As many parts of the world came to Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games, so the gospel in turn was brought to them.
A variety of missions groups including Birmingham City Mission, Great Lakes Outreach (GLO) and Youth With A Mission (YWAM) brought teams to the area to work alongside local churches.
The main focus of outreach was on personal one-to-one contact around the venues, with a cheery ‘hello, welcome to the games,’ the offer of a free gift including a copy of Luke’s Gospel, and an invitation to try First Look, a four part evangelistic course based on Luke.
Ten questions with Ken Brownell
Ken Brownell is the retired Senior Pastor of East London Tabernacle Baptist Church in Mile End, London.How did you …