'Niddrie Pastor' Tagged Posts (Page 24)
Loving Jesus & Rejecting Islam
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How To Keep Going when People Screw Us & We Want To Give Up!
By Andy Constable The last couple of weeks have been particularly tough and tiring in Niddrie. One of our “pre-interns” who was getting his life together in Christ made a very unwise decision to leave the structure of our tailored discipleship programme/life to go back to his home town.…
Church Planting in Belfast!
I got this little video from Vimeo as I wait to publish a fuller interview of Lucas on the blog soon. It doesn’t give loads of details but it does two things: (1) It at least shows his mug and a little about his vision and (2) it introduces Acts 29WE, and organisation I am going to blog about shortly. Bottom line: He’s a church planter and we love those!!…
The Saddest Story You will Read This Year (if you love church planting)!! Closely Followed By Something Clever to Help You Think about Bible Translations!!
I picked up the following story from my mate’s blog and, even though he’d told me about it previously, I still felt depressed when…
Church Planting in Wales with Dai Hankey
Dai Hankey is a member of Acts 29WE and has been church planting in Wlaes for the past 4 years. He blogs at: “sanctified rant” and is the pastor at “Hill City Church”. I am hoping to get him to do a more in-depth interview soon but for now enjoy the following clip. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/36146597]
How Can We Train Future Church Planters?
1. Make sure you prioritise time for people. Many pastors (correctly) tend to lean heavily toward study but there is a real danger of hiding away in an office (which far too many do). This is where I have been impressed by Mark Dever at Capitol Hill Baptist in Washington. When I spent a coupe of days with him last year his study was full of young men being trained and…
8 Way To Pray During sermon Preparation
Michael McKinley has written a helpful little article on the 9Marks site. Read it here.
8 Ways to Protect Your Children From Sexual Abuse
This is a very timely article from The Resurgence site on this highly emotive issue. Read it here.
Reaching Out to the Heartbreak Hotel!!
By Andy Constable Last week I was able to have a meeting with Kenny Macaskill who is the MSP for Eastern Edinburgh. We were meeting to discuss the possibility of opening a drop in centre up at Greendykes flats. As a church we are desperate to start a ministry up there because the area is filled with many difficulties. The flats are known as heartbreak hotel in Niddrie.…
Learning From One Man’s Mistakes In Over 40 years of Ministry!
You’ve got to take up your cross and follow Jesus. So this is no career move for the faint-hearted. This is no career move for someone who wants an easy life or a nice life. You’re not going to be accepted, and you’re not going to be liked: you are following the crucified one. Wise words from the…