Discipleship
AN UNCHANGING CALL TO COMMUNITY
By Beverley Bedford The nature of our world is changing around us, with political instability, economic downturn, personhood being redefined, climate change and wars affecting crop and food supply. Yet the unchanging nature of the world remains constant. Jesus is the answer to the big questions of life and the Gospel is still the transformational agent of change for our communities. There is no place that carries more hope and potential for life transformation in our communities than the Church. The Church from its beginnings has been called to move out beyond its buildings; to leave its nets and go fishing. God’s people in every generation are held together and sustained with the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. It is this unchanging power
Beverley Bedford has worked as a nurse and part time Counties evangelist but has recently been appointed as Counties training officer and manages the training programmes. Beverley leads Counties’ Neighbourhood Chaplains Scheme. She has a passion to see churches equipped to be the hands and feet of Jesus in their own communities making Him known though servanthearted outreach.
that enables and equips each of us to witness to an unstoppable redemption story. In the book of Acts we read how the early church was birthed in Jerusalem, the centre of the religious world, and then pushed out beyond her boundaries and comfort zone in mission and evangelism to make disciples of all nations. 7
