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Our context
• The gospel need in the UK is greater than it has ever been in the last 450 years
• Conservative evangelicalism is stronger than it has ever been in the last 50 years
To extend the Partnership– from 40+ to 60+ churches in year four
35 Partner churches30 Individual Partners55 churches represented overall
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To deepen our partnership
Warmth of Partnership Meetings Relationships/Trust Cluster Groups (geographical/common
situation) Prayer together; preaching groups Eating together; consulting one another Shared evangelism and training
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To deepen our partnership
Can we do more? In cluster groups Praying/working together Pulpits swaps Avoiding isolation Expertise sharing/mentoring/work shadowing
2
To develop and extend training across the Partnership
Development of SMTC (Haywards Heath) Four Saturday Courses (various locations) 250 students
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To develop and extend training across the Partnership
Saturday CourseSept 2014 – EAST: Eastbourne
3rd year option for former students
Sept 2015 – WEST: Angmering/Chichester?Sept 2016 – CENTRAL: Lindfield/Brighton?
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To develop and extend training across the Partnership
How can we make sure people benefit? Don’t give up promoting the courses! Personal encouragement; Use former students Encourage former students to take up further
training Spread the word Use the short courses
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To multiply the number of ministry trainees
Currently 15 individuals in 14 churchesA further 14 churches have had trainees
4
To multiply the number of ministry trainees
Recruiting trainees? Year out for God Developing student work/links Thinking outside the box
4
To develop Youthwork across the partnership
Come and See Training Programme
Sorted by the seaLovewise teamNetworking paid youthworkers (Revive)
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To develop Youthwork across the partnership
Continue Come and See?Replicate Sorted by the sea?Expand the Lovewise work?Repeat Revive?What else?
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To increase cooperation in evangelism– Extend effective cooperation in Evangelism across
the Partnership building up to A Passion for Life 2014 6
To increase cooperation in evangelism
Work together more effectively? Sharing resources Working together locally Opening up events Making use of Glen and Martin
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To plant and revitalise churches– 10 churches planted or revitalised
over four years
Challenges and disappointments Perseverance being rewarded Congregations multiplying A long way to go
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To plant and revitalise churches
Openness to a variety of approaches Starting brand new churches Multiplying congregations Breathing new life into churches in decline Restoring a gospel ministry to a gospel-less church
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Calvary Church Brighton (1m)Phil Wells•Formerly Brighton Railway Mission – to reach
working people•Morning congregation ~ 60 including kids•Committed membership of 27+ ,12 of whom are
wage-earners•Three full-time workers•Situated at the end of a shopping street moving
from street-drinking to cocktail drinking
Biggest challenge (2m)
● Is actually (for me) just to keep going in a godly way
● For the church – to raise enough money to buy the freehold of the building
● £162,500 = £40k+£40k+£80k(loan)● Via gift day #1 … = £74.2k ● Gift day #2 = £50.6k ● Leaving £37.4k to find● =challenge and encouragement
Biggest encouragements (2m)
● N.B. encouragement <> progress● N.B. encouragement ~~ significance● Passion4Life / out on London Road for an hour
each morning offering Word-1-2-1 = Read John's gospel for 1 hour
● 2 friends came the previous Sunday, various readings also occurred beforehand