by Paul Beasley-Murray | Dec 29, 2015 | Opinion
“Change,” said John F. Kennedy, “is the law of life. And those who look to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” What is true of life, in general, is true of churches, too. As has often been said, the seven last words of a dying...
by Paul Beasley-Murray | Nov 23, 2015 | Opinion
Church growth is back on the agenda – not the 1970s variety from the U.S., but rather the new style espoused by the Church of England. I had the joy of reading recently “What Makes Churches Grow? Vision and Practice in Effective Mission” by Bob...
by Paul Beasley-Murray | Aug 26, 2015 | Opinion
Unlike most ministers, I was ordained as a missionary. At the end of my theological studies, instead of going into a church, I joined the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS World Mission). Before sailing for the Congo, I was ordained to fulfill the Great Commission to...
by Paul Beasley-Murray | Mar 31, 2015 | Opinion
Ministers are accountable to God for the exercise of their ministry (see 1 Corinthians 4:1-4; Galatians 1:10; Hebrews 13:17). Therefore, they have a responsibility to exercise their ministry in a way that is responsive to the spirit’s leading. But ministers are...
by Paul Beasley-Murray | May 1, 2014 | Opinion
In the week that dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer in Britain, declared that obesity is now so common that society is “normalizing being overweight,” I attended a ministers’ meeting where two-thirds of those present were grossly overweight. I...
