Today's episode is co-sponsored with our friends at New City Press to celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and to highlight Dr. Steven Harmon's newest book on Christian unity, "Baptists, Catholics and the Whole Church".

Steve is a professor of historical theology at Gardner-Webb University and serves on the Baptist World Alliance's dialogue with the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Steve's newest book, published through New City Press, focusses on his own experience and hopes for ecumenism and provides a compelling vision of the body of Christ as we pilgrim together in the ministry of ecumenism.

To purchase a copy of Steve's new book, "Baptists, Catholics and the Whole Church" follow the link below:

https://www.newcitypress.com/baptists-catholics-and-the-whole-church.html

To learn more about the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and to download resources please checkout the work of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement at the link below:

https://www.atonementfriars.org/2022-week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity/

Part 2 of our conversation with Durham University Professor of Theology and Director of the Centre for Catholic Studies, Dr. Paul Murray, focusses on the application of Receptive Ecumenism. If you haven't already listened to Part 1 please be sure to check out our October 2021 episode.

To learn more about the exciting work of Receptive Ecumenism please check out some of the following links to Durham's Centre for Catholic Studies, Paul's book titled Receptive Ecumenism and the Call to Catholic Learning, and our own website listed below:

https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/catholic-studies/

https://www.amazon.com/Receptive-Ecumenism-Call-Catholic-Learning/dp/0199216452/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=receptive+ecumenism+and+the+call+to+catholic+learning&qid=1638558460&sr=8-1

https://www.glenmaryunity.org/

In this interview Rusty Reno, Editor and Executive Director of First Things and the editor of the Brazos Press Theological Commentary, discusses his experience of ecumenism along with the need for an openness to the grace of God in our lives and the life of the Church. 

The Glenmary Unity Podcast is a ministry of Glenmary Home Missioners to enhance understanding, reduce alienation and foster reconciliation between the Catholic Church and those within the Evangelical and Pentecostal streams of Christianity. To learn more about our ministry check out glenmaryunity.org

The topic of Receptive Ecumenism and its impact on deepening unity between Christians has been growing and producing great fruit. This episode highlights an interview Nathan Smith, Director of Ecumenism with Glenmary Home Missioners, performed with Dr. Paul Murray (Durham University, UK) on this exciting new ecumenical endeavor along with a focus on the role of the Holy Spirit within it.

To watch Part 1 of the interview please visit:

To learn more about Receptive Ecumenism check out the great work the Centre for Catholic Studies is doing through the link below:

A half a year in it was time to make some changes to the podcast to make room for the things we've learned and the growing audience that has tuned for these conversations on Christian unity. Thank you for listening and for more information on our work please visit us at glenmaryunity.org

Dr. Dan Olsen is the Director for the Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs with the Archdiocese of Chicago. In today's conversation we discuss his work and the unique role the family, or domestic church, can play in the ministry of ecumenism. 

Traci Rhoades, the author of Not All Who Wander Are (Spiritually) Lost, joins the GEC for a conversation on experiencing an array of Christian communities and traditions and our shared love for Christ.

To find Traci's book please follow the link below:

https://www.amazon.com/Not-All-Wander-Spiritually-Lost/dp/1640652795 

Follow her on Twitter and Facebook and her blog at:

https://twitter.com/tracesoffaith

https://www.facebook.com/TracesOfFaithBlog

https://www.tracesoffaith.com/

Bradley Barnes, coordinator of Youth Ministries for Guardian Angels parish, and his brother, Grant, Youth Pastor of Peoples Church, share their experience of ministry, ecumenism and sharing gifts between Catholics and Pentecostals. 

The Glenmary Ecumenical Commission seeks to Enhance Understanding, Reduce Alienation and Foster Reconciliation between Catholics and Evangelicals and/or Pentecostals. In this brief introduction we share our hope for this and how this podcast might help to bring this about.

Theologian-in-Residence, Doug Foster of Abilene Christian University, shares with us the history and impetus of the ecumenical movement of the past century and its impact on Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic communities.