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Between Christmas and New Year a bunch of churches cancel church. You’ll often see the same behaviour on August Bank Holiday weekend too. Don’t. No, let me be more nuanced. It is, for example, entirely understandable that many church plants cannot maintain the momentum and volunteer strength required to run a Sunday at particular times… Continue reading On cancelling church
We’re here to make disciples. Much popular preaching in the section of Matthew 28 that we’re taken to calling ‘the Great Commission’ gets my goat. It can amount to an exhortation to get the punters in by any means necessary as though the most important thing we’re doing is introducing new people to Jesus. Here’s… Continue reading We’re not here to make converts
Over the last few months I've been writing about some of the challenges facing the British church around issues of theological development. We lack a defined an coherent 'mind,' especially in the charismatic churches. I outlined our need for institutions, our challenges with reading the Bible, and how 'Doctors' will be a portion of the… Continue reading It’s Time to Build Counter-Institutions
“Well if God’s called you, it’ll work out.” I’ve been told this lots of times myself, I think I believe it half of the time. But it’s not true. Not in the way we mean it anyway. What we’re saying is, you’re going to do this risky seeming thing on the basis of your faith… Continue reading Success looks like obedience
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