Archive for 'Tag Archives: 'Wales''
Fly and her Master
‘I’m off to the National Eisteddfod this year,’ said Hefin, who helps us with the farm work. The rain had kept off and the bales of hay were dry and sweet in the safety of the [...]
Mrs Mari Jones (1915-2012)
Mrs Mari Jones (or ‘Anti Mari’ as she was affectionately known to so many of us) was an important figure in the beginnings of the Evangelical Movement of Wales back in the 1950s. She was present [...]
Robert Jermain Thomas: an inextinguishable light
Sometimes we can live so close to great history and yet not see or appreciate the many hidden places or individuals that could enrich our lives. So it was when I first began writing the biography [...]
Evangelizing the Welsh Valleys, 1870-90
From about 1850 onwards all the religious denominations in Wales faced a huge problem. By 1914 the population had increased from 1.2 million to 2.5 million, most of whom now worked in the coalfields instead of [...]
Mission Wales
Through Mission Wales the Evangelical Movement of Wales helps churches take the gospel to their community, providing advice, personnel, specifically-written evangelistic literature, and financial support. We particularly want to support smaller churches in places where there [...]
Apostle to China: Griffith John
Griffith John was born in Swansea in 1831. When he was eight-years-old, he was accepted into membership at Ebenezer Independent chapel in the town, and by the time he was sixteen was known as ‘the boy [...]
Wales and the world
God has privileged the Welsh people to make a very special contribution to the pioneering of the church of Jesus Christ in far flung places. The rich missionary tradition in the Welsh church extends from the [...]
Bread of Heaven
It is more than likely that you have sung the words ‘Bread of heaven’, the refrain of the first verse of ‘Guide me O thou great Jehovah’. The author of the words was William Williams, and [...]
The angel of Llan-gan: David Jones 1736-1810
The name ‘angel’ is sometimes applied to a new-born child with its unblemished skin. ‘The angel of Llan-gan’ has a different meaning. It refers to one of God’s human messengers whose life and work were heavenly [...]
Pagan Wales?
The reality of paganism in Wales today and how the church should respond Paganism appears to be on the rise in Wales today. It can take many forms – Celtic spirituality, return to nature, wholeness, New [...]
The Trinity and worship
I would personally rather sing of a 'latent' Christ in the Psalms God
The Trinity and worship
A very helpful article. I've been thinking much more about the Trinity
United we stand
It all depends on what you mean by 'biblical separation' ? !
Amazing and essential
Thank you. There are several good books currently on the Holy Trinity.
Robert Jermain Thomas: an inextinguishable light
Yes, there is much that we do not know, but if you read my book, I do