PART I: Live In If we really want to make an impact for Christ in the many housing schemes up and down our nations then we must be prepared to move into the area. This is the GOLDEN rule. There are no exceptions for our leaders. Ministry will fail dismally, particularly if the leader(s) is(are) [...]
Archive for January, 2012
The 8 Keys To Gospel Ministry In Housing Schemes (1)
Posted: January 31, 2012 by mezmcconnell in 8 Keys To Housing Scheme Gospel Ministry, Church Planting, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community ChurchTags: Gospel Living, Gospel ministry, housing schemes, Incarnational living, Mez McConnell, missional living, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Robert Lupton
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From Selling Heroin in the Car Park to Proclaiming Christ in the Community
Posted: January 30, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Evangelism, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, VideoTags: Baptism, Charlene Rosie, Christian Testimony, Gospel of Jesus, Heroin Addiction, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church
When I came to Niddrie over 4 years ago there was a young woman involved in selling Heroin outside our doors in the car park. Most of the members were oblivious but I spotted it after about 2.1 seconds! Her name was Charlene and she had two young children. Before long she had heard the [...]
Would you fail the gospel quiz?
Posted: January 29, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Apologetics, Evangelism, Fun stuff, Niddrie Community Church, WebsitesTags: Cripplegate, Gospel, Jesse Johnson, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church
Great little article here.
Lord Carey v Lords Spiritual: FIGHT!
Posted: January 28, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: Benefits Cap, Bishops, daily Mail, House of Lords, Lord Carey, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Reverend John Packer
I have had an overwhelming response to an article I wrote this week on the government’s proposed benefit caps. As I stated in the article the initial proposal was defeated in the Lords thanks in no small part to the vocal opposition of a group of Bishops led by the Bishops of Ripon & Leeds, [...]
Christian Men: Where is Your Vision?
Posted: January 27, 2012 by conand17 in Discipleship, Niddrie Community Church, Tarquin Syndrome, UncategorizedTags: Andy Constable, discipleship, housing schemes, Mez McConnell, missional living, Niddrie Pastor, Vision
By Andy Constable Last week we were thinking about the lack of biblical men in our churches. One of the biggest problems for men is that of apathy and I think much of it is caused by a lack of vision. Many men are being taken in by pornography, television and computer games because they [...]
Are Benefits Caps Evil?
Posted: January 26, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: Benefit Caps, Child Poverty, Children's Society, Lord Carey, Mez McConnell, Nick Robinson, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Rev John Packer
It’s fair. It’s popular. It’s moral to ensure that families in which people are unemployed but able to work should not get more in benefits than the average family can earn. Or It’s arbitrary. It takes no account of the differences in rents and standards of living in different parts of the country. It’s immoral [...]
Steve Timmis on Church Planting
Posted: January 25, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: ACts 29, Acts 29 Western Europe, church planting, Gospel Coaching, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Pastor, Steve Timmis, Tim Chester
Steve Timmis is coming to Edinburgh next week to do a Gospel Coaching series for a group of pastors and planters in the city. He is coming in his capacity as the new director of A29 Western Europe and I am really looking forward to it. He has got lots of great things to say [...]
10 Questions Donors/Volunteers need to Ask Inner City Ministries
Posted: January 24, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Leadership/Ministry Training, Niddrie Community Church, Random StuffTags: Christian volunteers, donors, financial support, Inner city ministries, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Pastor
Yesterday we looked at a series of questions I would consider to be fundamental when seeking to work in partnership with voluntary groups, mission teams and individual donors and volunteers. Today, I would like to reverse the questions. So, if you are an individual seeking to support a work like ours (or any work for [...]
10 Honest Questions Ministries Need to ask Donors/Volunteers
Posted: January 23, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Random StuffTags: Champion Forest, Gospel partnerships, Mez McConnell, mission, Mission teams, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, outreach, UCCF
I have been reading a new book which I hope to be reviewing shortly on how Christians should work in the realm of community renewal. I found the following questions very helpful from a church perspective when considering if and when we should receive outside ‘teams’ of young people who come to Niddrie for a [...]
Everything you could ever want by John Stott (and then some)!
Posted: January 22, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Audio, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Prayer, Preaching, Recommended Resources, Video, WebsitesTags: John Stott, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Pastor, Quaerentia
See here for an amazing number of resources by John.
