The two previous segments of this interview with Terry and Wendy can be read at these pages:<\/p>\n
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- Terry and Wendy Virgo at New Word Alive<\/a>\n<\/li>
- Terry and Wendy Virgo on Itinerant Ministry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Adrian<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
I can see from what you\u2019re saying just how incredibly busy you must personally be overseeing all this. It just kind of brings me back to the fact that, yeah, you\u2019re taking time out from your busy schedules to come here, so you must feel that this conference is pretty important and pretty crucial for, I guess, those outside of Newfrontiers<\/a>. There aren\u2019t that many Newfrontiers people here. Why would you come here? What\u2019s so important about this specific conference this week?<\/p>\nTerry<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
I truly believe God wants to bring together a people who love Scripture, people who would flock to hear someone like Don Carson<\/a> or John Piper<\/a>, people who really regard Scripture highly.<\/p>\nAdrian<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
Very good. So, how do you determine, then, who you\u2019re going to work with and who you\u2019re not. Obviously you\u2019re happy to work with these guys, and without going to names, I guess there must be others in UK that you\u2019re not happy to work with. How do you determine that?<\/p>\nTerry<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
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<\/a>Most of my life has to be lived working out my commitment to Newfrontiers. That is where my loyalty lies. That\u2019s where my duty lies. These are people who are expecting me to serve them, and I\u2019m very happy to serve them. I\u2019ve always felt that God said, \u201cNow always keep a door open to the broader body of Christ. Don\u2019t get shut in.\u201d So for decades now, we\u2019ve always had some involvement. So I get invitations and I have to choose here and there whether I will go. And this seemed a really brilliant place to come. I was honored to be invited, especially with a Carson and Piper here. So, yeah, I count it a huge privilege to be here. Also being a fairly substantial sizable conference, it means one can reach many people in a short time. After I spoke at the UCCF<\/a> Forum, I had dozens, I think it would be true to say, letters from Christian Unions saying would I please come and speak at their CU. Well, I can\u2019t do that. I can\u2019t be driving all over England, speaking in CU meetings. But I can speak to a couple thousand students here in one week, so this is a really good economy of time, as well as an enjoyable thing to do.<\/p>\nAdrian<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
Okay. So I know, as an example, you\u2019ve chosen to invite Mark Driscoll to the Brighton Conference<\/a> this year. And in the past you\u2019ve chosen various people who some people, I think, were surprised about. How do you go about choosing them, and specifically Mark. What made you choose Mark for this year\u2019s Brighton Conference?<\/p>\nTerry<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
I\u2019ve been listening to Mark Driscoll<\/a> over the last year or so, I guess. I\u2019m deeply impressed with his biblical stance.![\"Mark](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2008\/07\/mark-driscoll-Tshirt-795178.jpg\")
<\/a> I think he\u2019s an unusually powerful preacher. He is also bitingly relevant to our generation and aware of the culture in which we live. I think he\u2019s very unusual. He\u2019s not only fighting for the truth in some sort of static way of just defining the doctrine. He reminds me of a kind of latter day Spurgeon<\/a>. He\u2019s very clear on doctrine. He\u2019s very evangelistic, building a great church, it sounds, helping to plant churches in Acts 29<\/a>\u2014again like Spurgeon, who helped to get churches started all around London. You hear about people in Australia who were reading his sermons a week or so after he preached them in London as they printed them and sent them round the world. And now Driscoll\u2019s been downloaded all over the world. He\u2019s an unusual guy, very robust, like Spurgeon was, out of step somewhat, even with his group. But I love what I hear. I\u2019ve yet to meet him, but I love what I hear.<\/p>\nAdrian<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
Great. Excellent. Well, we\u2019ll look forward to another big conference in July. It seems like there\u2019s conference after conference, doesn\u2019t it? It\u2019s great, I guess, to have people gathering round God\u2019s Word and learning stuff. I mean, that\u2019s what I find anyway. I like conferences because you keep going . . .<\/p>\nTerry<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
I think I love the local church the most, and I know that would be true of you.<\/p>\nAdrian<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
Yes!<\/p>\nTerry<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
That\u2019s where we work out our lives. That\u2019s where we grow. We can\u2019t build our lives on conferences. But we have been associated with some very big ones over the years and know the huge impact, so I certainly don\u2019t despise conferences, but I know that in the end we work out our lives in God in the local church.<\/p>\nAdrian<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
H-m-m-m. Very good, very good. Well, thanks very much, both of you, for joining us. It\u2019s been a real delight, as always, and I guess we\u2019ll leave it with that. Thank you.<\/p>\nTerry<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
Thank you, Adrian.<\/p>\n\n<\/p>
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