Synopsis
G’day! Welcome to this little book about being a Christian! This little book is volume 3 of our series "Read this book". Inside there is something for you, regardless of who you are. Together we look, learn and investigate what being a Christian is all about. We seek to answer questions such as: What is a Christian? Why am I Christian? I am a Christian, what now? What does that big scary word "evangelism" really mean? How can I go on developing my intimate relationship with God? Whether you have not started the Christian journey yet, you are just starting your journey as a Christian, or have been a Christian for a while, you can either learn afresh or be reminded about what it means to be a Christian in the 21st century. Come on in!
About the Author
I was born in a small country town about 300 miles north west of Sydney in Australia. I was raised to be a sceptic / agnostic / atheist with the words "Churches are dangerous places" and this is like 30 years before Dawkins and his ilk uttered the words! Coming into my teenage years in the eighties, I decided if they are so dangerous, let's go for a bit of danger! So I rebelled, became a Christian and started attending a local Christian youth group. After a bit, it was thought by my family that I was being brainwashed, so I was stopped from going for a couple of years, until I met somebody who I used to go to school with who invited me to her church, and I restarted from there... As to how I came to the UK! Well, I came here from Australia for 6 months travel around Europe! Or so I thought! That was in 1990! I view it as God having a sense of humour. He knows I don't like rain, cold and in particular - together! He has even given me the most beautiful of women as a wife but she doesn't like hot weather! God sure has a sense of humour! In 2003, I had a minor stroke and I view that as God giving me a clip round the ear to stop being stubborn and to listen to Him for direction. So instead of moving north with my job at Royal Mail, I took redundancy and went off to Moorlands college where I graduated in 2007. I set up Partakers in 2007. I had recorded some audio files as part of a block placement during my 3rd year at Moorlands. 6 months later I looked back on the site and discovered that the 16 audio files had been downloaded several thousand times, mainly in a country where evangelical Christians are persecuted. It was also part of my dissertation investigating if a Virtual Church could be part of the universal church. I based my study on the old maxim: one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. The Podcast and YouTube sites have a global audience and attract upwards of 4000 people a day. I currently reside in Bournemouth, travel frequently to speak in about places including the USA and Australia. I have a podcasting site and we have had about 1,500,000 unique visitors so far and about 4,000,000 downloads. I also engage with church online using Facebook, and we are able to go an experience of church primarily to those who are unable to get to church, usually because of health and disability issues.
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