Psalm 27
The Lord is my light and my salvation—
    whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold of my life—

    of whom shall I be afraid?

When evil men advance against me

    to devour my flesh,

when my enemies and my foes attack me,

    they will stumble and fall.

Though an army besiege me,

    my heart will not fear;

though war break out against me,

    even then will I be confident.... continue reading
All this week on the blog Adrian Watt's has written a brilliant series on his experiences of planting a church in Bradford, in Yorkshire in England. So this week's blog offer is 50% off Gospel-Centered Church by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis.
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All this week on the blog Adrian Watt's has written a brilliant series on his experiences of planting a church in Bradford, in Yorkshire in England. So this week's blog offer is 50% off Gospel-Centred Church by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis.
It's a great workbook thinking through 'how to do church'. To get this great offer simply put in the code gcc50 at check out. This is available in the UK, the USA and our Australian website.
We also have the following titles on our UK website that are very helpful on how to do church...
With the code 'church30' you get 30% off these titles too!
Would you mind doing me a favour? I’d like you to get out your mobile phone please. Yes, now would be good if you can... Got it? Great. Thank you.
Now flick to your sent box for your text messages. And read through the last 20. I’m guessing they’ll be a fairly representative sample of how you use your mobile. Take a look and see what kinds of things you’re texting …
My last 20 text messages fall into these categories:... continue reading
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28 months ago, Adrian Watts left Oak Hill Theological College. He moved to Bradford and started a church plant with his fellow-pastor, Tom Swinney. Today The Good Book Blog continues to talk to Adrian about why he chose to plant in Bradford and how things are going ...
Christians who've recently moved into a new area aren't always keen to join small church plants. Of course, sometimes it's right to join a larger, more established church. But how would you address some of the common objections?
When considering joining a church plant, it is worth asking the question ‘why have they decided to plant a new church?’ For example, there maybe a church plant because Christians in the area are having to travel some distance to go to a Bible teaching church and so it would be wrong to assume that a bigger, more established church, is better.
Here are four possible reasons why people might not want to join a church plant. And a few points to ponder.... continue reading
28 months ago, Adrian Watts left Oak Hill Theological College. He moved to Bradford and started a church plant with his fellow-pastor, Tom Swinney. Over the next couple of days, The Good Book Blog talks to Adrian about why he chose to plant in Bradford and how things are going ...
Tell us 2 things that delight your heart as you look back over the past year or so
1) Seeing Trinity Church go from a plant to a small established congregation.
Two and half years ago, Tom, his wife Caroline and I were eating a chilli together discussing for the first time the possibility of working together on a church plant in West Yorkshire. Today I sit in the office with Tom as I write a Bible study on Acts 12 for tomorrow evening's Growth Group. Recently we welcomed new students at the Fresher’s Fayre tomorrow at the Trinity Church stall. Last year we were called as a church plant and now we are known as a church. It is incredible how God has answered our prayers to establish this new church. We have fifteen committed core members who are growing in maturity. The church has a growing fringe and plenty of opportunities to do evangelism.... continue reading
28 months ago, Adrian Watts left Oak Hill Theological College. He moved to Bradford and started a church plant with his fellow-pastor, Tom Swinney. Over the next couple of days, The Good Book Blog talks to Adrian about why he chose to plant in Bradford and how things are going ...
Why plant a church rather than go on staff at an existing one?
The most obvious route out of Bible college is to become an Assistant Pastor to gain experience. However, within the independent sector there are very few vacancies to be an Assistant Pastor, particularly in West Yorkshire. The churches are generally small with few resources and they cannot afford assistants. This lead to two possibilities: we could either work in another part of the country or begin a new work in Bradford. Since the purpose was to work in West Yorkshire. We planted a new church.... continue reading
