This has become something of an ‘issue’ for many men I have known in the last 5 years. I don’t know if it is because we work in a housing scheme or if the problem is more widespread. In my 13 years in the ministry I can say without doubt that one of the biggest [...]
Archive for the ‘Evangelism’ Category
Help! I Want to Plant a Church But My Wife’s Not So Keen!
Posted: May 30, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Websites, Women and WivesTags: church planter's wives, church planters, church planting, Domestic Kingdom, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, The church planting spouse
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Do We Really Need Youth Ministry?
Posted: May 29, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Evangelism, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Websites, YouthTags: evangelism, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, the gospel coalition, youth ministry, Youth work
Our Children’s & Youth Ministry at Niddrie is currently going through somewhat of an overhaul. Working with teenagers on the scheme is brutal and slow work. The children’s ministries in general have lacked cohesion and so we are working hard at trying to bring everything together towards a united vision and purpose. The whole issue [...]
The Christian & The War on Drugs (1)
Posted: May 24, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Evangelism, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Working With AddictionTags: Drug addiction, Heroin, Inner city problems, methadone, Mez McConnell, niddrie, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Valium
I live in a scheme which is blighted by drugs. Children as young as 7 and 8 years old are smoking Cannabis regularly (I smoked my first joint at 12). Heroin is as easy to get as a pint of milk from the local store. Crack, Coke, E’s, LSD, you name it and it can [...]
Am I Really a Church Planter?
Posted: May 15, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Niddrie Community Church, Preaching, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: Acts29WE, church planting, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Scott Thomas, spiritual gifts, Training
Because church planting seems to be “in” at the moment, there seems to be an endless supply of young men (and old) putting themselves forward as “planters”. Interestingly, very few feel “called” to housing schemes/council estates (although a few of us in the UK are seeing a slow but steady turn around in this). Perhaps [...]
Reaching The Unreached 2012: Getting Started & Keeping Going!
Posted: May 13, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Niddrie Community Church, Preaching, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, VideoTags: Council estates, housing schemes, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Reaching The Unreached
This is a conference for those working in inner city areas, council estates and housing schemes. Check out their website here. This is a preview of their conference this week where I will be speaking twice. Please pray for it and for the many faithful pastors, evangelists and gospel workers in the UK.
Building a Gospel Centred Community
Posted: May 11, 2012 by conand17 in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Preaching, Random Stuff, Tarquin SyndromeTags: Andy Constable, community, Eugene Peterson, evangelism, fellowship, Gospel, Mez McConnell, preaching, Tim Keller
by Andy Constable I am very privileged to work in an environment that is gospel focused. I came onto the Niddrie team 2 years ago and one of the reasons for doing so was because Mez’s vision was and is to bring the gospel to bear in his life, the life of the church and [...]
T4G Conference 2012: Missionary Pastors Grow Missionary Churches (7)
Posted: May 10, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Preaching, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, T4G Conference 2012, WebsitesTags: David Platt, evangelism, Mez McConnell, missions, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Pastors, T4G
Speaker: David Platt Text: Revelation 5 Title: Divine Sovereignty: The Fuel of Death-Defying Missions Find the sermon online here. For those of you who have been following these posts, this is my final one. The more beady eyed among you will know that there were 9 main sessions at T4G but I only took notes [...]
T4G Conference 2012: When We Feel Like Giving Up (6)
Posted: May 9, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Preaching, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, T4G Conference 2012, WebsitesTags: CJ Mahaney, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Perseverance, T4G 2012, Temptation
“The Temptation to Lose Heart” Speaker: CJ Mahaney Text: 2 Corinthians 4 Title: The Sustaining Power of the Gospel I always find CJ to be an immensely pastoral type speaker (with a tendency to wander off the beaten track from time to time!) and this message was no different. His basic premise was to encourage [...]
T4G Conference 2012 (5): The Message That Saved My Ministry!
Posted: May 8, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Preaching, Random Stuff, T4G Conference 2012Tags: Elijah, Ligon Duncan, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, NiddriePastor, T4G
Speaker: Ligon Duncan Text: 1 Kings 19 Title: The Underestimated God: God’s Ruthless, Compassionate Grace in the Pursuit of His Own Glory and His Ministers’ Joy I tell you what they don’t go for the snappy soundbite titles these boys! This one was definitely up there for the “whose sounds most like a puritan work” [...]
