Here's the WhatsaApp message I sent to the church on returning from Poland. " Dear friends. It has been really good to visit the the evangelical church in Siedlce, where Adam and Dagmara serve alongside Ben and Sarah (American missionaries who planted the church) and the rest of the church members. Harry came along for the ride. They are GCWs gospel partners. On the Sunday morning we met with the main Siedlce church. The weather was exceptionally hot, thankfully the building

Explain a bit about who you are, family, where you’re from, work etc. I grew up in Horbury and, like many children, I went to church from a young age. I attended St Mary’s and, at around 11 years old, I went along to confirmation classes with a friend. It was there that I first learned about Jesus, the gospel, and what it meant to make a personal commitment to faith. At the time, confirmation was about standing up in front of family and the church community and saying that I

At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells a famous story. Two men build two houses. One builds on rock. The other builds on sand. When the storm comes, one house stands and the other falls. What’s it about? Your life has a foundation If you asked someone, "What are you building your life on?" they might reply, "Nothing. I'm just living my life." But Jesus says that's not true. Just as every house has foundations, every life rests on something. Everyone has beliefs th

Explain a bit about who you are, family, where you’re from, work etc. I was born in Leeds and lived in Bramley and Garforth; my mother is English and my father is Portuguese. When I was 10 we moved to Portugal where I lived until moving back to the UK in 2019, when I was 25, with my husband and son (who was 1 at the time). By that point my parents and sisters had all moved back and we wanted to be closer to family. I work part time as the services manager for Trinity Missio

Explain a bit about who you are, family, where you’re from, work etc. My name is Barbara Heaps. I’ve been married to Graham Heaps for 7 and a bit years. We are both retired. I am from Belfast, Northern Ireland but was living in Manchester before I moved here (to Dewsbury). Both of us were married before, our spouses had died and we both have grown-up children. How did you become a Christian? I was brought up in a Christian home by 2 Christian parents and also a large wider C

Explain a bit about who you are, family, where you’re from, work etc. Hi, my name is Hannah and I live in Wakefield with my husband Richard and 3 children - Sam, Noah and Eva. How did you become a Christian? ⁠I grew up attending church and always loved to hear stories about Jesus as a small child. But as a teenager I walked away from church and thought I didn’t need faith or any kind of religion to make me happy. I could do it all by myself! A few years later, I met my best

Explain a bit about who you are, family, where you’re from, work etc. I’m Jamie. I’m married to Megan (for 7 years!) and we have two kids; Rhoda (4) and Jed (18months). We live in Wakefield but I grew up in Mirfield. We’re moving house to the Eastmoor council estate soon. I work being assistant pastor at Grace Church Wakefield and the church planter for our church in Eastmoor. How did you become a Christian? I grew up in a Christian family. So I’ve always believed in God and

Sam on his holidays. Sam has recently joined us at Grace Church Wakefield, having moved to the area for work. He only started following Jesus relatively recently. Here he tells his story of coming to Christian faith. "I grew up in a 'non-Christian' household. Growing up, my dad was very anti-religion and this rubbed off on me when I was younger. The first seed of doubt that I had about my atheist beliefs concerned morality. It felt natural for me to describe certain actions a

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