Keep going, pastor!

Jonathan Worsley  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Apr 2019
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Keep going, pastor!

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Dilapidated buildings, small budgets and struggling congregations: Jonathan Worsley on irresistible grace & ministerial steadfastness

It’s Monday morning. You’re driving to the church office, reflecting on your sermon from Sunday.

It seemed to go alright. Trouble is, several key families were again absent. Will the church survive? You wonder about the offering. Will the church be able to meet its budget? You arrive at the church building, park, walk in and, for the hundredth time, slightly wince at the sight of the building’s disrepair.

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