Gideon Strauss says : The CWN was founded in South Africa in 1992 (I think) by (mostly younger) evangelicals (from diverse backgrounds: arty Anglicans, political pentecostals, Reformed research assistants, etc.) who were (at that time, for most, quite recently) excited by the discovery that Christianity has implications for every area of life (in particular, the arts, politics, and academic scholarship). The CWN did three things during the 1990s: held annual conferences in South Africa (still some of my fondest memories), arranged local meetings (I made life-long friendships in our regular Wednesday night meeting in Bloemfontein), and published a 'zine, the "Many-to-Many." Late in the 1990's, the CWN went international, largely because of the enthusiastic hard work of Craig Bartholomew. There are now small CWN groups not only in various cities in South Africa, but also in (as far as I know) England, the Phillipines, Canada and the USA. This is not a tight-knit organization. It is simply people inspired by their discovery of what it means to confess that Jesus is Lord over all of life, getting together. Also during the late 1990's, and largely because of the hard work of two South Africans, Jeanette Harris and Frank Muller, the CWN 'zine, the "Many-to-Many," became a fairly substantial publication, now called "The Big Picture." This was great for readers, but tough to maintain. No money, a subscription base of only about 100 people thinly spread around the globe, big printing costs, international postage, LOTS of volunteer time shared mostly between two people. Not really sustainable. Erna Buber-deVilliers says: This web site is an experiment in the electronic publication of selected articles from our magazine, "The Big Picture", in an attempt to make them accessible to more people around the world. People can print out the text articles of their choice to pass on to others. They can save them and reformat them according to their own needs. Some communities may want to distribute a collection of articles quarterly, others may want to publish a broadsheet every fortnight! If you have any comments or queries about this web site, please e-mail me. (Especially if you find spelling mistakes and links that don't work) The CWN is a very loosely knit group, as Gideon said. All you had to do in the past to officially belong to it, was to pay a nominal yearly membership fee, that basically covered your four annual copies of "The Big Picture". To belong to CWN on line, you need to 1. Join our e-mailing list 2. Keep us informed about how you are using the material on the site 3. Send contributions for future issues of "The Big Picture" in the form of articles, poetry, book or film reviews, a self-portrait in words, a photo or a drawing, art work, news about the way you and your Christian group are making Jesus King in your area of endeavour. 4. Make a (voluntary) monetary donation! Christian Worldview Network Standard Bank of SA Kromboom branch (No 6209) General Fund: 07 808 674 4 To receive hard copies of TBP (original magazine format, printed on paper, by snail-mail), you will still have to subscribe. For three to four issues a year, South African subscribers pay R80.00 and International subscribers R120.00 (about $7.00 or twelve pounds British). Contact Jeanette Harris for details. |
Gideon Strauss says : The CWN was founded in South Africa in 1992 (I think) by (mostly younger) evangelicals (from diverse backgrounds: arty Anglicans, political pentecostals, Reformed research assistants, etc.) who were (at that time, for most, quite recently) excited by the discovery that Christianity has implications for every area of life (in particular, the arts, politics, and academic scholarship). The CWN did three things during the 1990s: held annual conferences in South Africa (still some of my fondest memories), arranged local meetings (I made life-long friendships in our regular Wednesday night meeting in Bloemfontein), and published a 'zine, the "Many-to-Many." Late in the 1990's, the CWN went international, largely because of the enthusiastic hard work of Craig Bartholomew. There are now small CWN groups not only in various cities in South Africa, but also in (as far as I know) England, the Phillipines, Canada and the USA. This is not a tight-knit organization. It is simply people inspired by their discovery of what it means to confess that Jesus is Lord over all of life, getting together. Also during the late 1990's, and largely because of the hard work of two South Africans, Jeanette Harris and Frank Muller, the CWN 'zine, the "Many-to-Many," became a fairly substantial publication, now called "The Big Picture." This was great for readers, but tough to maintain. No money, a subscription base of only about 100 people thinly spread around the globe, big printing costs, international postage, LOTS of volunteer time shared mostly between two people. Not really sustainable. Erna Buber-deVilliers says: This web site is an experiment in the electronic publication of selected articles from our magazine, "The Big Picture", in an attempt to make them accessible to more people around the world. People can print out the text articles of their choice to pass on to others. They can save them and reformat them according to their own needs. Some communities may want to distribute a collection of articles quarterly, others may want to publish a broadsheet every fortnight! If you have any comments or queries about this web site, please e-mail me. (Especially if you find spelling mistakes and links that don't work) The CWN is a very loosely knit group, as Gideon said. All you had to do in the past to officially belong to it, was to pay a nominal yearly membership fee, that basically covered your four annual copies of "The Big Picture". To belong to CWN on line, you need to 1. Join our e-mailing list 2. Keep us informed about how you are using the material on the site 3. Send contributions for future issues of "The Big Picture" in the form of articles, poetry, book or film reviews, a self-portrait in words, a photo or a drawing, art work, news about the way you and your Christian group are making Jesus King in your area of endeavour. 4. Make a (voluntary) monetary donation! Christian Worldview Network Standard Bank of SA Kromboom branch (No 6209) General Fund: 07 808 674 4 To receive hard copies of TBP (original magazine format, printed on paper, by snail-mail), you will still have to subscribe. For three to four issues a year, South African subscribers pay R80.00 and International subscribers R120.00 (about $7.00 or twelve pounds British). Contact Jeanette Harris for details. |
"Old Timers", who can still remember the dim, faraway beginnings of CWN, please write your version of the story in the guest book. Gert, Zak and I believe that CWN started networking at the YFC conference center, Magaliesberg, near the Hartebeespoort Dam in August 1988! Anybody is free to sign the Guestbook, of course |
The Christian Worldview Network |
Christian We hold to the Christian faith as God's true and final revelation of Himself and His redemptive purpose. We subscribe from the heart to the historical evangelical faith. |
Worldview All people understand reality from a particular perspective and thus have a particular worldview. The gospel demands that we view reality from the perspective of the Lordship of christ. Life cannot be divided into a sacred and a secular (worldly) sphere. Christ must be Lord of all of life. |
Network We seek to put Christians of like vision, who labour with us for the King and His Kingdom, in touch with one another for mutual encouragement, support and access to resources. |
Erna Buber-deVilliers says further: CWN is run by volunteers and one paid part-time worker. If you appreciate the work being done, if you enjoy any of the items on this site, and if you think it is worth continuing, then you need to get involved. You are the pivotal person! "Who, ME?" Yes. Sign up, send a donation, tell your friends, contribute creatively... PRO REGE! (for the King!) |
Craig Bartholomew says: Especially those of us who are overseas [i.e. outside of SA] could make a real difference. £10.00, for example, translates into over R100.00, and a lot more can be done with £10.00 in South Africa than here. Thus, even small, regular donations, especially from overseas, can make a huge difference to the running of CWN/TBP. |
