Archive for 'Mission'
A beautiful thing to me
The words of the title are taken from Mark 14:6 which record Jesus’ assessment of the act of devotion by the woman who poured the jar of expensive perfume over Him. Some criticised the act as [...]
An ordinary girl with extraordinary faith
She came to China the hard way. There was no train, no plane and no boat. There was certainly no welcome. In fact, she didn’t even know if she’d arrive at all. ‘Jane’ risked her life crossing the [...]
A week in the life of a missionary training college
Monday 23 August Twenty-two students arrive bringing mounds of luggage, bicycles and five tiny children who look even more bewildered than their parents. Twelve second years come bouncing into the old convent building full of confidence [...]
A letter from Ireland
Dear friends, Warmest greetings in the Lord’s name. It is always a blessing to have contact with the land of the Red Dragon. Quite apart from the fact that our sending church is Peniel Evangelical Church [...]
Meeting Jesus: A witchdoctor’s story
As fairly new missionaries to the field, Terry and I went to bed one evening with the sound of the witchdoctor’s drum beating heavily, in stark contrast to the total silence that normally accompanied us to [...]
A case study: Swansea
During the first week of November later this year Roger Carswell, Paul Hinton and Andy Christofides will be involved in a mission in Swansea. This mission will be run between five evangelical churches in the area. [...]
Mission Wales
The Evangelical Movement of Wales is committed to helping and encouraging you and your church to reach out. Many have fears about the physical demands on small churches, young churches or ageing congregations. Others are concerned [...]
William Carey, the father of modern missions?
On 2 October 1792 twelve Baptist pastors, meeting in Kettering, resolved to form ‘The Particular Baptist Society for the Propagation of the Gospel amongst the Heathen’, the first of many similar ventures. William Carey, the inspiration [...]
For such a time as this…
There are few men who have a better grasp of the gospel situation in Wales than David Ollerton (chairman of Waleswide), and Stuart Olyott (Pastoral Director of the EMW). Both men have spent years visiting, encouraging [...]
Acts 29
For many of us, mission is still mainly about what is done in far away places by particular kinds of people. This enduring image needs to be consigned to the wastepaper bin at the earliest opportunity! [...]
Reaching rural Wales
Great to read this. I've been doing a similar thing, going around rura
A little known quarryman in Wales
Thank you for your wonderful article. I happened onto the movie, "Bey
So you have no children?
Thank you so much for writing this article. It is very comforting. It'
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