Before preaching Stephen Van Rhyn recommended two books on the poor that are being launched here at the conference. You can download the audio or read my notes here. Stephen began by speaking about the impact that Nelson Mandela has had on the history of South Africa. He explained that Newfrontiers was at an era changing moment. He then spoke about the transitional time in which we currently found ourselves. In the Bible when transition occurs, it always calls for... Read more
After another pumping time of worship, PJ was given the opportunity to share what has happened this past year. He explained that he has been told he is in remission from his cancer. It was an emotional moment as it was quite literally this time last year that we all heard of the diagnosis. He explained that he is currently feeling very well, and the only lasting effects are tiredness (he needs 10 hours sleep a night) and some damage... Read more
Other than me, @johnehosier and @terryvirgo who else is on Twitter and was at the very first Downs Bible Week? #TOAM in reply to johnehosier # Fish and chips on the beach. Lovely. Had to chase the seaguls away tho!! # @phunni it only appears once if you sign up and doesn't come back for a couple of weeks if you don't. in reply to phunni # @phunni @ianjukes remember you don't pay for access to my years of work..... Read more
So it begins! We started as always with worship. It was a wonderful time in the presence of God. There was a real rise in faith. The enthusiasm, especially as we sang “You Alone Can Rescue” was electric. How wonderful to worship with thousands of charismaniacs! Scott took us to Hebrews 11. You can listen to this talk or read my notes here. The common thread that is seen in every single one of the heroes of faith in this... Read more
Nigel Ring is a great hero of mine. I love the way he has faithfully served the ministry of Newfrontiers for decades. He has been so loyal, so humble, and so willing to lay his life down that the ministry of others might develop to the full potential. He has personally run every Downs, Stoneleigh and Together On A Mission event. No wonder Terry Virgo dedicated his new book Spirit-Filled Church to this man. But as I point out at... Read more
Twitter totally trumps Facebook when it comes to easily collecting a live stream of posts from people attending an event. You can of course use an existing Twitter account via a smartphone. But did you know you can even start and use a Twitter account via SMS? If you want to share your observations of Together On A Mission with the world, why not create a Twitter account right now? Simply follow the following steps if you don’t already have... Read more
I am excited as I look forward to this week with my friends gathering for the last Together On A Mission conference. I am sad that my wife cannot be here for family commitment reasons. But, that is not the only reason why I do have mixed emotions today. At any time of transition, as much as you eagerly forward to the future God has for us, an element of sadness will also be there. Some sense of nostalgia this... Read more
Two new Newfrontiers books on the poor will be released at the TOAM Conference this coming week! Embracing the Poor This has been been written by an international Task Team of theologians and practitioners from Newfrontiers churches who worked together for two years to combine an understanding of the theology of the poor with ‘good practice’ in ministry. Here is what I had to say about this book: “Those who want to follow the apostollic mandate to ‘remember the poor’... Read more
The above sermon will shake you to the core. Tope didn’t mention those who have recently been denying hell by name, but his disagreement with them could not have been clearer. This is a compassionate yet very direct sermon on a painful but important subject. It was my delight to pray with someone at the end who wanted to become a Christian, and I know there were others. But perhaps the real targets were people like me. People who theologically... Read more
So, who is going to be at TOAM (Together On A Mission) next week? http://t.co/gZ8DRsU # @RealDonSimpson So it is McDonalds fault, not BLuecoat then? Who should I send an initail complaint to? Anyone have the email of the CEO? in reply to RealDonSimpson # Read more
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