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Reaching the Unreached – session 2
Graham Miller from London City Mission led the second at Reaching the Unreached. He addressed the questions, “who are the unreached?” and “how can they be reached?” Focusing on his knowledge of the population of London, Graham explained that 15% … Continue reading
A church of small groups and more
This year at Holy Trinity we are aiming to go from being a church with small groups to a church of small groups. This is the first stage of an expanding small group ministry. The next stage will be to … Continue reading
Posted in church leadership
Tagged Cell Groups, Charles Simeon, Church planting, Crete, Derek Prime, growth groups, Home Groups, small groups, Titus
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Gone has gone
The vicar’s wife is on blog leave this week. If you’ve been following the story of Gone, please pray for him. He is in Betel where we pray God will transform him from one degree of glory into another.
Posted in Other matters
Tagged Alco, alcohol, alcoholism, Betel, Betel of Britain, Christian rehab, Church planting, drugs
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Sydney Anglicans, British Evangelical Anglicans and Driscoll in Sydney
Many thanks to Gordon Cheng who has posted his notes from Mark Driscoll’s lovingly hard hitting analysis of Sydney Anglicanism. Given that much of British Evangelical Anglicanism holds hands with Sydney, many of Driscoll’s points seem to apply directly to … Continue reading
Growing small groups in a settled community
We have four growth groups at St Luke’s and it has only just dawned on me why they have struggled to grow much beyond the original members of our congregation. We are trying to do small groups in a big … Continue reading