What an amazing two weeks.

The Revive Mission has just finished and we are humbled, awestruck and overjoyed by all the Lord has done by His grace. It has been our privilege as a leadership team to serve alongside such a gospel-centered team and has been a joy and an honour to work with Blaenau Gwent Baptist Church as they fulfill God’s call on them to be a “city on a hill” (Matt 5) to the community of Abertillery.

If there’s one truth that I think has resounded throughout the mission, its that “Salvation belongs to our God” (Revelation7:10). Lost sinners have been brought from death to life as they’ve repented of their sin and put their faith in Jesus. Newly born followers of Jesus have experienced the weight of God’s grace and have been taught what it means to love God in response to the gospel. Those who have walked with Jesus for years have found fresh hope and courage in the gospel. Dozens and dozens of bibles have been handed out to people hungry for God’s word. Whole families have come back to Church for the first time in years. Rebellious teenagers have spent two weeks talking about their need for God instead of getting drunk. Over 250 kids and young people have heard the gospel. Countless others have heard the good news on the streets. Through it all the name of Jesus Christ has been glorified as the Father has delighted to send the Spirit to anoint our feeble efforts to worship Him.

As a team we spent hours everyday in worship and prayer. That really has been the foundation of all we’ve done. In our teaching we went through the book of Acts to glimpse the radical devotion of the early Church. It was phenomenal.  God has stirred our hearts to see that passion for Jesus and boldness in the Spirit restored in our generation. We once again fell in love with the glorious gospel of Christ’s incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension and glorification. There’s nothing like it. We are safe and secure to live boldly in the hold of God’s gospel. And that’s exactly what we did, taking the hope and life of Jesus to the streets, kids clubs, youth clubs, assemblies, pubs, parks, homes and the parents cafe.

He has burdened many in the team to plant churches in the valleys. The Church is God’s instrument in His mission. And the valleys desperately need new churches that will carry the gospel of Christ, the presence of the Holy Spirit and the grace of God to dark and hopeless communities. Pray that God would make disciples, raise up many leaders and establish new churches from the team that have been doing the mission.

Thank-you to everyone who has prayed for us, generously given to us or been involved in Revives ministry. Now we pray that our precious new brothers and sisters in Abertillery will fall more in love with Jesus and grow in His grace, and that God would continue to bless BGBC.

We’re excited about what the Lord is doing in Wales with this generation of students. Pray for us as we seek Him for Kingdom-strategy for Revives ministry in the months to come.