Its name rather speaks for itself and it links together a number of evangelical churches in the area. Although this was my first C4T meeting I hope to be a regular participant at the future monthly early morning prayer meetings and at the monthly lunches, hosted by the Salmon Centre.
I'm gradually getting to meet the ministers of the local churches and I'm really valuing that. Its part of building up a picture of the area, and also of what God is doing in and through his church.
It is sometimes said in our Diocese that only the Church of England is left in the inner cities (and council estates) and all the other churches have left or died out. To me this has always seemed to be a statement that flew in the face of all the evidence. It wasn't true of St Helier, the largest council estate south of the Thames, it wasn't true in West Norwood and it isn't true of Bermondsey and thank God it isn't.
In fact, not only is the good old CofE patently not the only show in town, it could actually learn something from its free church brothers and sisters (given a bit of humility). For me I hope that our churches of St James and St Anne will rejoice in being what the Bible calls 'partners in the gospel' with our sister churches in the area and that we will play our full part in churches working together.
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