Church Planting, from zero to fifteen: Part 1

Church Planting, from zero to fifteen: Part 1

It was winter 2013 and my family and I were about to visit Lincoln for the first time ever. We had already managed to raise over £6000 that we had put into our new Church bank account in faith that God was definitely sending us to Lincoln. If we didn’t like it here...

When a Church gets a brain transplant

When a Church gets a brain transplant

My son and I have a guilty pleasure. From time to time we binge-watch Star Trek. I know, as a far as guilty pleasures go, it’s not that guilty. One of our favourite enemies on the Next Generation series’ is the Borg. For those of you that don’t watch the program, let...

A tree is known by its fruit

A tree is known by its fruit

There was a freshness to the air and the streetlights were gently illuminating our front garden. I had arrived home late after being out in town, and I had been to the pub. Just seven months earlier I was arriving home to a scared and angry wife because, to be frank,...

300 Attacked With Love

300 Attacked With Love

Valentines Day is one of our favourite times of year at Ignite Church. Each year we put together an outreach that we call the Love Attack. It basically consists of a mug that is wrapped in cellophane with some gifts inside: hot chocolate, moisturiser, hand soap and a...

To Make The King Stand

It was my first World Cup. Well, maybe not the first I had been alive for, but the first that I had taken interest in. It was 2002 and the England football team had made it to the quarter-finals and were facing the mighty Brazil. My wife and I were in a local pub...

Break Here To Multiply

Break Here To Multiply

Aged eighteen I weighted about twelve stone and my waist was thirty inches around. I remember going to the local strong man gym, where Bill Pittuck used to train and probably still does. If you've ever been interested in the strongman competitions you'll know his...

Planting Churches Like An Anabaptist

Planting Churches Like An Anabaptist

We've been pioneering in Lincoln for nearly five years, and we've had to learn a whole load of new stuff along the way. The conception of our first Church plant was based around learning how the first British Pentecostals did it, and why they were so successful at...

Compassion when things go wrong

According to the dictionary the word ‘compassion’ describes the act of ‘witnessing suffering and desiring to alleviate it’. Compassion, when flowing from a healthy heart, is what drives us to meet the needs of those who have nothing to give us in return. It’s what...