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One of the key influences on a student coming to faith in Jesus today is the impact of Sunday preaching.* This final key factor in students coming to faith was one I hadn't expected. Turns out, our Sunday preaching matters! It’s not the most important thing in a student coming to faith, but it actually makes a real difference and three quarters of the students I...

You don’t need to be broken to be an actor When I was at drama school there was a toilet that was infamous for being the breakdown toilet. People would run out classes in floods of tears and you could be sure that they would have run up the stairs to the big toilet next to the library. I shed many...

One of the key influences on a student coming to faith in Jesus today is through mentoring. Mentors! You don’t need to label them as that, but there is still a consistent pattern of an older person of faith, whether in years or maturity, being vital in a student coming to faith and learning how to be a disciple.  This could have been...

The Fusion Manchester hub have been on the road recently. Edinburgh, Cardiff, Lancaster and Liverpool and further afield.. Our goal has been simple. To create space for groups of students to explore how their small groups might fulfill a mission. A mission that, on paper, looks impossible. To reach the thousands of students on their doorstep. Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and...

I love beautiful questions. You know that moment, when someone asks a deep question and you’re like “wow, I haven’t ever thought about that.” I love that moment when just one great question unlocks hours of conversation and a whole new level of understanding of how you and your friends are similar, different, how you process, view of the world,...

One of the key influences on a student coming to faith in Jesus today is out of the context of hurt and broken relationships.*  This one might feel a bit strange to have on the list, but I think it reveals something important for us to remember. Every student who came to faith at university, came to Jesus in the midst of also carrying...

The following words are the notes from the talk I gave last night at Just Love Durham's launch event for the new academic year. At the event were many local North East charities looking for volunteers. The students on the night were asking for a copy of my words after I had spoken and the leaders were keen that more Christian...