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Responses: the man who pays his young people to come to church

2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

We’ve had a whole heap of responses to the story of Steve Sexton: the man who pays his young people to come to church. Youth worker Mark Walley shared this thoughtful response on his blog thegroveisonfire.com and we liked it so much that we’ve reproduced it here.

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Day four: young people finding faith, church and discipleship

2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

We’ve already prayed for some of the major issues facing young people in the culture in which they’re growing up - but today we’re going to focus on perhaps our ultimate prayer for young people: that they’ll find faith in - and a transformational relationship with - Jesus Christ. We’re going to pray this for the young people we know, and the young people in our communities, plus for some of the organisations working locally and nationally in the areas of evangelism and discipleship among young people.

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How churches can support unaccompanied minors in Europe

2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

The famous quote from Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer sums up the mood of many this week: “The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.” Whilst “its children” could be interpreted as UK children; the parable of The Good Samaritan expands “its children” to anyone in need, the outsider, the one from other countries. This seems even truer today as we recognise the Global Village and Global City we call home.

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The power of small churches

2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

I grew up in a big church, with a big youth ministry. The smallest church I’ve worked in had about 600 in Sunday attendance, and the other churches I worked in ranged from 2,500 to 8,000 attendees. Much of this was because I was passionate about ministry with younger teens, and only larger churches tend to have the budget for a specialist in that area.

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What's the point of the parachurch?

2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

Jenny Baker talks to the leaders of Christian organisations and asks: is the parachurch a brilliant support to the local church, or a drain on its resources?