • 4. New expressions • of church

  22. bold proclamation colourful worship restoring lost gifts • SIGNS OF HOPE • 5. New Europeans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs_bHztUuMk

  23. what unites us is greater than what divides us • SIGNS OF HOPE 6. Unity of the heart

  24. good news for every sphere of life • SIGNS OF HOPE 7. Gospel of the Kingdom

  25. NO! • the story ain’t finished yet!!

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