When I first moved to Niddrie Community Church almost 10 years ago, I spent the first six months or so getting to know who was in the congregation (it was very small). I wanted to find out who was who and who was good at what. I quickly discovered that some of the women in […]
I wrote ‘This Is Grace’ after realising that for the past few months, I’ve been going around encouraging believers in our churches to write their own songs and hadn’t until now written one myself. This blog is a detailed line by line self-analysis of my lyrics for ‘This Is Grace’. Please follow @20schemesmusic on Twitter […]
This is the third part of a longer conversation we had in May 2016, discussing the differences and similarities in contexts and issues between Niddrie, a housing scheme in Scotland, and the hood in West Atlanta, GA, USA. If you missed them, check out part 1 here and part 2 here. In this video, Mez […]
This is the second part of a post we started last week. We were thinking about the fact that the Christian life is a battle, ministry is tough, and leadership is back-breaking work. But in the Bible, Jesus give his followers encouragements to keep us in the game. He promises that he’s the resurrection and […]
“And apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.” (2 Cor. 11:28) The Christian walk is a battle. Ministry is tough. Leadership is back-breaking work. The Apostle Paul wrote this in 2 Corinthians 11:28 after remembering a whole list of sufferings he’d been through. Paul […]
This is the first part of a longer conversation we had in May 2016, discussing the differences and similarities in contexts and issues between Niddrie, a housing scheme in Scotland, and the hood in West Atlanta, GA, USA. In this video, Mez chats with John Onwuchekwa and some of his church members at Cornerstone Church […]
This is the first part of a longer conversation we had in May 2016, discussing the differences and similarities in contexts and issues between Niddrie, a housing scheme in Scotland, and the hood in West Atlanta, GA, USA. In this video, Mez chats with John Onwuchekwa and some of his church members at Cornerstone Church […]
We have now been church planting full time for just under a year. It has been equally energising and draining. Full of exhilarating highs and desperate lows. We have been encouraged by much needed support, yet we have been stung by sharp opposition. The number one comment we have received, however, is perhaps not what […]
This is the sixth and final part of a longer conversation on the topic of race and class. Check out part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 here. In this video, Mez McConnell, Ian Williamson, John Onwuchekwa and Sung Kim talk about why we need more middle-class churches not less as we seek to build […]
This is the fifth part of a longer conversation on the topic of race and class. Check out part 1, 2, 3 and 4 here. In this video, Mez McConnell, Ian Williamson and Sung Kim talk about how richer churches can help churches in poorer neighbourhoods with less resources? Video Transcript Mez: So here's a […]