The answer to an 11-year prayer: new church opens

Milla Ling-Davies  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Mar 2024
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The answer to an 11-year prayer: new church opens

At the commissioning service (Dan James pictured front right)

On Saturday 6 January 2024, Dan James had an encouraging answer to the prayer he’d been praying for 11 years: a church was planted on his council estate in South Leicester.

In 2013, primary school teacher Dan and his wife Jamie moved into Eyres Monsell council estate and their hearts were gripped by both its physical and spiritual needs – there was no gospel church there. ‘Convinced that God’s primary mission strategy is a healthy local church, we started praying for one to begin,’ Dan shared with en. Just over a decade on from those first prayers, after plans, bold initiatives and setbacks, 100 people gathered on the estate this January to commission Eyres Monsell Community Church and Dan as its pastor.

‘I’ve wanted and hoped and prayed for this day,’ Dan exclaimed on X, formerly known as Twitter. ‘It was a good day. All glory to Him!’

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