The High Street Bible Giveaway
How do you get the word of God into the hands of people in your community? What impact does it have in the local church?
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In this special Pray for One Hundred episode of In:Dependence, Joel Murray (Communications and Media Officer) is joined by Mike Judge (Chorlton Evangelical Church, Manchester) to find out how a literature table outside the church building developed into a Bible giveaway - with hundreds of Bible taken by passers-by.
00:00 - Introduction
02:41 - Integrating many nations in the church
05:05 - Bible giveaway in Chorlton
12:53 - Following up with Bible-takers
15:04 - Energised by the power of the word of God
16:33 - Giving away Bibles in other languages
18:12 - Advice for getting started
21:00 - Praying and partnering with Chorlton Evangelical Church
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- Many Nations (youtu.be)
- Word-Centred Relational Evangelism (fiec.org.uk)
You can find out about more mission projects in churches across the country on the Pray for One Hundred page, or order some to your church by contacting the office.
In:Dependence is FIEC’s official podcast, where you’ll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners.
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Joel Murray
Joel serves as FIEC’s Communications and Media Officer. He lives in Leicester and is an elder at Avenue Community Church.
Mike Judge
Mike is the pastor of Chorlton Evangelical Church in South Manchester and the editor of Evangelical Times.
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