Category: Church Matters

Caroline and Susannah have just returned from a mother-daughter weekend-away in New York. They had a great time. They walked

Traditionally most ministers take off the week after Easter – and understandably so after the busy build-up to Easter Sunday.

In the late 1970s, with the help of Alan Wilkinson, I conducted a detailed questionnaire survey of over 350 Baptist

The other day I was with four other ministers when one of them raised the issue of professionalization in ministry.

In my submission for my recent appraisal I wrote: Strangely, although we continue to grow as a church, our Sunday

I am looking forward to Monday evening 15 April, when for the twentieth year running I shall undergo my annual

I confess that that there are times when I find it difficult to pray on my own – but I

It was the custom of the citizens of Jerusalem to bury their dead outside the city walls – and to

“I’m brassed off with the church. I feel like resigning and walking away from them all” – these were the

Next week is my birthday – and I am looking forward to it. I love birthdays and the surprises that