“Witness … and where necessary use words.” It was one of the most over used, cliched and patently false little sayings doing the rounds when I was at uni. I think people also tried, without factual evidence to attribute it to St Francis of Assisi. The point is that you always, always need to useContinue reading “Being Salty – We hide our light when …”
Tag Archives: Evangelism
Lessons in lockdown 1. Reach and Engagement are not the same
In the early days of lockdown, people were quickly talking about a possible revival. Surveys suggested that a high percentage of people had accessed online church content, the number of views of our Facebook and Youtube streams were double, if not quadruple our normal Sunday morning attendance. The problem is that there is a hugeContinue reading “Lessons in lockdown 1. Reach and Engagement are not the same”
Witnesses (Revelation 10 – 11)
Chairman Mao’s cultural revolution saw the expulsion of missionaries from China, a crack down against the underground church and the closer of official churches. For many years, we were really in the dark about what was happening in China. Then when Deng Xiao Ping began to open up again, we were amazed to see thatContinue reading “Witnesses (Revelation 10 – 11)”
Food from around the worldwide web
Evangelism and discipleship must advance side by side – We are going to be talking to Jeremy Marshall on #AfternoonTea today. Here he is interacting with another friend, Steve Kneale about evangelism and discipleship. Responding to Dominic Cummings The news in the UK this week has been dominated by the Dominic Cummings affair. Here areContinue reading “Food from around the worldwide web”
Is God for you?
Lot’s of things are going viral at the moment. Viral in a good way, online via social media in order to keep people’s spirits up. There’s jokes, comic clips, quotable quotes and lots of singing. The singing that stands out is when ordinary members of the public like the Father and daughter act on YouTubeContinue reading “Is God for you?”
A Code to live by?
The long running hit US drama NCIS revolves around the central character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Gibbs is both a hero and a troubled soul. Before joining the federal agency, he had been in the marines and whilst on active service left his wife Shannon and daughter Kelly at home. One day, he returned from dutyContinue reading “A Code to live by?”
HUP
How important is ethnic diversity to a church? At Bearwood Chapel, we place a great emphasis on this. People within the church have explicitly prayed that we would reflect the neighbourhood around us. Nb 3 there are parts to this. FIrst is seeing it in attendance and there id movement on this though there areContinue reading “HUP”
Easter Means Hope
A nation trying to work out how to celebrate an important festival with law enforcement officers on the street, a leader coming face to face with death, terrified friends under lockdown as death stalks the streets. As we have seen over the last few days, words that at first sight could describe our experience underContinue reading “Easter Means Hope”
Plugged In
If you go back 100 years to the early 20th Century, the question of how you engaged with the culture had a simple answer “you don’t.” Christians were expected to separate out from the world and so worldly things like cinemas and dance halls were out of bounds. We have come a long way sinceContinue reading “Plugged In”
