Last week we had Mez McConnell from 20schemes come to Emmaus Bible Church in Omaha, Ne to talk about church planting in poor contexts. We did this in order to spur on this type of work in our community as well as raise awareness for this crucial ministry in Scotland.
The goal of 20schemes is:
Our long term desire is to see Scotland’s housing schemes transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ through the revitalisation and planting of gospel-preaching churches, ultimately led by a future generation of indigenous church leaders.
To that end we will initiate a church planting and revitalisation effort by recruiting training supporting and sending church planters,female outreach workers,ministry apprentices and short term interns to work part of church planting teams within Scotland’s housing schemes.
We believe that building healthy, gospel preaching churches in Scotland’s poorest communities will bring true, sustainable and long-term renewal to Scotland’s schemes.
We have all of the talks on our website here. I cannot recommend them highly enough. There is a significant paradigm shift that needs to happen when thinking about mercy ministry. I think Mez nails it.
You should also listen to his sermon on Sunday morning at Emmaus. The text is John 18:1-11. Here is the link.
If you are a church that is looking to partner with an international ministry–that is truly doing work–consider partnering with my friends a 20schemes. I know these guys and love them. Listen to the talks and reach out to them. (link)
