Simply Church: A House Church Perspective

France

We are now in France and speaking at meetings in both Paris and Nice.  The simple church movement here is in its infancy, but very much alive and well.  With everyone we have met, there is a great sense of anticipation that God is on the move, and that He is about to do something great across the nation.  People have understood Luke 10 principles and French stories of meeting people of peace and starting churches are beginning to emerge.  Praise God!

Travelog

 

We leave on Friday for an extensive six week trip.  (Please pray for us).

The trip includes the following nations:

The UK to visit with family and for my mother's 87th birthday.

France for a series of meetings on simple churches.  I love France, having spent many wonderful vacations camping there when I was a teenager.

India, to spend time with Victor and Bindu Choudhrie.  Our thinking is always stretched when we spend time with this wonderful couple.  This visit is about a project we are involved in to provide healthcare to the very poor in villages (http://www.reachvision.org).  We will be visiting the pilot project too.

Mongolia where we will be doing a week's worth of teaching on disciple making and church planting.  It will be fascinating to visit this nation.  For any who are interested in what God is doing there, I recommend "There's a Sheep in my Bathtub" by Brian Hogan.

China for three days R and R. Considering Tony's Chinese heritage (his father was born there, his parents did medical work there before having to leave when the Communists took over and he grew up in Taiwan) it is amazing we have never been there before.  We are greatly looking forward to it.  We will be in Beijing.

Hong Kong for a visit with Jackie Pullinger.  Jackie has been working amongst drug addicts for many years in Hong Kong and has seen the most amazing answers to prayer.  She wrote a book on her journey called "Chasing the Dragon."

Back to India, this time to spend time with some church planters in the South.  We have been working with this family for several years and it is always good to spend time encouraging them.

Germany to spend time with Wolfgang Simson and a group of people that we get together with regularly to spend time listening to the Lord.

Back to England to spend more time with my mom

Home!

New book

It's been a while since I blogged.  The reason?  I've been working against publishing deadlines on a new book Tony and I have been writing.  Called "The Rabbit and the Elephant," it is an exploration of what is happening in simple churches in the West.  It is being published by Tyndale House Publishers and is due out in June.