Tim King Leadership

Recently I was having a conversation with a friend, A leader in a well known Pentecostal denomination. We were talking about the changes in the church over the last thirteen years. We talked about Church growth and the admitted lack of growth in many churches. We talked about how different the church was to that which we had seen growing up. We talked about the advent of the Charismatic movement and the growth of the Mega church. In essence it was a bit of a nostalgia fest. Then he said something to me that I felt was really astounding: "I can fellowship with any Christian from any Charismatic denomination ....except Charismatic Catholics"   He then went on to explain himself saying that while he accepted that Anglican, Episcopalians, Baptists and Methodists may have different views to his own, he recognised that they had experienced   a book of Acts event very much in the same way as we   Pentecostals claim to have experienced. But, because the so called...

Getting the right mix for our Sunday morning services. Getting the Sunday morning service right is an important part of how we are viewed by outsiders and visitors. It is the shop window to who we are and who we represent, Jesus. In the last few blogs I have discussed the need for the building we inhabit- the bricks and mortar, to reflect the vision and culture of the senior leader. For church buildings to reflect the right image, a church that has flaking paint, is run down and tatty, smelling of damp and mould, is not the image that we want to show people. I have also discussed the need to get our preaching right, to preach with passion and enthusiasm. To present the love of Christ to a dying world. Not for us to be boring and irrelevant. These two things are part of what we feel is essential to the way that we present church. However before I discuss the Sunday morning service let me present what I believe is church. Church I believe is made up of five essential ele...