"Church planting is the most effective way to evangelize and make disciples. So much great fruit comes out of church-planting. So, our goal is to make disciples, not necessarily to make a church. But in order to make disciples we see that creating new churches is a great tool to accomplish that," says Scott Thomas, Acts 29 Director, in his interview last week.
Last week, after Scott Thomas had interviewed the UK Coaches, Dai Hankey (bottom right) turned the microphone around to interview Scott with these questions:
1. Who are you, what do you do, and what does that all entail?
2. What are you doing in the rainy UK right now?
3. Had you ever heard of Wales before you came here?
4. What are your dreams for Acts 29 in the UK?
5. Why is church planting so important, in ...
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Interview of Scott Thomas in England
Scott was interviewed by Yohaan Philip while he was at CCK in Brighton. Below are the interview notes.YP: Can you tell me a bit about yourself, Scott?
ST: I grew up in a fundamentalist type of church as a young man. It was kind of empty because it didn't seem to be consistent with where scripture was going. So when I went to Bible College, I questioned everything - why things were done the way they were, why certain rules still remained intact? The college president said not to worry about it. He said to focus on Jesus and the rest will come. So I began to live my life around that principle and it all began to make sense. A lot of the rules still didn't make sense, but following Jesus did. So that's how it all began. I began youth ...
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First Western European Church Planters!
We are excited to announce that we assessed and approved our first church planters in our newly formed Acts 29 Western European Network. Stuart and Rachel Dean are starting a church in Haywards Heath England in West Sussex (39 miles south of London).
On a few occassions in the past, our church planter assessors have emerged from their assessments by stating, "We have just been to church!" I didn't know what they really meant. I do now. When we assessed Stuart and Rachel, we experienced a Holy Spirit enriched, God-glorifying assessment. Stuart and Rachel blew us away with their love for Jesus and commitment to His call in their life in spite of their personal struggles with Rachel's health.
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Acts 29 Expands into the UK – Brilliant!By Pastor Scott ThomasMay 4, 2009
Steve Timmis, co-author of Total Church, will direct a new Acts 29 Network in Western Europe beginning today. Steve is handing off The Crowded House duties, an alliance of gospel communities in Sheffield, England to focus on establishing a wider network of churches planting new churches all across Western Europe.
Steve and I first interacted when he graciously sent his Total Church manuscript to me to review. Not having any reference for Steve, I set it aside for a week and then something prompted me to read his chapter on Church Planting. I was thrilled at the theological clarity combined with the gospel-oriented praxis. I then read his chapter on World Missions, which was equally intriguing, fresh ...
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