One of the blogs I like to follow is Red Letter Christians, which Tony Campolo contributes to. The following is an extract of an post I read today: ASSUMPTION 3 -Young Adults will help the church I love to live on! If we are honest, the main reason most of us are hopping on the …
Category Archive: Church Growth
Apr 26 2012
Review of The Salvation Army – 2012
As The Salvation Army (TSA) marches towards its 150th Anniversary in 2015, under new(ish) International Leadership of General Linda Bond, I find myself perplexed at what I see in the UK & Republic of Ireland Terrritory, and beyond into the whole of the western world. Despite epidemic growth in Africa, marked by TSA’s unceasing service …
Dec 29 2011
My Vision for L’Islet Salvation Army 2012
Another year has flown by, and it’s now time to reflect. However, I don’t want to waste time looking back, I want to look forward and see what the coming year may have in store. My church, L’Islet Salvation Army, has long been at a cross-roads. We have seen declining and ageing membership, no new …
Sep 12 2011
Worship – Contemporary versus Traditional
How often do you hear the phrases “Contemporary Worship” and “Traditional Worship”? What do they mean? I’ve heard the phrases banded about over the last few months and thought it would be interesting to try and get to the bottom of it, and specifically within my context of The Salvation Army. Worship First I think …
Sep 06 2011
Multi-Generational Worship
I read a number of blogs, mostly about Worship, but a whole number of issues fly up. Sticking with the Worship an interesting question recently came up on Fred McKinnon’s Blog. “Define This: Multi-Generational Worship.” Well, what an interesting debate – expected comments such as “old and new music”, but some thoughts on the approach …
Jul 20 2011
Are We There Yet?
How many of you have been on a long journey and asked, or been asked, this question? It would be a pretty difficult question to answer if you didn’t know where “there” was! When we begin journeys we always know where we’re headed – to work, to the shops, the holiday resort, or home. It’s …


