Mission Catalyst
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Kony 2012: A survivor's perspective
Posted: 13 March 2012 by bms_editor
With over 75 million hits (to date), Kony 2012 has been a huge viral internet success. Produced by the charity Invisible Children the 30-minute video highlights the war crimes committed by Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army in east ...
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Images: The rise of Islam
Posted: 5 December 2011 by Mission Catalyst
The images here relate to the issue of Mission Catalyst themed 'The rise of Islam'. To download the following images for a PC, right-click on the image and choose 'save as', and for a Mac, Cmd/Alt-click and choose 'save as'. They are at...
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Images: Global shift of mission
Posted: 8 September 2011 by Mission Catalyst
The images here relate to the issue of Mission Catalyst themed 'Global shift of mission'. To download the following images for a PC, right-click on the image and choose 'save as', and for a Mac, Cmd/Alt-click and choose 'save as'. They are at...
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Images: Pioneers
Posted: 9 June 2011 by Mission Catalyst
The images here relate to the issue of Mission Catalyst themed 'Pioneers'. To download the following images for a PC, right-click on the image and choose 'save as', and for a Mac, Cmd/Alt-click and choose 'save as'. They are at an ideal...
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Vale Community Church
Posted: 9 June 2011 by Mission Catalyst
In late 2007, a team of 14 people, mainly from Bromham Baptist Church, felt called by God to establish a work in the village of Marston Moretaine (population 4,000, four miles’ north east of Junction 13 on the M1). Right from the outset...
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Urban Expression, Victoria Park
Posted: 9 June 2011 by Mission Catalyst
One afternoon, when I was pastor of a ‘regular’ Baptist church, I sensed God say to me: ‘reach out to the unchurched’. After much consultation with my District Minister, Regional Minister, Urban Expression, and my church, I...
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Hengoed Chapel
Posted: 9 June 2011 by Mission Catalyst
Hengoed Chapel serves an area of high unemployment and child poverty and where a fear of youth prevails. The chapel had been closed for many years and was a focal point of antisocial behaviour. Following discussions with the local community...
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Garioch Church
Posted: 9 June 2011 by Mission Catalyst
The pastoral and missional ministries of both Jesus and Paul combined three key elements: proclamation of God’s message, demonstration of the Spirit’s power, and a deep sharing of lives (1 Thess 1: 5; 2: 8). From the outset, the...
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Ellesmere Port Community Ministry
Posted: 9 June 2011 by Mission Catalyst
I have been a ‘community minister’ in Ellesmere Port since 2007. The aim was to develop a mission-focused ministry that would deepen the connection between the town’s churches and the wider community in a place that has often felt...
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Church from Scratch
Posted: 9 June 2011 by Mission Catalyst
The planting of Church from Scratch started back in 2002 and after years of pioneering work, exhilaration and failure, a Baptist church has been established which now comprises a network of ten home-based groups around Southend-on-Sea and south east...