by Elizabeth Legendre | May 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
As speakers for Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) often times at youth events we can find ourselves faced with very serious issues. Recently, I was speaking at a high school on the topic of sexuality. After the talk and Q&A were over, I stayed to talk...
by Elizabeth Legendre | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS WITH OUR MUSLIM NEIGHBOURS Through our local Mahabba group we have been steadily encouraging Christians to build friendships with their Muslim neighbours. Recently we hosted an event at our church to invite these friends to. 85 people attended,...
by Elizabeth Legendre | May 6, 2019 | Uncategorised
In Clerkenwell, a diverse and historic part of London, the church family at Inspire St James is seeing God at work. Members of the church family have intentionally moved onto local estates and are busy sharing the gospel with their neighbours and friends. MEETING...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Apr 29, 2019 | Uncategorised
‘The Spirit told Philip, “God to that chariot and stay near it.” Then Philip ran up to the chariot.’ (Acts 8:29-30a) The story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch has always fascinated me. It tells us about an encounter that starts in the...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Apr 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
Jesus understood the importance of leadership; He spent much of His ministry training up the leaders who would follow Him, and He brought revolutionary ideas to the subject. Two of my favourite quotes: ‘Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorised
Margret, you’re a successful barrister but you found yourself sitting with your son on the other side of the dock. Tell us what happened. I have been a barrister for 30 years, and my husband and I have four children. We are also pastors of a church in East...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
‘THEN HE PUT THE KNIFE TOWARDS MY STOMACH …’ In the year that has seen the highest level of knife crime ever recorded in London, XLP continue to work with young people caught up in youth violence, together with the multitude of issues that...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Apr 1, 2019 | Uncategorised
People can be impoverished in different ways. The most obvious three forms of poverty are those of resources, relationships and identity. These problems are closely interlinked, trapping individuals and whole communities in a ‘web of poverty’ – a...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
HOW CHURCH UNITY IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE ACROSS THE LONDON BOROUGHS What happens when leaders in towns and cities form friendships, pray and do mission together? What happens when those places share what they’ve learnt? The London Mission Collective is working...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Mission of Jesus is clearly explained in Luke 19:10, “The son of man came to seek and to save the lost.’ A brief reading of the gospels immediately reveals that Jesus spent His time beyond the walls of a building and that He was driven by a deep...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Mar 11, 2019 | Uncategorised
THE CHARITY KICK LONDON RESOURCES CHURCHES TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY FOOTBALL AND DANCE COACHING LINKED TO A THEME, WHICH ENABLES THEM TO SHARE A SPORT’S MINISTRY SLOT FROM THE BIBLE BEFORE THE CHILDREN END WITH MATCHES/PERFORMANCES. HERE IS ONE STORY ABOUT THE...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorised
MARK WATERFIELD, WHO PLATED HOPE CHURCH NEWHAM, IN 2010, DESCRIBES THE ENCOURAGEMENT HE RECEIVED FROM MEETING WITH OTHERS IN THE SAME SITUATION. Proverbs 27:17 says ‘Iron sharpens iron …’ In my early years as a church planter, the C3 roundtables were...
