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Why minus four is greater than plus twenty: the curious maths of a growing church

We had about twenty new people at our newcomers event last time we ran it.  But in the week afterwards, a couple of church families warned me they might be moving away for job reasons. Still, twenty new adults in, four adults out, 20-4=16 – sounds like church growth, doesn’t it? Not so fast, young Jedi.

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Enter the Dragon: #Waleswide

To Wales, then, for a couple of conferences on church planting.  Waleswide is an initiative of a range of evangelical churches, to establish the idea of Wales as a 21st century mission field.  Those two sentences contain at least three ideas that should make us shake our heads in disbelief and wonder – and the reason

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Eleven lessons from being part of a church plant

Church p;anting

We said goodbye to a church we’ve known and loved for seven years – its first seven years. It had been a privilege to be a member rather than a leader, and to be part of a little Christian community take its first steps.  Seven years before a team of 35 adults and 12 children

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