Grateful husband, Father of boys, Gosport Vicar #uptheboro
Gosport, England
Joined September 2014
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The phrase 'A Christian presence in every community' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the C of E. But what does it mean? A building? Clergy? Or something else? @WalkerMarcus
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and the Portsmouth diocese strapline ‘Jesus-centred, Kingdom-seeking’ was really attractive. It captures where my heart is, which is as a pastoral evangelist.
You can read more about Barry here: bit.ly/3P5RJg3. (4/4)
Thank you @LynneCullens for your courage in sharing your story and for championing working class vocations.
Here’s your final Synod Spotlight for the February 2026 sessions 🎦
Every evening this week, we've shared moments from the sessions, which ended today.
You can find out more about the General Synod at cofe.io/Synod.
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Good to see #synod discussing working class vocations. I'm born, raised and proud working class, serving in a working class context. We're proud to have seen working class people from Gosport enter discernment and training for ministry.
While educational deprivation might be a perceived barrier, working class people lack opportunities and support, but usually not academic ability. We need to up the support but not distill the academic elements of formation.
We're grateful to have seen four candidates recommended for training and have six candidates in the discernment process!
Biffy Clyro all over the place vocally, as has so often been the case. A real contrast to Alanis #bbcglastonbury
He is risen! 400+ at Christ Church Gosport for 10 baptisms, of which 4 were young people. Amazing testimonies of the resurrection power of Jesus at work in people's lives.
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"Christianity, despite the times when it was on the verge of extinction, has proved surprisingly resilient. Like the dead body of Jesus, whenever people thought they had finished it off and nailed it down, it has shown a surprising capacity to be reborn"
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Well my @churchofengland @synod PMM has made the Guardian. You can read it here. theguardian.com/world/2025/j… – at Burnley, England
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"There is a Luke Littler on every estate in the UK."
PDC Chief executive @MattPorter_PDC explains how the 17 year old sensation has changed the sport 🎯
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Stanley Hauerwas: "I say in a hundred years, if Christians are known as a strange group of people who don’t kill their children and don’t kill the elderly, we will have done a great thing. I mean, that may not sound like much, but I think it is the ultimate politic...
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Growth is allowing someone to create a false narrative of you, while knowing the truth always is revealed one day.
Another wonderful story of HTB network inspired church growth in a low-income area. Praise God!
"It really allowed us to build really good foundations."
St John's Crawley found that SDF funding allowed them to quickly expand their services, and reach more people in their community.
Find out more about SDF funding at cofe.io/SDF.
Wonderful story of church growth on the south coast. Inspired by @joelmennie and the ministry of this HTB network church in a low-income area.
The new life experienced at St Wilfrid Church in Bognor Regis in many ways reflects the story of the first Christian #Pentecost. To hear it all again - or in case you missed it - catch up with this Sunday’s episode on @BBCiPlayer - bbc.in/3ypSNDr