Encouragement in Wales
Stuart Bell
Bishop Stuart Bell of the GAFCON-affiliated Anglican Convocation in Europe (ACE) writes: Archbishop Ben Kwashi, General Secretary of GAFCON, the global Anglican movement, was the guest of the Evangelical Fellowship of the Church in Wales meeting with Anglican leaders for 24 hours (28-29 September) at the Hookses, the retreat of the late John Stott in Dale, Pembrokeshire.
In one session he spoke of what God is doing more widely in the Anglican communion and in another he gave encouragement from the Scriptures and from his own experience that we should stand firm. ‘We have nothing in Nigeria’, he said, ‘so if we give up Christ then we would have less than nothing; whereas if you in the West were to give up Christ you still would have your comfortable lifestyle.’
Wales: aim of 100 new churches
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A new initiative called Cant i Gymru has the ambitious aim of seeing 100 healthy churches planted in Wales within the next decade.
Cant i Gymru (meaning ‘100 for Wales’ in English) is ‘a collective of gospel friends’ from across the world and Wales. According to their website, they are ‘believing God for a fresh wave of missional planting in Cymru’, and aim to do this by providing pastoral support, uniting in prayer, and equipping and sending out church planters.
Driving slowly – and the commands of Scripture
Recently the Welsh Senedd reduced the 30mph speed limit on the roads in Wales to 20mph.
This means that an uninterrupted three-mile journey in urban Wales now takes about three minutes longer. Predictably, responses range from applauding this to regarding it as a crisis. Rarely has 10mph been the focus of such national debate since Stephenson built his ‘Rocket’. And, unusually, this move by the current Welsh Government is clearly not a vote catcher and may increase the pressure on the economy, but they are sticking to their conviction, and as a result we all drive a little slower in Wales.