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U.S. Marines during a raid for realistic urban training (RUT) in South Boston, Virginia.
The U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin (2025).
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Training like they fight!
U.S. Marines during a raid for realistic urban training (RUT) in South Boston, Virginia.
The U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin (2025).
Latest training course - Jesus and the Gospels
The full “Jesus and the Gospels” programme is available from the Faithroots Training pages. The course includes a video series to accompany the e-book. Jesus and the GospelsDownload In the near future I’m also hoping to add a study guide.
Review of the year - training for urban ministry
It’s reached that time when we tend to look back and review the year that is coming to a close. Over the next few days I’m going to have a look back at the key themes we’ve been picking up on as well as the now traditional top ten of posts. However, Faithroots is primarily not about a blog but about providing training and equipping for urban ministry. So I want to have a look back at how that…
The Big Story
The Big Story course is now available on YouTube. This programme introduces you to the plotline of Scripture and how God’s plan of salvation unfolds. It will also help you to get a feel for narrative preaching and see how big themes help you to unpack specific Bible passages. The Big Story offers a foundational introduction to Biblical Theology and you will learn about paradigms through which…
What should we do with the Quiet Revival!
There has been much talk of a “Quiet Revival” this year. But what about those who feel like this “revival” has passed them by? Here’s some thoughts and encouragement
Pastoral Care Training
I’ve been putting together some pastoral care training resources. I’ve now completed a set of videos. I’m hoping to develop some further resources, in particularly training notes and possibly some assessment resources. However, in the meantime, I hope the videos on their own will be of help. I’d love your feedback to help me to develop this further too. Go backYour message has been…
More discussion on ministry pathways and training
Evangelicals Now have published two articles on ministry pathways and training recently. There’s this one by Clive Bowsher, Provost at Union School of Theology and this one by Carrie Sandom of the Proclamation Trust. Each article offers some helpful thoughts and reflection but also there are questions I would like to ask and challenges to raise. The first challenge I would like to raise is to…
If a “learned ministry” is important then what is it?
Josh Moody writes with a US Evangelical perspective in mind about the relocation of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School to Canada in Evangelicals Now. He observed that the relocation has provoked a significant discussion about theological training. It might be helpful for him to know that such a conversation has been going on, at least at the level of local church ministry in the UK for some…