Ministry can quite easily be frustrating. There is plenty that can cause a pastor to become downhearted and discouraged. But there are also plenty of things to motivate in ministry. I asked Peter, What are your biggest frustrations in ministry and what keeps you going?
Leave a Comment » | 
Jonny Raine | Tagged: Frustrations, Highfields, interview, Motivations, Peter Baker | 
Permalink
Posted by Saint Jonny
Today we ask Steve about church planting, and what his church is doing about it.
2 Comments | 
Jonathan Thomas | Tagged: Church planting, Steve Levy | 
Permalink
Posted by ammanfordpastor
Fast becoming a standard question in the proGnosis interviews, we asked Peter, What value would you instil in your church overnight if you could? Here’s what he said:
Leave a Comment » | 
Jonny Raine | Tagged: Cardiff, Church, Highfields, interview, Peter Baker, Values | 
Permalink
Posted by Saint Jonny
How do you help your congregation to read the Bible?
2 Comments | Jonathan Thomas | Tagged: Bible reading, Steve Levy | Permalink
Posted by ammanfordpastor
Our next question for PB is also to do with being a large church. Critics of large churches tend to say that they produce spectators who aren’t actively involved or serving and that they destroy smaller churches by sucking people in from all over a city or even county. So I asked Peter, How do you answer critics of large churches?
2 Comments | Jonny Raine | Tagged: Cardiff, Church, Highfields, interview, Peter Baker | Permalink
Posted by Saint Jonny
One of the most important questions any young minister can ask is: how do you keep Jesus at the heart of your ministry?
I asked Steve this question, and he gave a refreshing answer:
1 Comment | Jonathan Thomas | Tagged: Perserverence, Steve Levy | Permalink
Posted by ammanfordpastor
Since JT will be posting videos every day this week, I though I’d give you two for the price of one, every day this week. Since JT is giving questions from a pastor of a large church in Swansea, Steve Levy, I thought I’d give you the pastor of a large church in Cardiff, Peter Baker. Interesting fact for you, Steve and Peter both went to the same Bible College at the same time (I think)! That fact was the freebie, because Peter hasn’t written a book!
It was back in February that I met up with Peter to interview him. He is pastor of Highfields church in Cardiff. As it is, to my knowledge, one of the largest churches in Wales, some of the questions were based on large church size. The first question was, How do you pastor a large church? Here is Peter’s response:
Leave a Comment » | Jonny Raine | Tagged: Cardiff, Church, Highfields, interview, Peter Baker | Permalink
Posted by Saint Jonny
A few weeks ago I mentioned that I liked the book ‘Bible overview‘ by Steve Levy… and people went a bit mad. So, I sat Steve down with a video camera and asked him a few questions to find out about the real Steve Levy. Indeed, I was tempted to call the blog ‘The myth of Steve indignant.’ Dai Hankey has payed tribute to the real Steve Levy here.
On Friday I’ll give a full review of his book, and offer 2 copies for free. But between then and now, I’ll post a question a day.
Enjoy!
6 Comments | Jonathan Thomas | Tagged: Bible Overview, Steve Levy | Permalink
Posted by ammanfordpastor
Free Fridays seem to be going down well. We’ve been able to offer some snazzy desktop wallpapers, some modern, Welsh Hymns, pointed you to a really good video/audio source, run a competition to give away an actual copy of a book and published proggies first ever eBook.
This Friday sees us offering to you our 2nd ever eBook. “Answers to Ageless Questions.“* The book is a reworking of some sermons, evangelistic chats and essays that I’ve written on some common apologetics questions. They are not final answers by any means but might prove useful as a start to your own thinking about the topics. Broadly the chapters cover the following:
Feel free to share this with anyone who you think it might help.
Leave a Comment » | Sammy Davies | Tagged: apologetics, atheism, ebook, Free, Free Friday, pluralsim, Sammy Davies, science, suffering | Permalink
Posted by sammydaviesjr
1 Comment | Jonathan Thomas | Tagged: crazy love, Francis Chan | Permalink
Posted by ammanfordpastor
Currently on Saint Beagle (Sammy Davies) Currently on Saint Jonny (Jonny Raine) Currently on Very Random Thoughts (Jonathan Thomas)
