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24
MAY
2013

The UK Church & The Poor: How Have We Fallen So Far & What Can Be Done About It? (V)?

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20Schemes, Council Estates, Culture, Mez McConnell
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This week we have been looking at the problem of the lack of churches and indigenous leadership training in council estates and housing schemes across the UK. This is the final part of a short series looking at some practical ways we can seek to redress some of the current issues invo
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23
MAY
2013

The UK Church & The Poor: How Have We Fallen So Far & What Can Be Done About It? (IV)? Establishing New Church Based Training Centres

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20Schemes, Duncan Forbes, Mez McConnell, New Life Church, Niddrie Community Church, Oak Hill, Porterbrook, Reaching The Unreached, Urban Ministry Training
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This week we are looking at the problem of the lack of churches and indigenous leadership training in council estates and housing schemes across the UK. This is the penultimate part of a short series looking at some practical ways we can seek to redress some of the current issues invo
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22
MAY
2013

The UK Church & The Poor: How Have We Fallen So Far & What Can Be Done About It? (III)?

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20Schemes, Cross cultural training, Leadership Development, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church
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This week we are looking at the problem of the lack of churches and indigenous leadership training in council estates and housing schemes across the UK. Today, and for the next few days, I would like to offer some possible solutions to tackle the issues. This is part III of a continui
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21
MAY
2013

The UK Church & The Poor: How Have We Fallen So Far & What Can Be Done About It? (II)?

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20Schemes, Discipleship, Leadership, Mez McConnell
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Yesterday, we looked at the problem of lack of churches and indigenous leadership training in council estates and housing schemes across the UK. Today, and for the next few days, I would like to offer some possible solutions to tackle the issues. We need to give our younger converts m
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20
MAY
2013

The UK Church & The Poor: How Have We Fallen So Far & What Can Be Done About It (I)?

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20Schemes, Lausanne Covenant, Mez McConnell, Reaching The Unreached 2013
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Since the mid 1990s, the demographic of UK has shifted from the 1950s/60s pyramid, with the bottom layer being the working poor, to a diamond. The thickest middle layer includes the aspirant middle-class that has grown from the manual labouring working class; there is a narrower layer
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16
MAY
2013

Why Gods Hatred Of Sinners Gives Us The Freedom To Love Them

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20Schemes, Atonement, Evangelism, Mez McConnell
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‘Totally depraved sinners, who had violated the honour and glory of God and had committed an infinite fault, could only hope for one way by which the honour and dignity of God could be restored – an infinite sacrifice. To provide the sacrifice, God had to become man and endure the pun
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15
MAY
2013

Why American Church Planters In Scotland Need Not Be The End Of The World.

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20Schemes, 9Marks, Americans, Mez McConnell
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I have recently returned from a 2 week trip to the USA, in an effort to drum up support for the work of 20schemes. In a packed schedule I visited Immanuel Baptist Church in Sacramento, pastored by Robert Briggs, one of the members of our advisory board. In partnership with 9Marks, we
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13
MAY
2013

How Should We Disciple Former Drug Addicts?

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20Schemes, Andy Constable, Discipleship, Drug Addiction, Mez McConnell
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This article was originally written by Andy Constable, the Pastoral Assistant at Niddrie Community Church, Edinburgh. We live in a community that has been heavily damaged by drugs. Most of the people that we work with have a steady diet of prescribed as well as street (unprescribed) d
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09
MAY
2013

The Silliness of Social Engineering

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20Schemes, Estates, King's College, London, Mez McConnell
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An article on the BBC website caught my eye last year. “London’s New Housing Loses The “Dirty Word” Apparently new homes being built in London are now being renamed, ‘neighbourhoods’ instead of ‘estates’ because the powers that be feel that the latter has a pejorative association. Ind
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08
MAY
2013

The Meaning Of Marriage

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20Schemes, Mez McConnell, The Meaning Of Marriage, Tim Keller
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The first thing I would say about any book on marriage is that I feel a sense of conviction and belief about what is being written when I know the couple are mature and have been in “the fight” for many decades. It’s why I body swerved a certain Mark Driscoll’s book in favour of this.
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  • The UK Church & The Poor: How Have We Fallen So Far & What Can Be Done About It? (V)? May 24, 2013
  • The UK Church & The Poor: How Have We Fallen So Far & What Can Be Done About It? (IV)? Establishing New Church Based Training Centres May 23, 2013
  • The UK Church & The Poor: How Have We Fallen So Far & What Can Be Done About It? (III)? May 22, 2013

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