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All the Tim Keller stuff you could ever possibly want (and then some)!
Everything you could ever want to have for a big ol’ Tim Keller love in can be found at this website. Enjoy!
Superiority Complex? Try Service and Love
By Andy Constable There can be a temptation when coming to work in schemes to simply see the social problems that many schemes face. People from the outside see the drugs, crime, dysfunctional families and young teenage mothers. These stereotypes fuel a superiority complex where the ‘well-meaning’ Christian thinks that they are coming to release these ‘poor people’ from…
Please Worship Somewhere Else! (Why our church may not be for you)
Niddrie Community Church sits right in the centre of a housing scheme in the East of Edinburgh. We are too small and not ‘cool’ enough to be student friendly. The odd student type who does come along to our services is usually very focused and dedicated in the Christian faith. We are…
Children’s Work & Church Planting: Friends or Foes?
With independence on the horizon for NCC, we’ve been spending a lot of time as a Ministry Team thinking about our vision and direction for the future. If our church members are to be on board with our ideas, they need to know where we’re going. The leadership of the church has decided…
Why The Atonement Matters For Church Planters (3)
Atonement’ edited by Gabriel Fluhrer (P&R Publishing 2010) This is a series of lectures about ‘blood’ according to the book’s sleeve and is a compilation of 8 essays on the topic by 7 evangelical theologians and pastors. Such is the importance of this subject for every Christian, whoever they…
How Not To Engage your Community
There are lots of little articles flying around the ‘blogosphere’ on how to be more ‘missional’ etc. Some of them are helpful and some of them are breathtakingly hilarious. Here are some of my tips of how not to engage ‘missionally’ on a housing scheme. Remember, it’s just for fun! 1. Sit in the front garden and invite the…
Recommended Reading List
A great reading list for pastors here. I will be producing one myself shortly.
Handling Dangerous People In Your Church
A thoughtful post here from The ordinary Pastor. I am not sure I would so gracious as he in handling this type of individual.
The Importance of Training Leaders
by Andy Constable When I wanted to start working in ‘poorer’ areas I genuinely thought that it would be a case of going in, sharing the gospel, praying and everything would change. Although these are the fundamentals of any gospel work I was naive about the culture, the work of the local church and the pressures involved working in a scheme. The heart was good but I…
Introducing Church Planting In Glasgow
Today’s interview is with Scott Hamilton who is the pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel Glasgow. More details about him and his work can be found at: www.harvestglasgow.org Tell is a little about yourself I’ve been married to Alison for 11 years. We have four kids under the age of five which serves the twin purposes of keeping our church attendance statistics healthy and…