Have you ever wondered why it’s so easy to identify the poor when overseas but in our own country it’s so much harder? You’re not alone. Our inability to read our own culture is one of the most challenging issues facing us as disciples of Jesus, because some of …
Some people have said that community engagement is my thing, but that’s not actually true. My thing has always been Jesus and His church. Specifically, in regards to the church, what it is that we’re supposed to do as pastors and church leaders and how that should shape our …
I was 2 years into pastoring Grace when I had a conversation with the Holy Spirit that changed my life in ways I wasn’t expecting. I was lying on our bed at home listening to Debra recount her experience at a recent conference that she’d attended and how the …
This is how I started a message to our church a few weekends ago….
“Welcome to the change sheds!
This isn’t what church is all about.
Where you’ve come from and where you’re going after you leave this place today is what church is all about.
What …
The essence of a being’s “existence” has to do with the fact that he is a “living reality” — if one no longer has or the functions of vitality, they are said to “no longer exist.” So, the essence of “death” is the absence of “life” – therefore when one dies “one ceases to exist.” …
T4CG’s Founder and Director Jenny Sinclair met with the Churches Together England (CTE) Enabling Group on 24 March 2023. Jenny was asked to lead a discernment session incorporating a theological reflection on the church’s response to poverty in the context of the theme of this particular gathering, “The Cost of Living Crisis”.
Exploring the causes …
Too often in our churches the only things we measure are bums on seats on Sunday, how much money came in, in the offering, how many visitors we had, how many volunteers we’ve engaged in each service and the number of small groups that …
Mathew 28:16- 20
Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make …