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As followers of Jesus, we may be in the minority but we can make a real difference to society if we maintain our distinctiveness in the whole of our lives. Read more about our Vision and Values

We spend just a couple of hours in church on a Sunday, and the rest of our lives scattered. If we’re going to be a growing community of whole-life disciples, we have serve God where He’s placed us; whether it’s where we expected to be or not. As whole-life disciples, we need to have faith that wherever we are and at whatever stage we are at, God wants to follow him faithfully. Life only makes sense looking over your shoulder, but you have to live it looking forward. #elim — Salford Elim Chur...

We want to be a growing community, not just a growing church, because it’s about more than just Sunday mornings. But what does this look like, and what can we learn from the early church? It wasn’t perfect, but it had powerful grace, fearless honesty and remarkable healing as three of its hallmarks. Community happens when someone takes the time to say, “Can I get to know you?” #elim — Salford Elim Church (@SalfordElim) 14 October 2018 What does it mean to be a growing community? It means be...

As we reach the conclusion to Luke’s book of Acts, we are reminded of Paul’s dogged commitment to the people God called him to minister to. May you be confident in who God has made you to be and the people he has called you to serve.

Paul knew that his journey by sea to Rome might mean disaster, having been shipwrecked several times before. Sometimes we need help to get us through the storms of life. Susie compares Paul’s shipwreck of a journey to Rome with her work for TLG.

Paul was imprisoned but not intimidated, because he knew the risen Jesus and the promise that God would be with him on days like these.

Paul’s third missionary journey was chaotic, to say the least. He faced confrontation head-on, but he also knew when to walk away. We often need wisdom to know the difference.

What happens when the things we stand for clash with our surrounding culture? The gospel will be good news for some, but bad news for those who stand in opposition to its principles.

‘We didn’t even know there was a Holy Spirit’ were the words of some of the first Christians. The Spirit who birthed the church at Pentecost is the same Spirit who continues to breathe life in to us, so that we can be more than we could ever be on our own.

When Paul visited Athens, he saw a culture full of worship. How do we respond to our own culture and its objects of worship?

Sometimes, God blocks doors in order for his plan to be accomplished. How do we embrace the opportunities God presents to us?

Unfortunately, church can often be a place of conflict and hurt. How do we disagree well?

Three short stories in the growth of the early church show how Christians stood against deceit, stood for more and stood out as different. Why? So that they may be a light to those living in darkness.

The story of the early church reminds us that there are days when God does amazing wonders and there are other days when everything seems to be lost. In these days, the church is armed with prayer and a good memory.

How do we know when God is guiding us? The stories of Paul and Peter show how he speaks to each one of us differently and wraps us in to his ambitious plans.

The death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, caused the church to scatter and, with them, the good news of Jesus. However, the first missionaries weren’t necessarily those you would have expected.

A sermon about church rotas! A growing church needs organising if it is to stay true to its DNA; a people who look after the poor.

Peter and John were having an ordinary day until they were interrupted by God. How can we better sense the prompting of the Holy Spirit and be ready to give the unexpected answer?

What does it mean to go beyond a church of friendly strangers? Paul was surrounded with people who had a clear aim together and lived sacrificially for one another. What does it take to be that sort of friend for one another?

Faith has to be lived out in the normal settings of marriages, homes and workplaces. Paul’s teachings were radical in their day. We are called to live equally radically today. What does the gospel look like Monday-Saturday?

There are things Paul wants people to stop doing, but there are far more new ways of life to live in. But because we are not perfect we have to find a way to live together. Paul gives us a key to developing life-long relationships.

Paul wants these Colossian Christians to know that their lives are intrinsically linked to Jesus. What happened to him happens to us. It changes how we see everything in life.

How do we deal with guilt? In a performance-based culture, we find that the cross is scandalously good news.

In one of the richest passages of the New Testament, Paul composes a hymn that describes the majesty and wonder of Jesus. In a culture of competing worldviews and religious ideas, he reminds this young church to keep Jesus at the centre of their lives; as the one who took on the sin of the world in order that it might be reconciled to himself. It’s the gospel in a nutshell and is still scandalously good news today.