A short report back from the Brighton leadership conference
Well, I’m back from a refreshing but tiring week at the New Frontiers Together on a Mission Conference in Brighton.
It was great to spend time with brothers and sisters from around the world praising God, praying for the nations and fellowshipping together (Had i had a coffee and muffin with each person I bumped into I could have been there another two weeks at least!). It was brilliant to hear about God’s heart for each individual person across the nations of the earth (With Mbonisi Malaba emphasising a ‘global tug’ in the first talk of the week on Tuesday morning) and fact that God is using us in a mighty way to grow His church throught the nations of the world.
The Mobilise meetings focused on the freedom which we have as Christians through Christ’s finished work on the cross and saw many respond to two brilliant messages given by Tom Shaw and David Stroud on how Christ can set us free from idols in our culture which can so easily ensnare us, often without us even realising it!
Worship was shared between Simon Brading, Kate Simmonds and Evan Rogers. Evan incorporated a new ‘Dubian’ style to to some of his songs and led the celebration on Thursday evening brilliantly. Half way through the worship at the end of the meeting you began to notice the smell of sweat as thousands of people were dancing to the glory of God and getting rather warm!
Terry did a three part series on the past, present and future of New Frontiers in response to some of the Mark Driscoll’s comments from last years conference. I found it very inspiring to hear about the future of New Frontiers, the way it is led and the vision which we share; I very much recommend downloading the series and listening to it if you did not manage to make it to the conference. You can find the talks here (www.newfrontiers.xtn.org/resources) hover over talks then speeches and select the event.
The offering which was taken on Thursday evening raised £960,000 and when added to the offering which is to be taken at Newday and other Together conferences is expected to hit £1.5m.
Onto seeing more lives transformed by the Gospel for the glory of God and growth of the perfect, eternal kingdom where Christ is king..!