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CONTENTS
Pages 6-7: We celebrate the life of Counties evangelist, Will Andrews.
Pages 8-9: GSUS Live lessons, hosted in a West Wales Secondary school, led to eleven pupils approaching Counties evangelist, Janet Hawking, for prayer during their break time.
Pages As One2Lead expands, students share how the course has furthered their passion for Jesus.
Pages 14-17: The Connect Evangelist Training Programme (CETP) is currently in progress.
Nearly 70 participants are now enrolled. We speak with two participants about their experiences so far.
Pages 18-21: Counties Senior evangelist Victor Jack shares the story of Sizewell Hall Christian Centre and its 50-year celebration.
Pages 22-25: A young Muslim man shares how he came to faith through Chatnow.org – a dedicated platform for answering questions about Christianity, led by Counties evangelist Matt Rich.
Pages 26-29: Phil Davies, Counties evangelist and the Pastor of Dunvant Christian Fellowship in Swansea, shares areas that have contributed to their growth.
Pages 30-33: John McGinley, the keynote speaker at Counties’ conference, shares: Re-founding the church on Jesus Christ.
Page 34: Just a Minute with the new Project 125 coordinator, Beverley Bedford.

Evangelism @ Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.
Within two minutes of arriving, I witnessed one Christian preacher being pushed by an angry Muslim, then sixty seconds later the angry Muslim was punching another Muslim man, then on the hour he got the hat trick by punching yet another Muslim! By the time the police got out of their minibus (on punch #3), he had long gone!
Plenty of people around but not a lot of useful conversations, the best being my colleague Mark spent a long time chatting to a Moslem doctor from Saudi Arabia and I had a long chat with Constantine a Moldovan Seventh-day Adventist (see photo), a very genuine guy but his theology was all over the place. Trusting that things shared with these two men will bear fruit!

The seven churches of Revelation: Laodicea: Christ is Knocking. . . Will You Answer? – Revelation chapter 3 verses 14-22 – sermon by Gordon Curley

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Evangelism @ Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.

Time for some stultiloquence in the park!

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Speakers Corner in London’s Hyde Park is the oldest free speech platform in the world. People won the right to speak in mass protests in the 1860s and early 1870s. Some people believe the tradition is connected to the right of the condemned to a last speech before being hung at the Tyburn gallows, a practice that stopped at the end of the 18th century. Every Sunday people from all sorts of convictions come to Hyde Park in the afternoon to spread their message or to have fun.

Preaching today…
Activity: All-Age Service
Time: 10.30am
Venue: Duncan Road Church. SO31 1BD
Subject: The seven churches of Revelation: Laodicea: Christ Is Knocking. . . Will You Answer?.
Bible Passage: Revelation chapter 3 verses 14-22
YouTube Livestream: CLICK HERE

A great evening at Paulsgrove Baptist Church. Portsmouth, made better by the fact I didn’t have to organise it! Chinese food, ice cream for afters and a short quiz followed by a short talk from me.
Pray for those who took books and booklets from the literature table. Thanks to Rob Milikin and his team.

It was also good to catch up with some friends from the past, those we know from our long association with the Church and what were the young people who came along to our youth events and Camps, now in their mid-twenties and growing in their faith.

Looking forward to some good Chinese food and the opportunity to share the gospel at a Men’s Event organised by Paulsgrove Baptist Church. Portsmouth.

The seven churches of Revelation: Philadelphia – Open-Door Revival – Revelation chapter 3 verses 7-13 – sermon by Gordon Curley

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Morning: All-Age Service
Time: 10.30am
Venue: Duncan Road Church. SO31 1BD
Subject: The seven churches of Revelation: Philadelphia – Open-Door Revival.
Bible Passage: Revelation chapter 3 verses 7-13
YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/wSaB6TWMHt4?si=kwG8kMWSd8iU9MxL

Afternoon: Gospel Service
Time: 4.00pm
Venue: Gospel Hall. Standford. GU35 8QU
Subject: Peace with God
Bible Passage: Romans chapter 5 verse 1

Evening: Gospel Service
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Bethany Christian Fellowship. Holbury. SO45 1HB
Subject: Peace with God
Bible Passage: Romans chapter 5 verse 1

After a three-week break (2 in Moldova on Mission and 1 on the couch with a heavy cold), it was good to be back at the Corner. Winter Wonderland is up & running in the park and brings a constant stream of people flowing through, some stop to chat most head for the attractions.
In the park today were some Moslem ‘big hitters’ (Hamza & John Fontain), but these stars of Daʿwah YouTube refused to debate with any Christian ‘big hitters!’ Their logic seems to be, when your arguments don’t add up, no need to defend them just refuse to debate them!
Use mix of conversations and arguments, the highlight of the day was a long conversation with a Moslem man called, Abbas, lots of topics covered and we are hoping to carry on the conversation next week. Please pray for him.

Dodging The Islamic Dilemma With The Worst Excuse Imaginable | (Iceman ft. Hamza)