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The Purposes of God Some days you wake up expecting a normal day only to find that by the evening life has changed. Although we did not recognise it at the time this proved to be our experience in 1968 when Terry Virgo walked into our lives. Janita and I had been married for one year and lived in a village, Scaynes Hill, in Sussex. Some newly weds, Phil and Agnes Ball, moved into the village and a bumper sticker revealed they were Christians. As we got to know them we decided to start a village Bible Study and they said they would invite their friend Terry to that first meeting. And so we first met. It was immediately obvious that Terry loved the word, was a worshipper and a…

The Nations Last time I began to report on two days of prayer I enjoyed recently with Guy Miller’s leaders. Now let's turn to the nations. Reaching out to the nations has always been an important part of the ministry of Newfrontiers, as exemplified by the name. This has been continued within Guy’s sphere. Across the two days there were many opportunities to hear reports and to pray for individual situations. Recently Guy and his wife, Heather, had been in Bolivia, South America, visiting a church which has long been associated with the Newfrontiers family but, by dint of its location, often felt a bit ‘on the edge’. I am sure it must have been refreshing for the church to welcome them, but for Guy and Heather it was also…

33 years ago I and my family moved to Hove and joined Clarendon Church, now Church of Christ the King. Now the time has come to move on and embrace fresh adventures and opportunities. The trigger has been the need for us to ‘down size’ our home (our children are now all adult and living independently) and God has led us to live near one of our daughters with her family in Bath and join the young Newfrontiers church in that city. Times of change give opportunity for reflection and to thank God for all that he has allowed us to be involved in over the last 3 decades. Since my mind is increasingly focused on packing cases I thought I would share some of these reflections with you; I will…