Every month Advance publishes a range of movement updates, stories from partner churches and interesting articles on our social media channels. We have compiled a short summary of January news, in case you missed it! This month, we feature PJ Smyth’s new book launch, inspiring stories of Gospel advance during nationwide lockdowns and Advance community updates from around the world. … Lire la suite
Planting a church during a national lockdown
In late March 2020, as the COVID-19 virus swept across the globe, the South African government implemented a strict national lockdown which went on to last through April until early May. The lockdown was one of the most severe implemented globally, shutting all businesses and restricting the movement of citizens to weekly grocery shopping trips. Exercise and outdoor activities were … Lire la suite
Update: Church Planting training in South Africa
Dave Adams, Advance Church Planting Course facilitator for South Africa, updates us on their activity in 2020. 2020 was the eighth year that ACPC has been running in South Africa. Despite the significant challenges that we’ve all experienced in 2020 with lockdowns that have disrupted so much of what we do, ACPC has continued to help equip those in our … Lire la suite
Advance Global Conference Rescheduled for 2022
Hello Advance Family I hope this letter finds you well as we approach Christmas, which is a welcome joy in an otherwise difficult year! I wanted to reach out to let you know that we have decided to shift our Global Conference, which was originally scheduled for May, 2021 to May, 2022. This was a difficult decision, but with so … Lire la suite
Drive-in gatherings for Covid-secure worship
The United Kingdom is making its way through a second lockdown. After several months of restrictions loosening, many churches began new plans and dared to imagine more in-person gatherings – admittedly without greeting your brother with a holy kiss. The announcement of a Winter lockdown had the effect of a temporary cease-and-desist order for many of those plans; but, in … Lire la suite
The first Advance church plant into Canada
Lawrence and Elizabeth Keen are planting out of City Gates Church, into the small town of Quesnel, in Western Canada. We caught up with the Keen’s and Vic Stander (City Gates) for some background to this exciting move. City Gates has put together a great introductory clip. Check it out and then read up on some of the details below. … Lire la suite
Le chemin du paradis via St. Louis
Erik Santiago, Operations Director for Advance Global & North America, wrote us a great summary of the recent North American Central Hub gathering in St Louis, Missouri. By the time I touched down in St. Louis for the Advance Central Hub Conference I had cancelled trips to Nashville, Portugal, France, Luxembourg and the UK this year due to COVID. What … Lire la suite
Political Polarization In The American Church
In this presentation, Erik Santiago chats to Brett McCracken, Vaughn Jarrett and Donnie Griggs about the challenge of political polarization in the American church. They discuss the rise of politics as religion, the challenges of pastoring a church in this climate, divisions along age and race groups and preparing for the post election season.
Tentmaking in 2020
Newcomers to Paul’s life in the New Testament could be forgiven for believing his last name was ‘the Tentmaker’ – after ‘the Apostle’, of course. Paul is still the go-to example for balancing ministry with employment, whether for practical reasons, to relieve financial pressure on the church, or purely preference. Scripture provides plenty of other examples of balancing ministry with … Lire la suite
A review: Empowered Children’s ministry conference for leaders and parents
The Gauteng Hub recently ran a 4-week training series for children’s ministry leaders and parents with young children. We caught up with Helga Schneider, God First Parks, who was part of the organizing team. Helga, who was the training aimed at? In 2019, we had our first children’s ministry conference for the Gauteng hub. This arose out of a need … Lire la suite