For many years the mission statement of the American evangelist, D.L. Moody, has been a personal challenge to me.
Why do you get out of bed in the morning? What motivates you from day to day? Moody once replied, ‘I look upon this world as a wrecked vessel. God has given me a life boat and said to me, “Moody, save all you can”’.
The city of Hull has one of the lowest church attendance rates in Europe. We may be celebrating the 200th anniversary of a Parliamentary Bill that made the slave trade illegal. However, in the constituency of William Wilberforce, there are thousands of people who are currently slaves to sin and who have no place in the Kingdom of God.
