This graph shows the correlation between the hours of practice that Children were putting in to learn a musical instrument after they had answered the following question. “How long do you see yourself playing your […]
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How to Survive the Ministry Part Two
Carrying on from my previous blog here’s part 2. DO MINISTRY WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE Finding the right people to do ministry with, to be on team with, to invest in can be one of […]
HOW TO SURVIVE THE MINISTRY Part One
Was really privileged to speak today to some Pastors on the subject of how to survive the ministry. I was unsure how to approach the subject but decided to base the talk on 2 Timothy […]
Miracles for Sale – A response to Derren Brown
Last Night I watched with interest Derren Brown’s TV programme entitled Miracles for Sale in which Derren and his team train Nathan, a Scuba Diving Instructor, to become a faith healer. Brown and his team […]
If you want it to grow get the atmosphere right.
Ignore the atmosphere at your peril. Have you ever been to someone’s home, you know, just dropped in and whoa it hit you like a train. Toxicity. Let me ask you these questions, “Did you […]
New Year’s Resolve
As a teenager in church the passing of every year brought about messages on looking ahead, having a positive outlook, being faith filled about the future etc.. At the same time those messages often involved […]
Multiple site yea or nay
check out this great discussion on multi site churches. http://player.vimeo.com/video/13082622 Multiple Sites: Yea or Nay? Dever, Driscoll, and MacDonald Vote from Ben Peays on Vimeo.
My Greatest Frustration
Someone once said, ‘Frustration and Vision are exactly the same thing.’ They’re right, but it doesn’t feel like it when you’re frustrated! being a church leader is a frustrating thing, partly because at times you […]
Atmosphere
Right now we are looking at Christian Life Church into the theme Devoted. We are taking the first four chapters from Acts and seeing how the first Christians were Responding to the outpouring of the […]
Upgrade
I love september it’s like the start of a new year in the life of the church after summer. I’ve been thinking recently about how do we upgrade what we are doing, how can we […]
Paul Benger 