A little while ago I was at a function where I was asked to say a ‘secular’ grace. I refused
Continue readingAuthor: Paul Beasley-Murray
Paul is the chairman of Ministry Today, as also the College of Baptist Ministers, and from 1993 – 2014 was Senior Minister of Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford. He can be contacted at paul@paulbeasleymurray.com.
The challenge to do (Luke 10.25-37)
Breakfast with the Bible, Chelmsford Cathedral (23rd July 2017). 1. SAMARITANS BE DAMNED! ‘Samaritans be damned!’ summed up the attitude
Continue readingThank God for colleagues
Ministry can be a lonely business. Just check Google and you will see a host of entries featuring the loneliness
Continue readingMastering emails
Can there be life without emails? It is almost impossible to life without them. Yet, of course, emails are a
Continue readingWhat is the best English version of the Bible?
In my recent survey of Bible reading habits of Baptist ministers, the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible was
Continue readingMinisters need a system to read the Bible
Earlier this year I sent out a survey to ministers serving churches belonging to the Baptist Union of Great Britain
Continue readingPreachers need to read – only so can ministry be sustained
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the great Victorian ‘prince of preachers’, pastored the same Baptist church for 38 years – and every
Continue readingRites of passage for the grieving
Grieving is part of the cost of loving and takes time. It is generally reckoned that the grieving process can
Continue readingJesus wept
Years’ ago we Brits didn’t cry – or at least not in public. However, a survey of some 2000 adults
Continue readingEvery church needs a review
I have just taken part in a formal external review of the mission and ministry of Chelmsford Cathedral – or
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