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 PrintableVersion Word Alive is alive!Word Alive is alive and well and planning for the New Word Alive event on April 7-11 2008 at Pwhelli in North Wales. It was sad when Spring Harvest, for their own reasons, ended the partnership this year after 14 years, but we are so grateful to them for their fellowship and help over the years and continue to wish them well for the future. Key issueThe New Word Alive event remains committed to the core values of Word Alive, i.e. lively Bible teaching, fun and fellowship for all the family. It remains totally committed to having on our platform only those who are enthusiastically committed to the historic evangelical faith. In the present climate that means commitment to a high view of Scripture and to a penal substitutionary view of the atonement. It was that commitment, we believe, which was the key ingredient in the ending of the current partnership. Sadly, some discussion in the Christian media and on websites has been unhelpful. Outstanding teachersWe very much regret the ending of the partnership, but it has given us an opportunity to plan a whole new and exciting event. The new event will be taken forward by the remaining two partners, UCCF and Keswick Ministries (other partners may join in the future). As well as a site which can cater for all the family, there will be Bible teaching for young and old alike. A core ingredient of the New Word Alive will be the student work which continues to grow from strength to strength. There is already an exciting line up of key adult speakers, including Don Carson, John Piper and Terry Virgo, all of whom are lively and outstanding Bible teachers. We are thrilled at their enthusiastic commitment to be with us and to help the New Word Alive event off to a great start. Very skilled top musicians are also planning to be with us, and an able and exciting new team is being put together to plan and deliver the whole event. This is quite an undertaking and we remain grateful to all that Spring Harvest has done to help us in this respect in the past. Much has now to be done, but we are enthusiastic and excited about the prospect. We are at a good point to be able to learn lessons from being involved in an event like this over the past 14 years and now able to dream dreams about the delivery, with God’s help and grace, of a first class event for the future. The original vision of Word Alive remains the same for the new event. To have an event that is on one site that can cater for all ages and provide a safe and pleasant place to come. All our activities, from toddlers to adults, will be centred on lively Bible teaching, including our distinctive emphasis on small group work (especially for teenagers and students). Our aim will be to deepen every Christian’s faith, vision and understanding of God and his word, and to help us live faithfully and witness effectively in our day and generation. It will be an event that will help the local church by doing things in a way and at a level that is hard to deliver locally, so that Christians return, by the grace of Christ, enthused and encouraged in their walk with him. It is an event which we pray will always have an evangelistic cutting edge and will be a safe and good place to bring as yet unbelieving members of our families and friends. We hope to foster interest in and links with world mission. Offers of helpWe have been overwhelmed with kind offers of help, and are encouraged by the level of enthusiasm for the new event and the loyalty of those who have been with us over the years. We need to enthuse and mobilise our churches to send a group. All up-to-date information can be found on http://www.newwordalive.org. Watch for details of how to apply for the coming year. When the lines are open do book early to avoid disappointment! New Word Alive will be an event where ‘conservative evangelicals’ can feel at home but which is warm and welcoming to everyone who wants to deepen their faith, enjoy a family style week, and have the benefits of lively, relevant and faithful Bible teaching. Pray that we may know God’s blessing and help for the future, and that we may play a significant part in the strengthening of the faith of Christians, and the growth and effectiveness of the local church in Britain and beyond (see Acts 16.5). We are grateful for Evangelicals Now‘s interest in and support of Word Alive over the years and would ask readers for prayer and support for this new venture. Wallace Benn,
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