Archive for 'Church'
Bala Evangelical Church
Whilst the Evangelical Movement of Wales (EMW) began officially in 1955, its seeds took root in 1948, with both Bala and Dolgellau featuring prominently in its early development. God did a new work. In 1958 a [...]
His Majesty’s government
Once, while engaged in a pastoral visit with my wife, the subject of Christian books came up. The lady we had come to see asked me what I was reading. ‘It’s called 40 Questions on Elders [...]
We are family
In Matthew 12 Jesus makes a remarkable statement about those who would soon be called His church. When His mother and brothers come to see Him, Jesus looks at His disciples and says: ‘Here are my [...]
Bridging the generation gap
I often receive email newsletters and blogposts from various Christian organisations. I have to admit that I sometimes delete them, when I run out of reading time. However, one caught my eye – Intergenerational Youth Ministry. [...]
Loving the church which Jesus loves: Reflections on church unity
Why should we be concerned about Christian unity? Christian unity is very important because it expresses visibly what we are ‘in Christ’ and also our relationship with all other Christians. It is essentially spiritual not organisational, [...]
Our love for one another
‘This is My commandment, that you love another as I have loved you’ (John 15:12). I wonder whether you’ve ever asked yourselves, ‘Why did our Lord call this commandment His commandment?’ This was His commandment in [...]
God’s forgiveness and ours
One of our children once said of me to her brother, ‘He’s getting just like granddad!’ She had noticed that I was showing the marks of getting older – so I was not altogether pleased. Generally [...]
One mission
When we at Bethel Church, Clydach were considering how better to reach our community with the gospel, one idea was to run a week-long mission. It had been a very long time since we’d done anything [...]
Gospel churches working together
In Bridgend there are several evangelical churches that for the last few years have been forging a strong partnership. This does not sound unusual until you understand this is neither a lowest-common-denominator ecumenical movement, nor a [...]
A disunited church
Learning lessons from the church at Corinth The Bible has a lot to say about unity amongst God’s people. We can read stories of united churches (Acts 2 and 6), hear Jesus pray for unity amongst [...]
A little known quarryman in Wales
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So you have no children?
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The great harvest
I live and worship in Yeadon, in a church born out of the revival. It
Feminine Threads
I was interested in the above review of Diana Severance's book. Althou
Being counted for Christ
I would pray that god give me courage to do more thanks for this artic