Mez McConnell is the senior pastor of Niddrie Community Church and director of 20schemes. He is the author of numerous books, including The Creaking on the Stairs: Finding Faith in God Through Childhood Abuse (Christian Focus) and Is There Anybody Out There?: A Journey from Despair to Hope (Christian Focus). He's married to Miriam and has two daughters. You can follow him on Twitter.
This is the fourth part of a longer conversation on the topic of race and class. Check out part 1, 2 and 3 here. In this video, Mez McConnell, John Onwuchekwa and Sung Kim talk about the gospel deficit in our country and how the evangelical church can even the playing field for those from […]
This is the third part of a longer conversation on the topic of race and class. Check out part 1 and 2 here. In this video, Mez McConnell, Ian Williamson, John Onwuchekwa, and Sung Kim talk about whether or not there really is a class and race problem in evangelical churches. Video Transcript Mez: What's […]
This is the second part of a longer conversation on the topic of race and class. In this video, Mez McConnell and John Onwuchekwa talk about the relationship between the race struggle in the United States and the class struggle in the UK. Video Transcript Mez: I’m interested in race, cause obviously you're black, right? […]
This is the first part of a longer conversation on the topic of race and class. In this video, Mez McConnell, Ian Williamson, John Onwuchekwa, and Sung Kim discuss what a largely white church in Scotland has in common with a largely black church in America. Video Transcript Mez: You and I, John, and to […]
The early years Meet Joe. Joe has never ventured far from where he was born in downtown Baltimore. He doesn’t know his dad who ended up in prison when he was a baby and died before Joe was eighteen. His Mom is an alcoholic and gambling addict. They haven’t spoken much since he moved in […]
In Part 1, we saw that there is a problem with a lot of Christian counselling, which puts SELF at the centre. So how do we dethrone self and put Christ in the centre? Who are the best people to help? There are many complicated and varied problems out there in the world right now. […]
I want us to begin today thinking about some of the basics when it comes to counselling, the Christian, and the local church. Paul Tripp says that very many of us, and probably most Christians we know, live in what he describes as the gospel gap of the here and now. So, people have a […]