Last week, firebrand politician George Galloway was elected back to parliament in the Rochdale by-election. The election campaign had been marred by controversy with the Labour Party withdrawing support for their own candidate after he made antisemitic comments. My friend Steve Kneale has written here about the result and lessons that the church might want… Continue reading What can we really learn from Rochdale?
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Please support a church plant in Rochdale
The Christian world is a small one and so every so often you find that a friend from one context has made a connection with another friend leading to Gospel partnership. Here is one fantastic example leading to an urban church plant in Rochdale. I met Stephen Watkinson at Oak Hill Theological College. Stephen was… Continue reading Please support a church plant in Rochdale
New Horizons update – the vision
Thank you to everyone who have been sharing with us your prayers, thoughts and good wishes as we seek the Lord’s will for our next steps after Bearwood. I wanted to give you a little update on how things seem to be developing in my mind. Really, this is not about a new direction but… Continue reading New Horizons update – the vision
Urban Church Planting – post COVID
For most of the past year most churches have had their heads down, focused on getting through this virus together without losing too many people and hopefully at the same time picking up new people via online services. Yet whilst all of that has been happening, the need for new churches and church revitalisation hasn’t… Continue reading Urban Church Planting – post COVID
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