Category: Church Matters

To my amazement, this year nobody in our church felt free to accept nomination as a deacon. As a result,

Baptist deacons have sometimes had a bad press. Gerald Coates, the founder of the Pioneer group of churches, once caricatured

Here at Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford, we are in the process of a deacons’ election. Deacons in our context are

As I write, I am preparing for a week’s holiday by organising my work-load on my return. Because I am

This coming Sunday we shall be giving a special welcome to two families who will be bringing children for me

Over the years, when preaching on the resurrection, I have often quoted Lord Darling, a former Lord Chief Justice of

I am a Christian because I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. Over the years I have had

It is all too easy to jump from Palm Sunday with its story of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem to

“Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you

In my diary the fourth Sunday of Lent (this year Sunday 18 March 2012) is marked as ‘Mothering Sunday’. On