William Wade shares his history and wonders how Christians can get better at reaching his neglected demographic
I am a Baptist Minister in Hertfordshire. However, I often get told that I do not look like the clergy type.
That may be because I have a shaved head, tattoos and a Belfast accent. It may be because my face shows the marks of having been a boxer and having one too many scraps outside the ring, too. Whatever the case, my own background allows me to have a desire to see a particular demographic within the UK reached with the gospel. This demographic is white, working-class and sitting somewhere between the ages of 18 and 50. It has been described as reaching chavs for Jesus, but there is an inherent value within this demographic that refuses to allow me to use that term.
