September is an exciting month for 20schemes. We will have a church-planting project happening in Lochee, Dundee (more on this in later blogs) and we will begin the process of church planting in a neighbouring scheme to us in Niddrie called Gracemount. We will be filling you in on more of the details as things […]

Here is another of our new believers recently being baptised in Niddrie. We are encouraged to see men and women of all ages coming to faith in Christ in the schemes.

This is the first in a series of posts that we will be publishing over the next five Mondays on the topic of giving and 20 schemes. Apparently, we at 20schemes do fund-raising all wrong—at least, that is, according to the “experts.” Part of my role at 20schemes is to facilitate partnerships in North America, […]

We have had a number of amazing conversion stories in Niddrie in recent months. None more so than the story of Tracy & Steven, childhood sweethearts who had been through the wars in almost 27 years together. Her partner Steven was a mess. Cheating on her, in and out of rehab, selling and taking drugs, […]

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” (John 15:1) At Niddrie, we are having our annual ‘prune’ as we review our ministry across […]

Several month ago Ryan Townsend, Executive Director of 9Marks,  spent some time visiting some of Scotland's schemes. Here are some of his final thoughts on his visit.

This video is part 3 of a small series we are doing with Ryan Townsend, Executive Director of 9Marks. He recently spent some time with us and visited a number of schemes in Scotland to see first-hand the opportunities for service in our country. Here are some of his thoughts.

Just this past week, a Scotsman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for shaking a 15-week old baby so hard that it is brain damaged and will need full time care for the rest of its life. For those who can stomach it, the story can be read here. It’s easy to picture these […]

“Now the works of the flesh are evident: …enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy… and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” (Gal. 5:19–21) I was talking to one of our trainees about the […]

I was recently listening to a radio debate focusing on the proposed legislation changes in the UK for Internet use. The premise basically being that when attaching to a server, the home user is asked whether or not they want to access pornography. A simple yes or no answer is required. This caused outcry because, […]