Mike McKinley is pastor of Guilford Baptist Church in Virginia USA and a Radstock Trustee. This post can also be found on the 9 Marks Blog. Jesus tells us to be careful how we hear (Luke 8:18). Yet many Christians approach the Sunday sermon with little to no game-plan for...
Posted by Radstock Staff Have you ever felt your heart swell on news of what God is doing in other places? I had one of those experiences recently, when, on a fleeting visit, I heard a snippet of what God is doing in Inner Mongolia: new churches being planted, young leaders being...
Herndon, Virginia is a tense place. Twenty years ago it was a fairly quiet far suburb of Washington DC. Now, to hear some people say it, it is over-run with illegal immigrants. Every morning the parking lot of McDonald's and the adjacent convenience store are flooded with men looking for a...
The church that I pastor is located in Northern Virginia, about a half hour outside of Washington, DC. We have a great and increasingly common mission field: our own backyard. The neighborhood in which our church is situated is about 70% immigrant, mostly Latin American and Asian Indian. Our...
Don't miss Radstock's next International Conference: 25th - 27th February 2010 in Northamptonshire, UK.
I've recently been re-envisioned for our local 'front line' (Chelsea, London, UK), not least by spending a week apparently some way back from the front line - helping to lead a team of Christian university students doing the behind-the-scenes tasks of a new summer kids' camp.
Where can you be involved in all this? Pray pray pray. And if you want to talk about it, call me (not til later in August, I'm on holiday/away from Radstock business when I return from here) but a couple of ideas spring to mind. In December the 2020 network will be gathering leaders from each...
One of the ministries set up through Radstock is called Samaritan’s Well. Keith Mersh, a former pastor, is spearheading this, and has overseen the raising of funds from churches in the UK who want to partner with, encourage and bless local churches in the villages of North India. Often...
There are more photos and video clips appearing on my GOING GLOBAL blog. You can also see the videos at the Radstock youtube page. Especially have a look at the one I've entitled "Is it all about the healings?" to hear one of the pastors talk passionately about the believers' faith, and a...
Some of you will remember me writing about Gita last year. She was the girl who had become a Christian as a teenager and then went around telling people about her new faith. As a result many were converted and naturally, wanted to meet together, leading to 3 churches being established. I think...