Blog: Mission Styles

4 years ago when on the way to university, Joel felt prompted to pray for a stranger he had just met walking down the street. He prayed a simple prayer: that this stranger would give his life to Jesus one day.  4 years on, at a student weekend away, Joel noticed a familiar face as he led worship. The stranger from...

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” [Matt 28:19-20] “Therefore go…” With this sentence, Jesus didn’t give us an instruction manual. He didn’t say we each need to stand on street corners and shout...

Tharshish is the Campus Pastor at Every Nation in Stratford and this is her story of how she was able to use the Fusion resource ‘Mission Styles’ effectively in a Cross-cultural context. "Every year our church sees Freshers week as our student mission week. For the past few years we have been blessed with churches from around the world sending a...

Emily is a second year student in Nottingham, and this is her story of trying church and exploring faith this year. What made you decide to try church and what was your experience of it? I wasn’t raised in a Christian family and so hadn’t really been to church since I was young and never really understood why we went to church in...

When Harry grew up and tried to fit in more with friends at school, he slowly left his childhood faith behind. After spending a year in Australia, Harry started university back in the UK and over time, found himself becoming obsessed with drugs and drinking. “I was obsessed with drugs and drinking. It was all fun, but it was all fruitless.”  Within...

“What am I going to do on Sunday?”  This is the question that many people are asking themselves right now. Empty calendars with cancelled plans leave weekends free. Not only are church services now online, but coffee dates with friends are put on hold, cinema trips have been paused and visiting family in far away cities is a no go.  So what...

“What changed?” “I’ve realised that it's as big a risk to believe in atheism as it is to believe in God.” Josh, a student from Bath, decided to stay at university despite it closing for the next few months. Josh had consistently invited one of his friends to church over the previous year and had been met with rejection each time. Despite...