An interview with Jonathan Thomas about the state of the church in Wales.

The conversation includes insights into Welsh-speaking culture, the barriers and opportunities for evangelism, and how we can pray for Wales.

Jonathan Thomas is Pastor of Cornerstone Church Abergavenny and a member of the FIEC Trust Board.

Meet one church in Portsmouth and another in Worcester - both of which are part of the FIEC family.

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Prayer points for these churches are below, and you can also download them as a printable PDF and PowerPoint presentation.

Cornerstone Church Portsmouth

• Give thanks for the unity and desire to share the gospel that is evident around the church.
• Please pray for a newly formed Baby and Toddler group. Pray that there would be much good fruit from this venture.
• Pray for students planning to study in Portsmouth. Ask that the church would be able to help many of them come to know Jesus more.
• We have a very young congregation. Please pray that some older, mature believers would join the church family.

Woodgreen Evangelical Church

• Give thanks for our recent Family Fun Day where we saw 700 local people come through our doors. Pray that many would want to connect with us and find out more about Jesus.
• Give thanks for the British Sign Language Bible Study which has just finished working through Mark’s gospel. Pray that the unbelievers who attended would respond.
• Give thanks for the appointment of Ben Putt as our new Assistant Pastor in training. Pray for him and his family as we plan to church plant in the nearby town of Droitwich.
• Give thanks for the many servant-hearted folk at Woodgreen who give their time sacrificially to make Jesus known to all ages and for a happy and committed staff team.

Church Revitalisation Co-ordinator Phil Walter interviews John James, pastor of Crossway Church, Birmingham, about one particular model of church revitalisation.

If you are considering church revitalisation, this is a must-watch as John highlights some of the encouragements, challenges and pitfalls of this ministry.

Originally recorded in partnership with 2020 Birmingham for the European Leadership Forum 2019 in Poland.

Get to know Lansdowne Church & Trinity Community Church in this short video.

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Prayer points for these churches are below, and you can also download them as a printable PDF and PowerPoint presentation.

Lansdowne Church, Bournemouth

• Please pray for our Regeneration Project. We have a gift day in May 2019 and need to raise a further £1.8m at least to continue the work on our new building. This would enable us to re-commence the project on site from the Autumn and then complete it twelve months later.
• Please pray for an upcoming staff appointment. We are keen to recruit a Student and International Worker during summer 2019.
• Please pray for a renewal of the spiritual life of the church as we wait on God in a season of extended prayer.

Trinity Community Church, Hinckley

• Please pray that we don’t become comfortable now we have a building, but our focus remains on knowing and loving Christ and helping others in our town turn to Him also.
• Praise God that we moved into our new building just before Easter.
• Please pray for the further funding (£110,000) needed to complete the building project. Though the building is good enough to move into, there is more work to do.

Featuring stories from across our Fellowship of churches.

The digital version of Together is above but you can sign-up to receive future issues delivered by post. Find out more at fiec.org.uk/together

In this issue…

• Money for your mission - A donor’s generous gift has led to FIEC launching a £750,000 mission fund. John Stevens, explains how the money will be allocated.
• Called to a Northern adventure - For four years, Worthing in West Sussex had been home for Doug Clark and his family. So why did they decide to up-sticks and move 300 miles last summer?
• Supporting women in ministry - Elinor Magowan talks about her life and career, and why women in ministry need support.
• Conference call - Huw Iley explains why congregations should encourage their leaders to attend the 2019 Leaders’ Conference.
• A lasting legacy for Scotland - Gavin McAllister’s death last year, aged 99, marked the passing of one of FIEC’s elder statesmen. But, as Andy Hunter explains, Gavin’s impact on FIEC’s work will live on.
• First steps towards ministry - How can someone feeling a strong call to ‘independent’ church ministry begin their journey?
• Show & Tell - An introduction to Primer issue 07.
• Helping prisoners into the light - Tim Diaper explains how you can help people behind bars to start a new life.
• Website links global to local - Seasoned missionary Matt Rich encourages churches to make more use of online tools.
• Bible fun for young people - Ed Drew caught up with some of the younger people who attended the Bible by the Beach conference to ask them what’s special about the weekend.

...as well as book reviews, new church affiliations and other stories.

Andy Paterson, Rico Tice and John Stevens discuss the place of evangelistic courses in the life of the church.

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Andy Paterson, Rico Tice and John Stevens discuss how our culture's obsession with stories should shape our evangelism.

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Andy Paterson, Rico Tice and John Stevens discuss the issues we face as we seek to share the gospel in our culture.

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Get to know New City Church & Above Bar Church in this four minute video.

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Prayer points for these churches are below, and you can also download them as a printable PDF and PowerPoint presentation.

New City Church, Milton Keynes

• Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness to us as a church; for the generous partnership of four nearby FIEC churches who supported us for five years while we became more established; and for the growth we have seen through believers moving into the area and joining us in inviting everyone to follow Jesus.
• Right now, as a church, we are seeking the Lord and asking him to work powerfully to save sinners through our ministry. It has been more than three years since the last credible profession of faith here. Please pray with us!
• Pray with us that the Lord would bring salvation to the many local people we reach through our weekly services, toddler groups (for mums weekly, for dads monthly), Easter Funday, Christianity Explored courses, CAP Money Courses, and generally as we live as disciples of our Lord Jesus.

Above Bar Church, Southampton

• We are seeking to plant a church on the East side of the city (using a multi-site model). We have had an encouraging trial period in 2018 and will be making a final decision about the future in our members meeting on the 25th February.
• On the 25th February we will also be voting about appointing a new minister. We have been ‘one minister down’ for two and a half years.
• We experience many battles and breakthroughs on a weekly basis. Pray that we would celebrate and thank God for the breakthroughs and have perseverance and wisdom for the battles.

The last of three main talks given at The Hub Conference 2019. Ian Williamson teaches from Acts 4.

Listen to the first talk and the second talk, both given by Nathan Howard.

Ian Williamson is a church planter and pastor of New Life Church, Middlesbrough. He is also a former prison chaplain and the founder of SixtyEightFive, a ministry which takes the gospel to and supports families affected by fatherlessness.