Four Men and a Church - The Story of Worthing Tabernacle

Four Men and a Church
By John Hanson
Published by Worthing Tabernacle.
213 pages. £7.00 (by post £8.00)

This is the story of Worthing Tabernacle - an outstanding church in the FIEC constituency.
The church was founded 100 years ago, and the book focuses on its four pastors. It is a fascinating and readable account of a church's journey towards the 21st century. Those knowing little of the issues creating pressures, tensions and sometimes divisions in our churches over the past 100 years will be helpfully informed. These include denominational matters, ecumenicity, the charismatic movement, Christian lifestyle, etc.
Leaders' wives will read with interest sections on the lives and ministries of the pastors' wives - so often the unpaid heroines.
Pastors and leaders will find this a rewarding read too. There are pearls of wisdom for those for those who pray and work toward a church built on a firm biblical foundation. Sections on handling change, knowing reverence and rejoicing in worship, the place of head and heart in preaching and listening and guidance on relational issues.
If the 'Tab' has an outstanding characteristic, it is its commitment to world mission. Their releasing of their pastor to minister around the world has made an inestimable impact on the whole church.

David Abernethie

© Evangelicals Now - December 1998
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Main Articles

• Black life
  A review of white Christian attitudes towards black and other ethnic minorities with the UK with diverse culture and modes of worship
• Open to what?
  The meaning of the term 'evangelical' and the emergence of a new group calling themselves 'open evangelicals'
• Evangelistic worship
  The problems of praise and worship and making it relevant to all - and a review of the SFC (Seeker Friendly Church) Movement
• Who needs it?
  Edited from a lecture on why religion matters and the moral crisis today in a society which rejects the Judaeo-Christian faith
• Has your church got a child protection policy?
  Reprinted guidelines from a child protection statement from Park Evangelical Church at Stoke-on-Trent
• Every Christian a witness? (Bulldog for December)
  A study of witness and the duties of the ordinary believer
• The approach of God
  Vernon Higham tells of his early life and path to faith

Other articles

• What Every Christian Needs To Know
• Online Bible Deluxe CD v. 7.06 - CD-ROM review
• You want to pierce what? Getting a grip on today's family
• Christianity in a Consumer Culture - 177 shades of lipstick - an edited extract from the book Christianity in a Consumer Culture on the effects of consumerism on Christians
• Christmas Sermons - an Exposition of the Magnificat - Bringing down the mighty - an extract from the book Christmas Sermons - an Exposition of the Magnificat
• The Truman Show
• Canterbury Letters to the Future - Ten letters to the archbishop's grandchildren covering the major Christian doctrines
• Bloodline of the Holy Grail - The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed
• Knowing Where We Stand - The Message of John's Epistles
• Elizabeth
• The Hymns of Vernon Higham - A collection of 162 hymns
• Shadows of Scotland - The Story of the Covenanters
• Charles H Spurgeon - The Prince of Preachers
• Get Up and Give - 101 little ways to make a big difference
• Calvin and the Calvinists
• The Relationships Revolution
• Four Men and a Church - The Story of Worthing Tabernacle
• Spirit-Empowered Preaching
• Blame it on the Brain - Distinguishing Chemical Imbalances, Brain Disorders and Disobedience