Do You Have 100 Prayer Partners? This is one of the targets we set for anybody wanting to plant or revitalise a church. A church planter needs lots of prayer support. When we enter the schemes, we are entering satanic territory. He has been quite happy for people to have been in spiritual bondage, without […]

This is the third in a series of posts that we will be publishing over the next 5 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, […]

This is the second in a series of posts that we will be publishing over the next 5 Mondays on the topic of giving and 20 schemes. Apparently, we at 20schemes do fundraising all wrong—at least, that is, according to the “experts.” Part of my role at 20schemes is to facilitate partnerships in North America, […]

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, […]

“I didn't really know what a Christian was until the knowledge I had in my head moved down to my heart.” That’s a popular phrase in modern Christianity. I hear it time and again from young people, invariably, brought up in Christian homes. I have no reason to disbelieve the genuineness of the expression, but […]

Almost everywhere I travel I get asked pretty much the same set of questions. By far the most popular is, “How do you ‘do’ discipleship in the schemes?” This is usually followed up by, “What material do you use?” I understand the motivation because it’s becoming increasingly clear to me that much of the work […]

In my last post, we looked at the issue of stress and burnout. We looked at some of the ways in which over-tiredness can affect us and those around us. Today, I would like to offer some practical tips to help us. Rest is such a hard thing to achieve in our frenetic culture. Finding […]

We all know that feeling: when Monday morning feels like Friday evening, and the energy levels are at an all-time low. The question of how we recharge our batteries spiritually, physically, and mentally is important for church planters, pastors, and inner-city church workers. I have just spent some time with a dear friend of mine, […]

What do we do with the words of the Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 10:39? “Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.” The context is sending out the 12 to proclaim the ‘kingdom of heaven’ (10:7). They were sent out as‘sheep amongst wolves’ (10:16) […]

So, a friend of mine asked me if I could review his wife’s new book some time ago. He even gave me a free copy to sweeten the deal! I promptly lost the copy somewhere between the US and the UK, and so I sent an email and was graciously sent a pdf copy. I […]