About this blog

Hi, I’m Neil and I am the pastor at King’s Baptist Church in Stotfold. I take my job specification from Paul’s words to the Ephesians in Chapter 4:11-13 when he says:

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Now, you might ask what are these works of service that his people, the church are being equipped for? Well, Bill Hybels in his book ‘Courageous Leadership’ said the following:

There is nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. its potential is unlimited. It comforts the grieving and heals the broken in the context of community. It builds bridges to seekers and offers truth to the confused. It provides resources for those in need and opens its arms to the forgotten, the downtrodden, the disillusioned. It breaks the chains of addictions, frees the oppressed, and offers belonging to the marginalized of this world. Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.

As part of my job I have the pleasure of thinking issues through, and this blog will contain a Christian response to current issues as well as inspirational or motivational thoughts that people pass on to me. Please tell me what you like and what you don’t like.

God bless you,

Neil.

The full citation for the quote is: Bill Hybels, Courageous Leadership (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002), p.23.