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I am currently reading this book from Authentic which is based round a brilliant story of a pastor and evangelist on retreat in the Canadian woods log cabin at night. Get the book to read the story! Sufficient to say Philip Jinadu and David Lawrence do a agood job is helping all evangelists and pastors explore winning ways by creating a an evangelising church and leadership.
http://www.authenticmedia.co.uk/AuthenticSite/product/9781850787389.htm
The latest book int he evangelism series of Grove books takes a good look at publicity in the local church and how the congregation can make good use of all the readilly available resources in promoting and presenting itself. Realistic, optimistic and very practical for every group not just congregation. It is number Ev 80 on:
Mark Howe has written the latest Grove book in the pastoral series called Online Church: First Steps Towards Virtual Incarnation. It is an excellent overview of the subject ... from the progarammer behind St Pixels. He explores all the missional, theological and practical aspects of the virtual church. Very timely as this subject is one of priorities GfE wishes to explore in 2008.
Chris Stoddard writes advance notice about the RUN (Reaching the Unchurched Network) conference in Peterborough June 17/18/19 with Brian Mclaren speaking on 'Breaking the mould of mission' alongside other speakers and workships on this theme. Details will soon be on:
The above is a conference at Swanwick 30th May-1st June for anyone who wishes to explore a) our own spiuritual journey, b) the journey of our christian sisters and brothers, and c) the spirituality of people outside the church. It is open to anyone from any of our networks and hosted by Churches Together in England. An 'early bird' discount offer is on till feb 15th. All details on:
I am sorry ... yesterdays post about 'multi congregational church' should have said 'multi cultural' ... which is the theme of the conference on 15th March at the Kings Centre in Catford:
The Jerusalem Awards are set up by the Jerusalem Trust to encourage coverage of the Christian faith on the radio in new media 'audio' formats. A ceremony is held in September when prizes are given. Anyone can nominate small items to full programmes from across a wide range of subjects and media platforms, and further details as to when nominations have to be in by, are on:
Geoff Knott from Wycliffe has passed on details of the above conference to be held at the Kings Church Centre, Catford on 15th March 2008. Much debate about the best way to grow churches has taken place, and 'multi cultural' is one which will be explored, see:
Following previous successes, a three act play which lasts from 10am-3pm on The Life of Christ will again be held at Bramley near Guildford (GU5 0LR), each day from Tuesday 24th to Sunday 29th June 2008. The leaflet describes this as an opportunity for evangelisation as coaches are organised and friends are invited to this dramatic production in the open air. Details at:
I was pleased to be present at the start of the launch for the London Global day of Prayer at Westminster Chapel on Friday night when Jonothan Oloyede, a member of GfE, inspired the congregation to gather on Pentecost Sunday 2008 and make for 30,000 people praying at Millwall Stadium as part of the Global day of Prayer initiative and the Pentecost Festival in the capital. Various weblinks for this item:
An article describing the launch from Christian Today at:
http://www.christiantoday.co.uk/article/countdown.begins.to.global.day.of.prayer/16500.htm
The main site for London Global day of Prayer, including details of joining in and attending:
And the site for the Pentecost Festival in capital which illustrates all that is going on at Pentecost weekend:
