Mar 26, 2025 | Igniting Mission
The Lewis Awakening 1949-1952. A few sources for you to dig a little deeper. Watch here on Youtube – The Revival On The Isle Of Lewis. Awesome account of what happens in a true revival! This is a remarkable account by Duncan Campbell who is the person...
Feb 26, 2025 | Inspiring Discipleship
We can be ready! When I asked Willie McCloud, converted as a teenager during the revival on the Isle of Lewis, whether there was anything we could do to prepare for revival his reply was: ‘there is nothing we can do Nigel, but we can be ready’. I have returned time...
Feb 26, 2025 | Infusing Culture
In 1784, a call to prayer was issued among Baptist churches in England. These churches were in a state of serious decline, both in number and in spiritual vitality. John Sutcliff was the pastor of the Baptist church in Olney, Buckinghamshire for thirty-nine years. He...
Nov 27, 2024 | Infusing Culture
We had a great Leaders Day recently with Justin Brierley, exploring what he’s described as ‘the surprising rebirth of belief in God’. If you’re not familiar with Justin’s thesis he’s raising the question whether Matthew Arnolds’s ‘melancholy, long, withdrawing roar’...
Oct 29, 2024 | Inspiring Discipleship
I love the wisdom we hear in Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” I’ve come back to focus on this, as I do again and again, as...