Category: Church Matters

Book of the Month Over the years I have read many books on church growth, but few have been so

‘You gotta have faith’ was the headline of a Sunday Times ‘Style’ article on the opening of L’oscar last year

Although retirement is a challenge for everybody, for retired ministers can be a particular challenge. For ministers, immediately upon retirement,

“Give attention to the public reading of the Scripture” (1 Tim 4.13), wrote Paul to Timothy, and with good reason.

I have just returned from a funeral of a good man who had filled his long life with many worthwhile

The other Sunday I heard a head teacher speak about a new diary which had been given to her –

Godly leadership should have nothing to do with the pursuit of power – instead it should have everything to do

Not infrequently in the papers we read of somebody brought before a court who is ‘of no fixed address’ For

The term ‘housewarming’ literally means to ‘warm a house’. Centuries ago, friends and family would come over and start fires

Book of the month Following Jesus in Turbulent Times: Disciple-Marking in the Arab World (Langham Partnership, Cumbria. 130pp: £8.36 from