Lyndon November Letter

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of servant leadership throughout the nation. We’re longing to extend this initiative to include disadvantaged youngsters. Please can you help us financially to make this a reality? REV LYNDON BOWRING Chairman

‘WELL DONE!’ I cannot end this letter without mentioning the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, for many of us one of the most significant events of 2022. Worldwide over 3 billion people heard Jesus’ words, proclaimed loud and clear at Westminster Abbey by Archbishop Justin Welby: ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father but by me.’ Queen Elizabeth’s life of faith and duty has been heralded as true servant leadership, and has been such a wonderful example for our Leadership Programme graduates to follow. I believe she’s heard from the Master ‘Well done, good and faithful servant … Enter into the joy of your Lord.’ I’m so proud of our CEO Ross Hendry and the team at CARE who are determined to take CARE forward to tell a better story: speaking the truth with courage and compassion as a prophetic voice on your behalf. They need your support more than ever. So may I thank you in advance for your willingness to continue ‘partnering’ with us in prayer and giving? May God richly bless you and your loved ones. Yours in His amazing mercy and grace.

CHERISHED CHRISTIAN VALUES Rev Lyndon Bowring CHAIRMAN

Of all the books I’ve read this year, one of the most inspiring has been ‘The Air We Breathe’ by Anglican evangelist Glen Scrivener. It celebrates God’s amazing sovereignty and common grace at work in every generation for the past 2,000 years. He eloquently argues that today’s world is not as post-Christian, as many think! British culture is still categorised by our Christian heritage without most people realising it. Today’s cherished values originate from that first century ‘Jesus revolution’ which turned the world upside down. Values of equality, compassion, consent, enlightenment, science, freedom and progress are all rooted in Christianity. In the Roman Empire, human lives were unequal. Slavery and cruelty were normal, unwanted infants were routinely abandoned, the sick and destitute were uncared for and women and children were considered inferior. By contrast, the Early Church championed the rights of the most vulnerable and were reviled for caring for outcasts. In every generation since, Christians have spoken up for the rights of what Tim Keller calls the quartet of the vulnerable – widows, orphans, immigrants and the poor.

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CARE (Christian Action Research & Education) | Chief Executive Ross Hendry | Chairman Rev Lyndon Bowring 53 Romney St, London, SW1P 3RF | 020 7233 0455 | mail@care.org.uk | Charity No: 1066963 | Scottish Charity No: SC038911

Christians in the so-called ‘Dark Ages’ made huge strides in education, philosophy, law, architecture, commerce and technology. Challenging the ideas of some, that faith and science are opposed, Scrivener points to the core belief of ‘two books’, Nature and Scripture, that complement one another. Christians study the Bible to know God and pursue knowledge of the world to learn about His handiwork. Believers like Copernicus, Kepler and Isaac Newton were forerunners of subsequent discoveries and many scientists today are Christian.


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