The Institute for Promoting the Gift of Truth is pleased to report that our Founder, Peter William John Baptiste SFO, has been invited to be one of about 35 participants from around the world in the 6th Annual Springtime of Faith Foundation Summit in Rome November 10-13, 2011, an annual Ecumenical Summit of Protestant and Catholic Christians including Vatican officials in demonstration of the Catholic Church’s commitment to work with non-Catholic Christians in the work of Ecumenism “so that the world may believe.”

The Founder says

“I am both astonished and thrilled to be given the opportunity to participate in this summit . . . Moving together with our pastors “from the heart of the Church,” empowered by the Holy Spirit, I am certain many wonderful things can be accomplished “so that the world may believe,” and indeed, “even the gates of Hell will not stand against it.”

There are a number of new additions to the Vatican II page which we encourage all interested to peruse.  A brief excerpt from one of the additons follows:

The Bible reveals the Mystery that the Church is a Living Body (attached to Christ its Head – Ephesians 5:22-32, 4:15-16).  ALL LIVING BODIES GROW AND MATURE WITH TIME AND EXPERIENCE.  The Body of Christ the Church has been growing and maturing throughout its history, moving forwards through time and gaining experience as much through its mistakes as through its successes, like any living body.  Vatican II was a great milestone in the Body of Christ’s process of maturation, of “growing up” ever closer to the fullness of the Love of Christ its Head, but its teaching has to be known and understood deeply in both the minds and the hearts of today’s divided Christians in order for us (as one Body) to display to the world a greater MATURITY OF LOVE IN CHRIST, a Family Love which will draw ever more of the people Jesus died to save into our Christian Family, adopted by God the Father through Jesus, God the Son, by whom we received the indwelling of God the Holy Spirit, the “Spirit of Adoption” (Romans 8:15) who makes us one Family in Christ.

Go To Vatican II Implementation

May the Grace and Peace of Jesus be with all of you!

I am pleased to announce that as of May 28, in the Year of Our Lord 2010, Donum Veritatis – The Gift of Truth Ministries has been restructured as the parent Ministry of The Institute for Promoting the Gift of Truth, which is now its primary ministry.   The Institute for Promoting the Gift of Truth is a Christian educational institution for research and instruction which, in cooperation with Château Baptiste Publications (which at present is the publisher of all of the Institute’s online educational materials), now runs the Christian Unity in Diversity Central website.  The website has since been updated in ways which will help the new Institute for Promoting the Gift of Truth in the process of gaining official recognition as a “charitable organization” (capable of issuing tax receipts for donations) under the laws of Canada – as both an educational institution and a religious organization.  This Ministry and Institute recognize that the prayers of the Body of Christ the Church are vitally important for the success of any Christian ministry or educational institution, and we ask all our brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, whose prayers are powerful because of who we are in Christ, to consider using your power of prayer in support of this step of new growth in this ministry of Christian education, spiritual growth in love for the Holy Trinity of Love, and unity of the Body in Christ our Head “so that the world may believe.”   To utilize your power of prayer on behalf of this Ministry and new Institute, please click on the following links:

On the Power of Prayer / Suggested Prayers for Prayer Partners   

Becoming a “Partner” in Building God’s Family and Kingdom with “The Gift of Truth”

May the Grace and Peace of Jesus be with you!

I am pleased to announce the publication of Internet Edition 2.0 of

 The Spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the First Millennium of the Undivided Early Church – An Overview of the Family Theology that Revolutionizes Bible Reading and its Implications Towards the Eventual Re-Establishment of the Undivided Early Church’s Unity in Diversity

Click on this above link to check out this compact resource for getting a quick grasp of the Family Theology that makes the Bible “come alive” anew as our exciting Christian Family history, and for getting a quick grasp of the real possibilities for Christian reunification according to Jesus’ prayer for us that come from understanding the nature and structure and united history of the Undivided Early Church.

God Bless you all

For your perusal, a new section has been added to the bottom of the Creed page, entitled

The First Step to the “Complete Unity” (John 17:23) Jesus Desires for His Church Is in Fundamentally Orthodox Christians (Eastern & Western Catholic; Eastern Orthodox; Western Conservative/Evangelical Protestant; ‘Messianic Jews’) Seeking and Mastering Unity in Visible Love for Each Other on the Basis of Their Vast Common Faith Even While the Formal Divisions over Unresolved Lesser Issues Remain

Also, the Family Theology page, which already features “A Brief Introduction to Revolutionizing Your Bible Reading Through Family Theology,” has a new section entitled

Family Theology as a Complement to (And an Orthodox Foundation For) Other Theological Approaches to Understanding the Bible 

This section includes interesting subsections entitled

Theology Is Not Faith, but Faith Seeking Understanding

and

Family Theology as Not Only an Extremely Rich and Beautiful Framework but Also as Potentially a Common Overview Framework for Biblical Studies, as a Further Basis for Renewed Christian Unity

I hope and pray you are blessed in both your Bible reading and your working towards Christian unity for the love of Jesus by these new sections.