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Newfrontiers

Not new frontiers

March 15, 2010

The Billy Graham Center in Wheaton has an interesting section on certain aspects of evangelical history. One part that stood out to me when I was there was a series of pictures of a “frontier camp meeting” that took place around 1814. Most of my long-term readers will know that I am part of [...]

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Jubilee Church St. Louis – A Home Away From Home

February 8, 2010

One of the joys of being a Christian is that we have brothers and sisters all over the world. One of the delights in being in a family of churches like Newfrontiers, which has a strong set of core values and a shared story, is that such ties are even stronger. Call it shared DNA, [...]

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A Group Of Early Pioneers

February 6, 2010

As I continue my time with the Newfrontiers Midwest churches , I am reminded of the old-time pioneers.  They would load up their family in a wagon and head out to where no-one they knew had gone before.  Eager to put down a stake as a marker and claim the ground, some of the old [...]

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St. Joseph, Jeff Gates, and Micah Fries

February 5, 2010

I have had a great time here in St. Joseph, Missouri.  I traveled down with two men who I now call dear friends, Jeff Gates, the pastor at Living Hope Church, St. Joseph and Ben Roed, who with his lovely wife Peggy, are serving in Living Hope and are being well trained by [...]

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INTERVIEW – Jeremy Simpkins

January 31, 2010
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On my recent visit to northern England, I was able to interview the leader of the Newfrontiers North team. I was deeply impressed with what I saw and heard during the day as his team of around 100 people gathered. God is doing a great work in the North of England and many healthy [...]

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Popular Posts On Church History

January 10, 2010
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My friend Lex Loizides keeps plugging away at his excellent church history blog. It is well worth dipping into for some inspiring snippets of what God has done in the past. New posts appear in my sidebar with the other “Warnie” winners.
Lex has identified and updated his five most popular posts, adding links [...]

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Interview With “Bones” A Pastor From Zimbabwe

November 6, 2009

Anyone who knows me well knows that I have a soft spot for this troubled African country. It was where my wife grew up for a start. Also, who cannot feel compassion for this nation which should be one of the wealthiest in Africa and yet faces abject poverty?
What amazes me is the way God [...]

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Billy Graham Newsreels From The 1950s

October 13, 2009

Pathe has masses of old video newsreels which were played before cinema films as a way of keeping up with the news back in the 1950s. Still fondly remembered and appreciated from that time are of course the missions of Billy Graham. Adrian Holloway at Newfrontiers Prayer and Fasting told us of some [...]

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Nigel Ring on How He Serves Terry Virgo

September 4, 2009

Every leader needs a Nigel. I first met him and his wife many years ago as he will mention in todays guest post about how he has helped in the work of Newfrontiers:
At the recent Newfrontiers TOAM Conference I felt God prompt me to testify at the end of Joel Virgo’s talk about being [...]

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How Churches Can Help The Poor

August 17, 2009

Nigel Ring conducted an interview with Steve Oliver who heads a task force that explores how the 600+ churches of Newfrontiers can serve the poor in the more than 50 nations in which we are based.
Steve believes it is vital to provide temporary relief for suffering – eg feeding the hungry. But, he also [...]

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Newday Report From Adrian’s Daughter

August 12, 2009

Tamasin attended the Newday Youth event for the first time this year. It seemed strange to see my grown up baby go off for the week, but given how important Bible weeks have been in my own Christian life I was also thrilled. She has kindly allowed me to use her notes and [...]

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Newday A Pumping Christian Youth Conference

August 6, 2009

This is just one of several videos available on the Newday Blog, along with pictures and written reports of what several thousand young people, including my own Tamasin have been up to. It feels strange that my daughter is away, but great that she is being immersed in a group of thousands of passionate [...]

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Video Interview With PJ Smyth

August 2, 2009

PJ Smyth Interview from Adrian Warnock on Vimeo.
At TOAM I interviewed PJ about his perspective of the conference, and his concerns that Newfrontiers must not become “domesticated”.

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Terry Virgo At Mars Hill Church, Seattle

July 28, 2009

Terry is currently in the USA with Mark Driscoll’s home church. He has actually been in the USA for most of the time since Together On A Mission. He was there when a sudden explosion of interest in his sermon on prayer happened. By the way, if you watched that video but never made [...]

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