SERVING It is more than eight years since I started work for FIEC in what was then a new role of National Director. It has been thrilling to see how the Fellowship has grown, as more than 130 churches have chosen to be part of our vision to be ‘Independent John Stevens churches working together to reach Britain for Christ.’ Over these years I have been blessed to work with a wonderfully gifted team of Directors and office staff, who have vastly improved the ways that FIEC has been able to support and serve its churches, especially in the areas of Training, Mission and Pastoral Care. For example, over £1m has been raised and distributed by our Training Fund, and FIEC churches are planting at least one new church a month. The past year has seen very considerable change as all the Directors who joined me in 2010 have either retired or changed their roles. Johnny Prime and Adrian Reynolds have taken on the work of Richard Underwood and Trevor Archer respectively, whilst Trevor has moved to become our first London Director. Andy Paterson will be moving from his full-time role as Mission Director to a half-time role when he joins the staff of Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh in September.
Serving the missional objective All these changes have led us to carefully review the way that we work together as a team, and to take account of the lessons we have learned over the past eight years. We want to ensure that we serve the missional objective of FIEC as
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