Category: Church Matters

In the late 1970s, with the help of Alan Wilkinson, I conducted a detailed questionnaire survey of over 350 Baptist

The other day I was with four other ministers when one of them raised the issue of professionalization in ministry.

In my submission for my recent appraisal I wrote: Strangely, although we continue to grow as a church, our Sunday

I am looking forward to Monday evening 15 April, when for the twentieth year running I shall undergo my annual

I confess that that there are times when I find it difficult to pray on my own – but I

It was the custom of the citizens of Jerusalem to bury their dead outside the city walls – and to

“I’m brassed off with the church. I feel like resigning and walking away from them all” – these were the

Next week is my birthday – and I am looking forward to it. I love birthdays and the surprises that

With civil partnerships and gay marriage making the headlines, the common assumption seems to be that same sex friendships are

One of the great privileges of being the pastor of Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford, is that almost every Sunday we