WEST gains Mike Reeves
WEST
Date posted: 1 Sep 2013
WEST has announced the appointment of
Dr. Michael Reeves to the full-time faculty
from September 2013.
As Theologian-at-Large, Mike will spearhead a major new initiative to make theology more accessible to all. This
innovative
project will put quality theological education
within the financial and geographical reach
of all who need it.
ENGAGING OUR CITIES
Jonny Dyer
Date posted: 1 Jul 2013
In 1800, 2% of the world’s population lived in cities.
By 1900 that figure was 12%. Today 52% of us are city dwellers and by 2050 it is estimated that will rise to 70%.
Elizabeth Braund 1921 – 2013
Robert Musgrave
Date posted: 1 Jul 2013
Elizabeth Margaret Braund MBE passed away on May 20 at her home, East Shallowford Farm on Dartmoor.
She was 91 years old. Born in Kensington in 1921, she was the only child of His Honour Judge Sir Henry and Lady Margaret Braund. Her early years and life experiences in India and Burma encouraged her ability to think critically and after the war she began to work for the BBC, writing scripts and undertaking research. One unlikely research project was the history of the Bible for a radio series, but under God this began the journey that led to her life’s work.
God is your life
Peter Baker
Date posted: 1 Jul 2013
When a pastor moves churches it gives him time to reflect
Peter Baker was senior pastor at Highfields Church, Cardiff, for 18 years.
London churches growing
JEB
Date posted: 1 Aug 2013
At the instigation of London City Mission
(LCM) a comprehensive study of churches
in London was carried out last year. The
results have now been published and there
is much which is encouraging.
The research was carried out by the Brierley
Consultancy and LCM were particularly
interested to see what information could be
gathered which related
to
the extent and
effectiveness of church planting in the capital.
Ministry women equipped
Karen Soole
Date posted: 1 Aug 2013
There is one conversation that is repeated
often; it is the one about what women can’t
do in ministry.
Media hostility has
increased
towards
those who believe the Bible teaches comple-mentarianism, because
restricting church
leadership to men is considered unjust. The
underlying implication is that women who
teach women are inferior and succumbing to
the second best option. With this in mind,
the North West Gospel Partnership decided
that the time had come to encourage women
in the ministries that they can do.
Wales: from
North to South
EMW
Date posted: 1 Aug 2013
In early July the Evangelical Movement of
Wales helped with the running of two
outreaches.
The
first was at Bangor (North Wales)
where Ebenezer Evangelical Church and
Capel y Ffynnon ran a bilingual mission.
Youth Leaders
A Barnabas spirit...
Dave Fenton
Date posted: 1 Aug 2013
We’re all quite good at
structure these days.
We have our aims, objectives, values and
mission statements and, generally, these have
improved the way we do things. There is
more
training around, particularly
in all
these fields, but I wonder if our training
stretches to, or even includes, the way we
deal with people.
JOY AT IRANIAN BAPTISMS
JEB / Elam Ministries
Date posted: 1 Aug 2013
Elam Ministries reports that 246 people were baptised as Christians at a service on April 17.
Those baptised included 228 Iranians, 17 Afghans and one person from Pakistan. The service took place in a swimming pool at a secret location in a country bordering Iran to avoid interference from the Iranian authorities.
Should ministers work?
Jonny Raine
Date posted: 1 Aug 2013
Dear Editor,
There is a common conception that it is
best for ministers to have a long spell in secular employment before undertaking ministry,
as was articulated in a letter in the June edition of EN. I would suggest that this is a
flawed idea.
The Third Degree
Stafford CU online
Pod Bhogal
Date posted: 1 Aug 2013
The University of Staffordshire
Christian Union has started
streaming evangelistic
meetings live on the internet
for students to enjoy from
the comfort of their own hall
of residence.
The Christian Union — which is made up
of just 12 students — decided to live stream
CU meetings because of the high tech and
internet
savvy
nature
of
Staffordshire
University students.
Bible, boomers and below
Chris Wright
Date posted: 1 Jun 2013
‘Hey, Dad, the sermon today was 1 hour 7 minutes and 20 seconds long. All in Portuguese.’
My gap-year daughter was on her regular Sunday collect-call home from her short-term mission placement in Brazil. ‘So I spent the time memorising the books of the Bible. Do you want to know what they are? Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus….’ My first thought was: ‘I’m paying for this call while you rattle off all the books of the Bible’. My second was: ‘Isn’t it great that my teenage daughter wants to knows her way around the Bible?’
Dr. William Lees, 1924 - 2013
Ray Porter
Date posted: 1 Jun 2013
Bill Lees died on March 14 in Reading where he had lived since 1966.
His earlier ministry in Malaysia had continued to be a major part of his life so that it was appropriate that the main address at his Thanksgiving Service was by Dr. Philip Lyn from Skyline Church, Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia.
A Passion for Life 2014
Tim Hanson
Date posted: 1 Jun 2013
EN: How would you sum up the success of A Passion For Life 2010?
TH: A Passion for Life 2010 was hard work!
Mission is hard work and it costs us to do it. It means that we stick our heads up and make some noise in our communities; it means inviting people to events and therefore introducing the risk of being known not only as Christians but as Christians who believe some serious things and want other people to believe the same.
The heroine who said nothing
Tom Chapman
Date posted: 1 Jul 2013
Pastor Tom Chapman remembers the life of a Christian missionary who saved Jewish children from the Holocaust
It is a great privilege to belong to a church with a history.
The Third Degree
And the award goes to...
Pod Bhogal
Date posted: 1 Jul 2013
Record numbers of Christian
Unions have been nominated for awards in 2013
Christian Unions have been
formally
recognised for their contribution to university life by either winning or being nominated
for a record-breaking 34 Students’ Union
(SU) awards in 2013.
Baker in Bournemouth
Nicky Findley
Date posted: 1 Jul 2013
The month of June marked the start of a
new era in the life of Lansdowne Baptist
Church (LBC) in Bournemouth, as Peter
Baker took over as senior minister.
More than 400 people gathered at LBC
from all over the UK to attend the official
welcome service for Peter and his wife Siân
on June 8. A further 120 also watched online
from 12 different countries.
Cheshire change
Peter Butler
Date posted: 1 Jul 2013
On May 4, Wheelock Heath Baptist
Church, Cheshire, met with friends for the
induction of Paul Gibson to the pastorate.
Over 160 members and friends met to give
thanks
to God
for answered prayer and
bringing Paul, Helen and their two children,
Sarah and Timothy, to Wheelock Heath. The
happy occasion was chaired by one of the
elders, Bob Baxter. Peter Butler, fellow elder,
gave a history of the call, speaking of biblical
leadership being a team effort. Paul responded by recalling the way the Lord had led him
in ministry to his arrival in Cheshire. Bryan
Jarvis, an elder from his previous church family in Leamington Spa, presented a warm
commendation of Paul’s character, gifts and
evident development and said that he and
Helen will
be
greatly missed.
Simon
Medcroft, Danbury Mission, Essex, performed the induction. Bill James spoke from
1 Peter 1-4, stating that an elder, overseer,
and shepherd is to be a pastor of God’s flock.
He is to be a servant of Christ, a witness and
sharer in Christ’s sufferings, dependent on
God for daily grace. He is to be a committed
leader and the love of Christ must be the
constraining influence.
