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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 [...]
Gwilym Lloyd Humphreys: 1924-2010
Few non-Welsh speakers are aware that in the passing of the Rev. Gwilym Humphreys recently, one of the key figures in the early days of The Evangelical Movement of Wales is no longer with us. Gwilym [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A blind spot
Many Christians expect to find a gospel church wherever they go in the world. This expectation may be based on an assumption that most, if not all, of the world has been evangelised. So it is [...]
The Calvinistic Methodist Fathers of Wales (Volumes 1 and 2)
The two volume work by Jones and Morgan was originally published in 1890. It has been painstakingly translated from Welsh by John Aaron. To understand the importance of this work we need to realise that Wales, [...]
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