If as a retired minister God still has a call on our lives, then it seems to me that we
Continue readingAuthor: Paul Beasley-Murray
Paul is the chairman of Ministry Today, as also the College of Baptist Ministers, and from 1993 – 2014 was Senior Minister of Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford. He can be contacted at paul@paulbeasleymurray.com.
Sabbaticals for the retired
I am a great believer in sabbaticals for ministers and had the privilege of enjoying four sabbaticals. Reflecting on this
Continue readingExtra time
I have just read with great interest Extra Time: Ten lessons for an ageing world (Harper Collins, London 2019) by
Continue readingA prayer for all ministers
The ministry team at Chelmsford Cathedral where I now worship has just inducted (in Anglican terms, ‘licensed and collated’) its
Continue readingBooks for Today – July
The book of the month First published in hardback in 2018, Love Church: An adventure in church planting (Hodder &
Continue readingA table blessing
Last Saturday Caroline and I went up to a London club for a dinner put on by my old college
Continue readingGod is good to me
Three weeks ago I received an email from the son-in-law of a longstanding friend, who now lives almost 200 miles
Continue readingA bombshell in the baptistery
Sub-titled, ‘An examination of the influence of George Beasley-Murray on the baptismal writings of select Southern Baptist and Baptist Union
Continue readingA Pentecostal Challenge
Yesterday I attended a Eucharist for the Day of Pentecost. The hymns and prayers as also the sermon were all
Continue readingPriest or minister?
In the Church of England the standard term for ‘minister’ is ‘priest’. Yet the New Testament never uses the term
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