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Churches are full of amazing people who lead our PA, welcome, cafe, kids work and worship teams. Without them, our Sunday services wouldn’t have happened in the way that they have for so long.  However, now these gatherings have stopped. Due to the #COVID19 crisis we are not able to meet in gathered groups. What if we released all those leaders...

In most churches that I’ve encountered, usually about half of the people are in mid-week small groups and the other half are not. This is due to a whole range of reasons of course. Perhaps life was so busy that it felt too difficult to fit it into the diary.  Maybe the ones they used to be in were rubbish, so...

For years people in our culture have been lulled into a spiritual stupor by too much comfort, apathy and post-modernity. But they are waking up!  #COVID19 has come like bucket of cold water in the face to someone having an afternoon nap! Even in the last few days we have heard of lots of students who are not Christians yet asking to join...

Whether it is through persecution or another circumstance, if the church is prevented from having big gatherings, the church grows rapidly.  There are many places in the world where it is not possible to have corporate or public worship. When this happens, the church is forced to meet in secret small groups of believers. In order to continue meeting in the...

The current circumstances brought about by #COVID19 presents the church with the biggest missional opportunity in many years. The question is, will we respond to it? In such a small amount of time, our world has been turned upside down and reordered. Whether it is kids being home-schooled, studying / working from home or panic-buyers out in full force - the world is a...

What is your calling? How do you pursue it? What does it matter? When I think about calling, I imagine it like puzzle pieces; God gives us one piece at a time throughout our life and in the end as you put them together, it paints a beautiful and heavenly picture for us that shows God’s heart and purpose for the world. My personal experience and understanding of calling...

These are indeed very strange days. Toilet paper is short, pasta is but a memory, and millions and millions of people around the world are confined to their homes.  It’s curious - I’m told we are social distancing, and yet, this week I have had people from all over the UK pop up on my computer screen for a chat. I’ve...