Recently, one of our supporting churches in the United States sent me a list of questions aimed at understanding our ministry in Wales more fully. After reflecting on my answers, I thought that others might be interested to read some of them and so I plan to post those here (slightly edited for a more [...]
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Posted 30 August 2008
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Daily Scribe § Evangelism § Ministry Updates § Missions § Personal § United Kingdom
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Tagged: biblical church planting, British vs American, Christian bookshop, church development worker, church leadership team, church planting strategy, clash of culture, cross-cultural evangelism, discipeship, Grace Church Planting Ministries, ministry internship, missional strategy, NAMB, North American Mission Board, Pontypridd, relational evangelism, SBC, short term mission teams, small group ministry, South Wales Valleys, Southern Baptist, Welsh evangelicals
Recently, one of our supporting churches in the United States sent me a list of questions aimed at understanding our ministry in Wales more fully. After reflecting on my answers, I thought that others might be interested to read some of them and so I plan to post those here (slightly edited for a more [...]
Okay, I realize this may not make the headlines in the United States, but it’s big news for American peanut butter fans living in the UK! For decades, American ex-pats have experienced a famine of certain “comfort foods” when living abroad; and our British friends look with horror when we talk about eating peanut butter [...]
Yesterday I gave one of the shortest speeches of my life, but it seemed like the longest and it turned me inside out. My youngest daughter got married and, here in Britain, it’s customary for the father of the bride to give a speech extolling the virtues of his daughter and welcoming the groom into [...]
One of the highlights of this past week’s mission team was getting to meet John Waller and his band. We tossed some burgers and hot dogs on the Weber, hoping to provide a little American hospitality to these new friends who gave up their fourth of July to put on a free concert for the [...]
Things are moving quickly right now. Three weeks from today, I’ll be walking our youngest daughter down the aisle of an evangelical church in Cardiff. She met a young Welshman three years ago at a Christian conference in Aberystwyth and they’ve been engaged for eighteen months. After the wedding, they will be setting up house [...]
