'Tragic failure of most CofE bishops' prompts St Helen's Bishopsgate 'commissioning' service
Brian O’Donoghue
Seven Church of England churches have commissioned seven new Christian leaders across four dioceses for ministry in Church of England churches.
At a service on Wednesday evening, led by Bishop Rod Thomas, and attended by members of CEEC and the Alliance, seven men were commissioned. The individuals were commissioned as public leaders and for public ministry in training posts in Church of England churches. All of them have been selected through experienced selection panels, trained through recognised training courses and completed necessary Safeguarding training and checks for this ministry. They will be deployed differently in different contexts.
London Gospel Partnership
Brian O’Donoghue
At the first London Gospel Partnership Conference, on 2 February, leaders gathered from a diverse range of churches to be encouraged in biblical ministry across the capital.
Kevin De Young gave two outstanding talks at East London Tabernacle on the theme of God’s Message by God’s Means for London. His first address on 1 Thessalonians 2 highlighted the centrality and importance of God’s word for God’s work in gospel churches. His second talk (The Big God of Small Things and Small People, Zechariah 4) was a magnificent encouragement to trust in God’s power even as we are so conscious of our own great weaknesses.