This video was originally made as an intro to Youthwork the Conference 2009. I've recently tweaked it so it could be used in any setting, including the recent Worship Beyond conference and our local Sunday night service. The concept is if we want to see our communities and world transformed for...
Here's a simple idea to encourage people to commit to praying for specific people who don't know Jesus. Say: "God wants us to reflect him and his glory to all those around us. Let's commit to praying for one specific person this week. Let's pray that as we keep close to God,...
[Sam: last year I heard Ian give a challenge for western churches to engage more with the worship music of other cultures. It got me thinking about why, in multicultural Britain with so much world music on the radio and in the record shops/mp3 sites, our worship music is sourced...
I just got off the phone with a friend, who is a passionate worship leader and yet at the same time has been struggling lately because she finds areas of what we call ‘worship’ so inward looking. She said "At my most cynical moments I have felt like I am...
Joel Payne is currently living Huancayo, a city high in the Peruvian Andes, with his wife Rhiannon. Having spent the previous 14 years working in UK churches as a worship pastor, he is now taking time out to help with a local Peruvian church. What follows is part of a...
