This week, a “Public Space Protection Order” came into force in Birmingham city centre. It is designed to restrict the activities of buskers and street preachers. The stated aim is to respond to noise nuisance caused by their activities and prohibits the use of musical instruments and amplification within the city centre. To This move… Continue reading Birmingham Council’s Public Space Protection Order – impact on street Evangelism
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Pick and mix? Evangelicals and the new Archbishop of Wales
We are still waiting to find out who the new Archbishop of Canterbury will be. In the meantime, the Church of Wales has appointed Cherry Van as its new Archbishop. Van is in openly same sex relationship. She has talked about having to keep her sexuality and relationship secret when serving in the Church of… Continue reading Pick and mix? Evangelicals and the new Archbishop of Wales
Selden College – the questions are still there
I recently wrote about a new college set up in Oxford that purports to be a Classical Christian College. Now I appreciate that the college are unlikely to pick up on my little blog. However, I was hoping to encourage people to at least ask those questions themselves before getting involved in promoting Selden College. … Continue reading Selden College – the questions are still there
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Today is my 51st birthday meaning that I’m closer to 100 than I am to the day I was born. It’s a good opportunity to pause and reflect. The Israelites set up a stone that they called Ebenezer, a stone of help. This recognised both that they could look back on what God had done… Continue reading 51
Is the ministry pipeline broken? Starting to get some data
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been looking at the question of ministry pipelines. This was sparked by reading a number of comments back in 2024 to the effect that the pipeline had dried up and that churches were struggling to recruit people into Gospel ministry whilst traditional seminary style training schemes were… Continue reading Is the ministry pipeline broken? Starting to get some data
Is there a shortage of new pastors/church leaders? A discussion about recruitment and training
Last year, I picked up on some discussion about whether there was a problem with the ministry pipeline. Were we struggling to recruit people into church leadership, especially pastoral positions. I thought I’d do a little further digging. First I sent out a short survey (I’ll share results form this in a further article. Then… Continue reading Is there a shortage of new pastors/church leaders? A discussion about recruitment and training
John MacArthur 1939-2025
News broke overnight that John MacArthur has died. He was pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. MacArthur was perhaps most known in recent years for two major controversies, first there were question marks about significant pastoral and church discipline issues in his church, second his resistance to Covid restrictions. I’ve written about… Continue reading John MacArthur 1939-2025
Getting involved in church planting and training
How can you get involved with what we are doing? Training and church planting in the urban West Midlands
An important appeal for somewhere precious to me
I’m using today’s post to make an appeal on a church that is very precious to me. Sunbridge Road Mission is the church where I grew up. I spent most of my first 18 years there. It’s where I put my faith in Jesus as a five year old. It’s where I grew in my… Continue reading An important appeal for somewhere precious to me
The Quiet Revival and moral & social reformation
David Robertson, in his article about the so called “Quiet Revival”, includes as a marker of true revival, moral and social reformation. This is one reason for his insistence that what we are currently seeing is not a revival. Now it is worth noting three things. Firsy, that David also argues that this particular phenomenon… Continue reading The Quiet Revival and moral & social reformation
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