'Niddrie Pastor' Tagged Posts (Page 33)

'Niddrie Pastor' Tagged Posts (Page 33)

Sharing Your Faith With Those Who Know You Best!

What a great, free resource here from Crossway. It is an ebook giving some pointers on how to witness to family, friends and those who know us well. As we know, they are often more difficult to reach out to than strangers. Obvioulsy, very American and a bit ‘Waltonesque’ but it is free!…

Christian Youth Work : Developing Healthy Partnerships

One of the things that we notice about the young people in Niddrie is that many of them like bikes, both the pedal kind, and the motor kind. So bikes present us with a great opportunity for contact with many young people and also with other organisations working in the area. As a church, we want to…

Why should we send our best people to Bible College? (3)

As I have previously stated, I believe that there needs to be some form of moratorium between evangelical churches and Bible Colleges in our country. We need to ask some tough questions. Who exactly is serving who? Who are many of our Bible Colleges actually accountable to? What figures do we have…

Why should we send our best people to Bible College? (2)

After a huge response to this article (thanks to those who wrote to me personally) I have decided to just try and elucidate a little more clearly on some of my points. I was inspired to do this from a friend who sent me a 40 year old article on my facebook page. Entitled: ‘Proposal for a New…

Should the church help young people into work?

If any professional ever had a claim to the title ‘Jack of all trades’, it would surely be the church Youth Worker. What other profession can boast such diversity in roles as: counsellor, entertainer, artist, cleaner, cinematographer, people manager, taxi driver, web developer, teacher, caretaker,…