TREES THAT CLAP THEIR HANDS I remember my first ever time hearing the gospel. I walked into that little home Bible study in Bromley, Kent to the warm welcome of a handful of people and a pastor who was going to share from the Bible. They sang a few songs...

GOD IS WITH US We find ourselves in such an unusual season of our lives. An unprecedented time that is affecting the whole world.  There still remains much uncertainty going forward, with much that remains to be seen. How long will this last? How many lives? What about the economy?...

This challenging time that we are in as a nation, as a community, and as a church serves us with an incredible opportunity as believers. As always, we are called to faith. We are called to rest in the great and precious promises. We are called to prayer! Our prayers...

A quick report from The Home of Life in India with opportunities to donate to the mission.  

A quick video clip showing some of the children from The Home of Life Children’s Home, Odisha, India

PEACEHAVEN TO PARALEKAMUNDI This week a small team of us goes to Odisha, India for a 2-week mission trip. We will visit our children’s care home there, the leper colony and also venture into the Mountains and teach and preach in the tribal villages. Many of these places have not...

ANOTHER NEW YEARS RESOLUTION? As we enter another new year, we hear of so many people making new years resolutions. And as noble as they may be, most of them will be sadly broken or forgotten a few weeks into the year. While we all might have areas in our...

CHRISTMAS CAROLS NEVER THE SAME I will always remember my first Christmas as a new Christian in 1989. The Christmas carols I had sung throughout my youth now rang out so clearly with the high truths of the gospel. Somehow I had never truly heard them before, but now, with...

Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 The quest for man’s purpose is at the heart of this book by Solomon. “All is vanity” he cries, until he comes to the grand conclusion that man’s ultimate purpose cannot be found “under the sun”, but in God alone.

This is the first of two talks given by Colin Smith at the 2019 FIEC Leaders’ Conference. An incredible sermon that examines the character of a godly leader from Deuteronomy 17.