‘A timely book especially with so much reorganisation within certain denominations … leadership teams should certainly read this book’ Read More »
News for When Churches Merge
‘This book was phenomenally helpful for us; not only in giving dos and donts from the author’s own experience, but it totally reframed how I viewed and spoke about the whole process’ Read More »
Watch Manoj share the missional vision behind When Churches Merge, and fostering healthy church relationships! Read More »
How We Can Make the Most of the New Missional Moment
‘With an emphasis on covenant community, congregational discernment and prayerful dependence on Christ, it offers both inspiration and practical guidance for mission-minded churches today.’
Rev Canon Andy Glover, team leader of Fresh Streams
When Rev Manoj Raithatha was awoken in the early hours with the word ‘revive’ clearly ringing in his mind, he knew the Lord was speaking to him. What he could not have imagined was that this signalled a significant missional step for his church, and one that would have relationships at its core… Read More »
It’s not a book for those seeking to replicate our model, he writes – rather, it’s written with the aim of ‘inspiring churches to talk to one another and to see what might be possible when we are prepared to pray, envision and work together’ Read More »
The idea of merging with another church came suddenly and unexpectedly in 2023.
As a church in North West London, we had been growing steadily in numbers over recent years, and had even given thought to the idea of having a second service. But in my view, we clearly remained some years away from that. After all, by ‘Baptist definition’ we were a medium sized church… Read More »
Many years ago, before I was a Christian, at a time when I was chasing money and essentially living for myself, I would often say to my wife that I wanted what her mother had. Life hadn’t dealt her a great hand, yet she was by far the happiest person I knew.
She had a peace and joy that were painfully lacking in my own life. Where did they come from? Read More »
He appeared to have it all, a business turning over £70m, a lavish lifestyle and a young family. But suddenly his world fell apart, catapulting him in a completely different direction. He has written a book about his experiences. Filthy Rich: The Property Tycoon Who Struck Real Gold is the true story of an ambitious Asian business … Read more …
“That was my introduction to Christianity in that two years. I was on my knees.” He means in business terms, but laughs when I check. “God intervened with 15 different creditors with personal guarantees from me. They all did a U-turn – and that was two years of praying.” Read More »