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I am writing this from an internet cafe in Kosovo. We are on a short-term mission trip this week where we are trying to assist a local church here in their work amongst families in the community. It is a good time and as I have been here I have been reminded of the importance of flexibility, and...
I recently read Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Tipping Point”. Gladwell explores (very entertainingly) factors that trigger the emergence of epidemics (i.e. ideas, trends or diseases that rapidly emerge in a population to massive effect). As a Christian, it immediately...
Nurturing church plants to have BOTH a mission mindset and strong relationships with the local community (Part 2) The challenge we are faced with is to build a mission-minded Christian community with deep and wide-ranging relational connections. We want everyone to end up in area C. In...
Nurturing church plants to have BOTH a mission mindset and strong relationships with the local community (Part 1) Since planting a church on a social housing development in central London 3 years ago, by God’s grace, we have grown in two ways. Firstly, a small but growing group of...
Church planting: Should the meeting or the community take priority at the outset? (Part 3 – Understanding “the culture gap” and introducing “rent-a-crowd”) I’ve asked the question whether establishing a church meeting is always the best strategy...
Church planting: Should the “church meeting” or the “church community” take priority at the outset? (Part 2 – A “community led” model; read part 1 here) COMMUNITY-LED CHURCH PLANTS: Under this approach, the church-planting team focus on...
Mark Jones Parry is on the board of Radstock and currently studying at theological college. Here he reflects on church planting, after 2 years as part of a new church in London, UK.
Posted by Radstock Staff Please pray for churches in Georgia wrestling with the ongoing refugee crisis following last year’s conflict between Georgia and Russia. Next generation ministries have been put on hold while resources are diverted to the care of those who lost homes...
Posted by Paul Williams Getting treatment for your sick animals, your hair cut, utensils for your home, a café breakfast, new home fabrics from old clothing, bread in the shops, milk products, fresh vegetables on your table, winter clothes for your children, and trees planted to help...