Posts by Jason Nelson (Page 11)
Who Should Plant a Church?
Brent Foulke’s has written a short article here discussing this question. I would add one significant point, particularly for those planting and wanting to plant in housing schemes: perseverance. This ministry is a slow burn and the fruit can grow awfully slowly. We are in a season of fruitfulness in Niddrie right now but for a couple of years we went through a time…
The Church & The Surprising Offence of God’s Love
I’ve been laid up in bed for a week after an accident and I pulled this book off my bookshelf, largely because I’m due to preach on the theme of God’s love in the coming week. Let me start by saying that this is quite a chunky book, considering the strap line: ‘Reintroducing…
Church Planting Lessons
He’s a posh dude but I like what Justin Mote says here. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/20540611]
How Small Churches Can Help Missions
There is a great article here published on The Gospel Coalition website here. Missions, training and church planting, particularly, do not have to be the domain of large churches. We are one of the smallest churches in the city (60 members) and I would hazard a guess that we offer one of the largest training places in Scotland for our type of ministry (9 full time…
The Reward of His Suffering
Beautiful. Glorious. Deeply challenging. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PXTYsY7XqNU#!]
The Growth of The Internet in the Last 10 Years!
Where Do Housing Schemes Come From? A Brief History (2)
1945 & Onwards: ‘Social Housing’ Despite all the policy changes and some great progress in the inter war years, slum housing still remained a problem throughout the UK at the outbreak of WWII. There is a clip from the BBC archives here on some of the Scottish housing built in the…
What is Happening to the Church? Food For (Poetic) Thought
His holiness coloured for our sin…powerful! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ePsZNMJGMHs#!]
Where Do Housing Schemes Come From? A Brief History (1)
This is the first in a number of posts on the topic of housing schemes. In most of the UK they are known as ‘Council Estates’, in the US they are regarded as the ‘Projects’ and in Scotland they are called ‘Schemes’. They are unique, if I can use that word, to ‘Westernised, industrial’ nations. They…
What Are We Really Teaching Our Children About God & The Church?
I saw this video ages ago and I may have even posted it before but I am still deeply challenged in many different ways every time I watch it. How little we really know about the people we sit next to in our churches each week. May God help each of us to live lives that are more transparent,…