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David Harvey believes that a true church will struggle if it is worldly
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Levi Roots The entrepreneur speaks about the importance of faith in his life
Bible maths John Williams uncovers the amazing numbers hidden in the Scriptures
Grayson Jones Seven ways that the Holy Spirit wants to work in our lives
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December 2012–January 2013 Issue 6
WE ALL NEED REFRESHING
PASSING ON THE BATONPaul Reid reveals how he transitioned the leadership of his church
From church planting to everyday Christian life we all need the Holy Spirit at work in our lives
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Editorial
13God wants to raise up new leaders and they need to be empowered by the Holy Spirit, explains Gary Rucci
HOW THE SPIRIT PREPARES PASTORS
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Features03Popular conference speaker and former senior pastor Paul Reid tells Re how he recently transitioned the leadership of his church
HOW I HANDED OVER THE BATON
08Life’s hot for Jamaican entrepreneur Levi Roots, whose famous Reggae Reggae sauce turned him into an overnight success
ENTREPRENEUR IS ROOTED IN FAITH
09Don’t forget the vital work of the Holy Spirit in the midst of church planting work and planning, writes Peter Cavanna
SPIRIT’S POWER IN CHURCH PLANTING
18Every believer needs to be refreshed by the Holy Spirit, says Ian Williams, who o!ers his top tips on how to receive
WE ALL NEED REFRESHING
22Theologian John Williams uncovers the amazing mathematical background to the Bible we all know and love
HOW THE BIBLEREALLY ADDS UP
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How I handed over the baton
Popular conference speaker Paul Reid is the former senior
pastor of Christian Fellowship Church in Ireland. He recently transitioned the leadership of the church to Andy McCourt.
Here’s how it happened…
In 1981, my wife and I started a small house fellowship with
just 11 people. A couple of years later we joined up with another
Fellowship Church. We bought a building in 1986 for £520,000 and borrowed every penny of
it by re-‐mortgaging our houses
building, and the only church doing
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I come over and do the opening night at
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Ringing the changes... Paul Reid addresses the AoG Conference.
Inset, Andy McCourt, who took over the baton from Paul at Christian Fellowship Church
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Is there one thing you’d love to do if you knew you couldn’t fail?
What do you feel are your greatest strengths?
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My strength is I'm determined
Re Online’s Kate Kent caught up with Paul Reid at AoG’s Stronger Together Conference to talk about his church transition and other leadership issues
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My strength is I'm determined
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I f you haven’t heard of Levi Roots, you probably have heard of his ever-‐popular Reggae Reggae
sauce.
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Life’s hot for Jamaican entrepreneur Levi Roots, whose famous Reggae Reggae sauce turned him into an overnight success
Rooted in his faith!
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When starting a new church, we mustn’t forget the refreshing power of the Holy
Spirit in the midst of hard work and planning, writes Peter Cavanna
Spirit's power in church planting
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The Spirit prepares
preachersPastors –"as much as anybody –"need
to be refreshed by the Holy Spirit. Gary Rucci tells us why
China is the most
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Now Recruiting for our 2012-13 intake:
MA in Missional Leadership with Mattersey Hall
Dr Andrew DaviesNow Senior Lecturer in Intercultural Studies at Birmingham University, Andrew was one of the original architects of the MA-ML during his role as Director of Graduate Stud-ies at Mattersey Hall.
Dr John AndrewsJohn is soon to take up a new position at Renewal Christian Centre, Solihull and has been in full time Christian leadership since 1987, having led the thriv-ing Hub Central in Rother-ham for 15 years.
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Email:[email protected]
Call: 01777 815002
Dr Robin RoutledgeA graduate of Cambridge with a PhD in Biblical
Robin teaches Research
class. He also serves as Academic Dean for the college.
Andrew McCourtA graduate of Mattersey Hall, Andy is the Senior Pastor of CFC Church, with congregations in Bel-fast and Antrim. Andy is a new addition to the MA-ML team.
Dr Glenn Balfour Glenn studied at Kings College and then completed a Doctorate with the university of Nottingham whilst leading a church in Cambridge. He moved to be a full time lecturer at Mattersey in 2000 and became principal in 2012.
Andrew McCourt A graduate of Mattersey Hall, Andy is the Senior Pastor of CFC Church, with congregations in Belfast and Antrim. Andy is a new addition to the MA-ML team.
Dr Robin Routledge A graduate of Cambridge with a PhD in Biblical Studies from Sheffeild, Robin teaches Research Methods to the first year class. He also serves as Academic Dean for the college.
Dr Andrew Davies Now Senior Lecturer in Intercultural Studies at Birmingham University, Andrew was one of the original architects of the MA-ML during his role as Director of Graduate Studies at Mattersey Hall.
Dr John Andrews John is soon to take up a new position at Renewal Christian Centre, Solihull, and has been in full time Christian leadership since 1987, having led the thriving Hub Central in Rotherham for 15 years.
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Every believer must be continually refreshed by the Holy Spirit. Here are some top tips from Ian Williams
I n the busyness of everyday life you may think that taking a 15-‐minute
What can possibly be accomplished in 15 minutes that will revitalise you and spur you on to even greater things?
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The revelation that God is ‘full of care for us’ ena-bles us to trust
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Theologian John Williams uncovers the amazing mathematical background of the Bible. Join us as we take a voyage of discovery and look into the book we all know and love
Tmost unlikely of places – Russia. Dr Ivan Panin was the one who
sight on the pages of the Bible in the late 1800s.
How the Bible adds up
'Research showed that
it couldn't have been the
work of human thought'
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Seven ways Spirit wants to work in us
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Grayson Jones looks at the important ways the Holy Spirit wants to work in our lives and how the word ‘refresh’ can be used to highlight that work
I n the book of Acts we read of the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost and instantly see his impact on the believers in the Upper
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