The church must put Jesus back at the centre of its message, Agu Irukwu told Baptists last night.
The senior pastor of Jesus House, in London, said some …
Church needs more Jesus and less motivational speaking
May 11th 2012 » Comments
The church must put Jesus back at the centre of its message, Agu Irukwu told Baptists last night.
The senior pastor of Jesus House, in London, said some churches were too focused on trying to make Jesus and the cross palatable and acceptable to 21st century society.
“Thank God for advances in theology, thank God for thinkers in the church, thank God for churches that have to be seeker-friendly and all these other nice terms.
“But it seems that the more seeker-friendly we get, the less of Jesus we get so when people come to church they are not sure whether they are in church or at a gathering where someone is giving a motivational speech and the power is not in motivational speaking. The power is in Jesus,” he said.
Irukwu made the comments in an address to the General Assembly of the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) last night.
Thousands of Baptists from across the UK gathered in London over the weekend for the General Assembly, which also celebrated 400 years since the founding of the first British Baptist church.
The weekend was spent trying to discern God’s vision for …
Culture discipling people better than the church
May 11th 2012 » Comments
The church is facing tough competition for the time and attention of young people in an increasingly digital world, warns Jason Gardner.
The theologian and youth worker told the Christian Resources Exhibition in Esher, Surrey, that young people were far likelier to absorb the story of secularism than they were the story of Christianity.
With an estimated 70 per cent drop out rate among young Christians in the Western church, he said there was a challenge to bring young people deeper into their discipleship and move from passive to active faith.
This requires that the church regard youth work as more than a “tag on”.
“We suddenly wonder why when they hit age 18 or their twenties they are not reintegrating into mainstream church,” he said.
“It’s because we made them used to an entirely different style of church that’s really relevant for them, and then we try and graft them into a radically different experience of church than the one they’ve grown up with.
“From zero to 18, they might not sit through a normal church service or celebrate worship with the adult family and then we expect them to suddenly change …
Watch Dr Grady this week on Revelation TV
April 24th 2012 » Comments
As of this evening Dr Grady will be back in the Revelation TV studios to answer all your questions. The shows that he is scheduled to be on are as follows:
The Late Show
Tuesday @ 22:00
Wednesday @22:00
Friday @ 22:00
The Q&A show
Thursday @ 21:00
Please send your questions for Dr Grady to: questions@revelationtv.com
Revelation TV is on the move
April 11th 2012 » Comments
Revelation TV is on the move. When we moved into our current premises at New Malden Surrey, the most our Landlord would give us was a 3 year lease. Since that lease expired over a year ago we have been carrying on using the premises on a month by month basis
When we met as a leadership at the beginning of the year to pray and plan for the year ahead, we sensed the Lord telling us that we should be out of the New Malden building by the end of June. We shared this information with the staff at a meeting in January.
Last month our Landlords, Barrett Homes, received planning permission from the local Council to demolish the building and erect houses and flats on the site. Almost immediately they served notice on us to quit. They have asked us to vacate the premises by the 24th June 2012. (Wow! Isn’t God’s timing perfect)
We have already negotiated to lease a Commercial building in the Surrey area to become Revelation TV’s new studio. We are expecting Contracts to be signed in the coming days. Some of the administration tasks will go to Spain …
Prayers after death of British soldiers in Afghanistan
March 08th 2012 » Comments
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has offered his prayers for the families of six British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday.
The soldiers died when their armoured vehicle was caught in an explosion during a security patrol in Helmand province.
Five of the soldiers came from the 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and one from the 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment.
It is the single biggest British loss of life in Afghanistan since 2006 and brings the total number of British military deaths in the country since 2001 to 404.
Dr Sentamu said he was “very saddened” by news of the deaths.
“My thoughts and prayers are with the families of these servicemen at this difficult time,” he said.
Prayers are said daily for the Yorkshire Regiment in the chapel of the Archbishop’s official residence, Bishopthorpe.
The Archbishop continued: “My heart goes out to those affected, we will continue to pray for you. We owe a debt of gratitude to our brave soldiers who are the best in the world.”
Speaking in Prime Ministers’ Questions, David Cameron said the deaths were “desperately sad”.
“Every death …