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NEWS 20 Mar 13
Hello planters Here are more stories – for ideas and inspiration. Some are complex plants, some simple. Although simple forms are not the only way forward, they are multiplying – easily reproducible and a great way to connect new people to Jesus Christ. I have therefore explored further qualities of The Simple Forms of New… Continue reading
Playing Cricket to find ‘Person of Peace’
Along with teaching I have been prayer walking in two parts of the city. About four months ago I felt the Holy Spirit prompting, ‘Why don’t you play cricket with those boys. Through them you can enter into their homes.’ (Read more of this e/m from a friend sharing faith in an Asian city)
NorthPoint Network Keeps Planting
Veteran planter Loren Pratt has been working in Melbourne’s northwest suburbs for many years. Using a combination of community involvement and Bible seminars, Loren and his associate pastor/planter Zoran Gajic, have also multiplied into Melton (west of Melbourne) – with worship services in the community Barn, where the first Melton Adventist Church launched 7 years… Continue reading
South England Simple Church Retreat
Members of five Adventist simple churches and community friends met for the first South England Simple Church retreat near Reading in Berkshire, 8-10 March. Each simple church is different – Simple Church Reading focuses on ministry in the workplace, Simple Church High Wycombe focuses on ministry to children, Simple Church Walthamstow focuses on reaching secular… Continue reading
NEWS 14 Mar 13
Hello Friends For the last two weeks Judy and I have been in Western Australia. As well as sharing in the annual Church Planters Summit (with Grant Morrison of the Move Network and Wayne Krause, planting Coordinator for Adventists in the South Pacific), I conducted mini-summits in Albany (400+ km south of Perth) and Kalgoorlie… Continue reading
Church in the Neighbourhood
Many Christians believe that church should be where people live and work. House church networks are multiplying – like ‘Neighbours and Nations‘ in Coventry. It began 10 years ago with five Christians meeting together in a small rented home in Potters Green, it is now a house church network of 11 groups in two neighborhoods,… Continue reading
The Radical Story of Jesus
Check out this story of Jesus – from Bethlehem.
NEWS 3 Dec 12
Hello Friends Church plants need regular experiences of refreshing. It could take the form of ’48 hours of prayer’, a special Agape meal (perhaps a Saturday or Sunday brunch, including the Lord’s supper), a local church planting conference – to equip teams to multiply, a Bible conference – to explore a book or special theme,… Continue reading
NEWS 27 Sept 12
Hello Friends If we reduce God to our likeness, it should not surprise us if he has little appeal! The God many do not believe in has never actually existed – and, the Jesus many do believe in bears little or no likeness to the Jesus of the Gospels. Be faithful in sharing what God… Continue reading