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Privacy PolicyIt was an unusual way for any couple to celebrate their 21st wedding anniversary – moving out of a four-bedroom house where they had lived happily for 17 years for the cramped living conditions of a static caravan in the isolation of a 10-acre field. The caravan, which was also to accommodate four of their…
Keep readingGood news or deeds? I am becoming increasingly convinced that it’s been one of the devil’s cleverest tricks to create the impression in the minds of some evangelicals – especially of the more reformed hue – that ‘evangelism’ and ‘care for the poor’ are somehow in opposition to each other. Over the years I have…
Keep readingA 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 a real inconvenience if we are on holiday and can’t find a church to attend on…
Keep readingWhat is gospel preaching? I realise that many who read this article will not be preachers, but this is nevertheless relevant to all believers. Whether we are preachers or hearers, we need to re-examine what we would expect from the ministry of the word. What should we look for? What do we need to hear…
Keep readingPillar Community Church Pillar Community Church is billed as ‘the church for people who don’t go to church’, or ‘the church that started out at Starbucks’. Pillar is part of the New Breed Church Planting network, based on the edge of Penllergaer and Gorseinon in Swansea. We’ve been around for a little over three years,…
Keep readingReaching the poor I am becoming increasingly convinced that it’s been one of the devil’s cleverest tricks to create the impression in the minds of some evangelicals – especially of the more reformed hue – that ‘evangelism’ and ‘care for the poor’ are somehow in opposition. I have read articles and heard statements that create…
Keep readingThe church as an attractive community As part of my training for the ministry I became student pastor of a small Baptist church in Kent. Once a fortnight I would spend a weekend visiting the membership and the immediate neighbourhood of our building. The church’s minute book made me aware of the church’s troubled history….
Keep readingWhose child are you? It might seem an inappropriate question to ask, but it’s not meant to be rude or politically incorrect, nor even an invasion of privacy. To ask, ‘Whose child are you?’ merely raises the issue of where we belong in a spiritual sense. Recent years have witnessed a general reawakening to the…
Keep readingARCA project: Belém, Brazil I flew from London Heathrow on 18 September and arrived safely the following day in Belém in the north of Brazil. After twenty-four hours of travelling, I was met at the airport by Mo and Shirley (two UFM missionaries in Belém). Not knowing anyone before I went, I was a bit…
Keep readingThe great commission and the Moravian response Most of us remember the words from the film Mission Impossible ‘Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is…’. This is the story of a group of believers within a small church in Germany who heard the commission of the Lord Jesus Christ to go into the…
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