Interview with Pastor Pete Myers from Manchester Lutheran Church

Note: The introduction and outro of this episode are in Swedish.In this very interesting episode, Peter Öman interviews Pete Myers. Pete is married to Katy and they have three boys. Pete served in Anglican churches for many years and served as an ordained Anglican minister, before moving to Ethiopia to lecture in Old Testament and Biblical Languages. Pete became a Lutheran in Ethiopia where he served as a Lutheran pastor, before returning to the UK to plant Manchester Lutheran Church.00:00 – Introduction (Swedish)01:15 – Pastor Pete Myers and Manchester Lutheran Church02:20 – How did you become a Christian?12:20 – Salvation and the issue of “decision theology”(Tip: Also see our first episode in Swedish: “Vad är frälsningen?” and the topic of synergism)17:55 – Objective justification and subjective justification21:20 – “God is in a good mood with you”25:50 – How did you become a Lutheran pastor?31:40 – The Anglican Church and doctrinal pluralism36:10 – The Christian landscape in the United Kingdom50:20 – What are the main challenges for Lutheranism?55:55 – Viewer question1:05:00 – Epilogue (Swedish)People:John Stott (1921–2011) – British Christian author and Anglican cleric, internationally recognized as a leader in the evangelical movementJean Calvin (1509–1564) – French-Swiss ReformerThomas Cranmer (1489–1556) – Archbishop of Canterbury under King Henry VIII and Edward VI; author of two Books of Common Prayer and regarded as the Reformer of EnglandMartin Chemnitz (1522–1586) – German Evangelical Lutheran theologian, often called “the second Martin” (after Martin Luther) due to his significant influence within the Lutheran traditionConfessions:Westminster Confession of Faith – A Reformed confession in the Calvinist tradition from 1646The Thirty-Nine Articles – The doctrinal standard adopted by the Church of England following its separation from the Roman Catholic Church during the English ReformationThe Three Forms of Unity – A collective term for three key confessional documents in many Reformed churches, adopted at the Synod of Dort (1618–1619). Includes the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Canons of DortThe Irish Articles of Religion (1615) – A collection of 104 theological articles that served as the doctrinal standard of the Reformed Church of IrelandThe 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith (Second London Baptist Confession) – One of the most influential documents in Baptist theology, written by Calvinistic Baptists in England and Wales to provide a formal expression of their Reformed and Protestant faithThe Savoy Declaration – A Congregationalist confession and church polity document, adopted by English free churches in London in 1658Church bodies:Church of England – The established state church in EnglandLutheran Church in Great Britain – An umbrella organization for several nominally Lutheran denominations in the UK; member of the Porvoo Communion and the Lutheran World FederationThe United Reformed Church (URC) – A Reformed denomination in the United Kingdom with Presbyterian rootsOther:The Porvoo Communion – A communion of Lutheran churches, mainly in the Nordic and Baltic countries, together with Anglican churches in the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula