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Leadership

John Piper on self promotion vs being influential for Jesus

September 8, 2011

In keeping with my theme this week of self-examination, I thought I would highlight two things I found on Justin Taylor‘s blog. The first was a post on self-promotion by Dane Ortlund. This really hits the mark and is a great provocation to us. Like many such pithy thoughts it is of course, however, one [...]

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Popular posts: PJ Smyth on suffering, sickness and healing

August 19, 2011

During Adrian’s month away from the blog, he has hand-picked a selection of the most popular posts of the year so far to re-run. Today we feature,  “PJ Smyth on suffering, sickness and healing.” PJ Smyth’s practical theology of healing and suffering came out of his personal experience of cancer. This was not just another [...]

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Guest Post: A pioneering woman, pt 1

August 15, 2011

A pioneering woman, pt 1 By Claire Musters Wendy Virgo has always had a pioneering spirit. She married Terry in 1968 and they moved to a small town on the south coast called Seaford. At that stage, they had no idea that eventually the work that began there would spread to hundreds of churches in [...]

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TOAM PJ Smyth on Suffering, sickness and healing

July 14, 2011

This evening during the worship we were encouraged to make the following prophetic declarations that are all part of our history together. Half of the room called out each promise to the other half who replied “We will!” Remember we can do more together than we can apart Remember we are called to change the [...]

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TOAM Session 4 David Stroud on the future of UK Newfrontiers

July 13, 2011

David Stroud explained that he would not be preaching as such this session but instead sharing his heart for the future of Newfrontiers here in the UK. You can download the audio or read my notes here: He began by saying how grateful he was to be part of this family of churches. We left [...]

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TOAM: Interview with Nigel Ring

July 12, 2011

Nigel Ring is a great hero of mine. I love the way he has faithfully served the ministry of Newfrontiers for decades. He has been so loyal, so humble, and so willing to lay his life down that the ministry of others might develop to the full potential. He has personally run every Downs, Stoneleigh [...]

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Terry Virgo on keeping humble when God blesses you and Newfrontiers

July 6, 2011

Adrian: Now I would like to take you right back actually… but sort of partly on route to that, my mum said something interesting today. It was through them, because I was very young, back in around 1978 when I met you first. And she said something really interesting. She said, ‘Back then it was [...]

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Interview with Terry Virgo – A vision for the church

June 30, 2011

This is the first in a multi-part series of interview clips that I filmed with Terry Virgo when he was in London with us. You will enjoy, and for those without broadband, a transcript of the video will also be shared. Edited Transcript: Adrian: Hi I’m Adrian Warnock and I’m here with Terry Virgo and [...]

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What Kind of House? Apostles, their delegates, multiculturalism, prayer, worship, & mission

June 21, 2011

This is the second part of a set of notes on Terry Virgo’s first session at 300 Leaders.  I have previously shared the video and downloads for the whole talk. 3. There was Barnabus. He had been sent. The Apostles were staying in Jerusalem. People have written about whether that was right or wrong. But [...]

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The Apostle Paul’s Blogging Checklist, Hell, and Rob Bell

April 12, 2011
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Now that Rob Bell’s controversial book Love Wins is on sale on both sides of the Atlantic and many other comments have been made, I am feeling like I cannot avoid engaging in the controversy, or at least should read some more material to understand it better. I did not seek out such involvement, as [...]

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Why is informality a value to treasure in church life? Interview with Terry Virgo

March 25, 2011

Today’s video with Terry Virgo moves onto the fifth of seventeen values that have shaped his ministry for decades. These values are expressed as the kind of church he aims to plant: “A church where God’s presence is prized and where God is enthusiastically worshipped with genuine freedom for men and women to worship publicly [...]

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Receive an impartation from the Holy Spirit this weekend through Jack Hayford. Watch this trailer for more information.

March 15, 2011

We actually do have a few more places available for THIS SATURDAY’s 300 conference. Coming to us is Jack Hayford who is well known internationally for the level of anointing or “unction” that he has spent decades living in the good of (see my previous post on why we are excited that he is coming). [...]

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A new Warnie award for Bob Roberts

February 6, 2011

I am sometimes just a little embarrassed these days about the so-called “Warnie Awards.” They are something of a reminder of the good old days of Christian blogging, when almost all of us knew each other, especially the ones that were not political bloggers. Sometimes back then the online blogging community felt more connected. There [...]

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Using Technology to serve your church – Mark Driscoll and Jeff Vanderstelt

February 5, 2011

I plan on blogging about some of the tech tools that can help churches. To begin, I thought I would share this video from The City which is an interview with two pastors on how tech has helped them. It is a long flowing conversation, and should give you a good idea of how things [...]

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Reflections on Newfrontiers Prayer and Fasting and a Caleb-like example

February 4, 2011

I wasn’t planing on blogging a report on this weeks prayer and fasting. These events are semi-closed. They are family affairs. Visitors are allowed, but they are allowed in much the same way that I might invite a new friend to share a family meal with us. I wouldn’t want the details of my children’s [...]

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Multiculturalism – Can we build churches that display God’s multicolored glory?

January 21, 2011

The above video comes from the recent 300 leaders Conference. It is on a subject close to my heart: diversity. Many argue that churches will only grow if they focus on attracting one demographic of person. We at Jubilee have given our lives to trying, by God’s grace, to prove that statement wrong. It hasn’t [...]

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Leadership and the Gospel – Lessons from Jubilee Church

January 20, 2011

The above video features both David Pask and Tope Koleoso. David provides day-to-day spiritual leadership to Jubilee Church, and Tope is the lead pastor, responsible for vision and preaching. As regular readers will know, I have been part of this church since 1995, and following 10 years of hard work and foundation forming we had [...]

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Terry Virgo on avoiding drift away from the Bible

December 2, 2010

I am continuing to enjoy the installments of Terry’s video series.  This segment talks about the various ways in which we can find ourselves drifting away from absolute Biblical truth.  I do encourage you to watch all these videos.  Here are some extracts from today’s video: “In an endeavor to be relevant . . . [...]

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Are You an Expert in Filling Pots with Water? Part Three of a Sermon on John 2

November 25, 2010

In this part of the sermon, I was focused on the third aspect of what happened when Jesus’ glory was revealed. There was …. A POWER With the command of Jesus going forth there comes a power. As they obeyed the wine came.  Power from God To some of us as we hear  ”stop sinning” [...]

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Check your motives

November 22, 2010

“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” Philippians 2:3 Stop. Whatever you are doing right now, just stop. I know you are probably busy but you can spare five minutes can’t you?  Ask God the following question “am I doing anything out of rivalry or concept? Please [...]

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