Once again this year Together on a Mission proved a tremendous blessing. It was such a joy to renew fellowship with friends from all over the world, though this was accompanied by the usual frustration of only snatching moments with people that one had not seen for months.
All around the room you could see friends greeting one another, sharing news and renewing fellowship.
Our times of worship were stunning and wonderful. God’s presence in the midst was overwhelming at times. I am so grateful that TOAM is not a conference for people escaping the harsh realities of sad church life, but a gathering of zealots from many different church settings around the world. Some come from nations where life is really tough such as Zimbabwe, the Middle East and even Russia, nations which don’t enjoy the religious freedoms that many of us do in the West. Others are in the early stages of church plantings with all the challenges that they provide.
Last year we received as our main speaker Mark Driscoll from Mars Hill, Seattle, USA. He was very provocative, entertaining, challenging and deeply stimulating. We enjoyed him enormously and he served us magnificently. This year was in some ways a response to the challenge that he brought to us, particularly from my point of view. I felt God spoke to me saying that I should take three sessions on Newfrontiers – our past, our present and our future.
Please click on the video below in order to watch the first of my three sessions.