There are a large number of discouragements in ministry. It’s not hard to get a pastor or Christian worker to list the things that are difficult for them at any one –time – no matter how seemingly successful the ministry may look to outsid… read more

One of the joys of ministering in London in the last 10 years has been to see the growth of lunchtime services. By that, I mean a Bible reading and a 25-minute exposition in the middle of the week. In 1961 a group of businessmen in the cit… read more

For Church by the Bay in Morecambe, a plant from Moorlands in Lancaster, we didn’t gather a team to plant – not in the usual sense, anyway: I didn’t go round hand-picking people who were excellent evangelists or had particular gifts.

In ou… read more