It Matters Because it's True
May Briefing
Don’t miss information on our first prayer meeting at our venue below!
‘Was the tomb empty?’
Despite perhaps being somewhat overhyped amongst the general population, the resurrected interest in Christianity in some intellectual spheres, and amongst younger people online has been a great source of encouragement. From Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Niall Ferguson professing faith, to Richard Dawkins expressing appreciation and a preference for cultural Christianity, and even the host of the world’s biggest podcast going to church and observing Christianity ‘works’, right now there seems to be a window of opportunity for the proclamation of the gospel in the public square.
Yet proclaiming the lordship of Jesus matters not only because it produces individual or cultural benefits, although it certainly does. It matters because it is true. And if it not true, if Jesus did not die for the sins of the world, if he did not really physically rise from the dead, if he did not ascend to the right hand of his Father in heaven to rule the world, and if he will not return to judge the living and the dead ushering in his perfected new world, it is simply a grand charade, and those who follow him are deluded and pitiable. As the Apostle Paul saw clearly:
"...if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain... And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins...If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.” 1 Corinthians 15:14-19
Because the tomb really was empty, and Jesus really is reigning as the Lord of all, our vision at Trinity Church Westminster is to maximally proclaim him and maximally worship him as we gather and in every area of life, for his glory. We want to use this window of opportunity to show those who work in or who can commute into Westminster, that Jesus isn’t just ‘useful’, but is the concrete and certain hope of the world. Below, Kevin DeYoung and Carl Trueman articulate helpfully that we are not seeking to simply speak about the cultural benefits of the Christian faith but to seize the opportunity and press home the truths of the gospel:
Come and see our venue!
Our next praying and planning meeting is on Sunday 24th May 15:45-17:00 at our venue in Church Hall on Castle Lane in Westminster. If you would like to consider joining us, to meet some of the team, and see how it would work to travel here practically on a Sunday, this would be a great chance to give it a go. Or if you are supporting from afar and simply want to see where we will be meeting, to discuss how we will best use the space, and spend some time praying for the plant, we’d love to see you there too!
If you can’t make it and would like to find out more or meet someone from the team, please get in touch below:
Please pray
We would connect with more people who could serve as part of the planting team, and that a number considering joining would make the decision to commit to the launch team - including gifted musicians.
Give thanks for partnerships already made in workplace ministries nearby, and pray for meetings in the coming weeks to establish others.
For our online presence, and that over the coming months we would be known as a place where those seeking can come to hear the claims of Jesus.
That we would be a church marked by dependent and diligent prayer. And for our prayer and planning meeting on the 24th May.
For practical and financial provision as we continue to establish the various necessary practical matters required, and as we apply for grants to sustain us financially in the initial stages of the plant.
If you would like to be encouraged generally in the privilege of praying to our Heavenly Father, through his Son, by his Spirit, these talks recently given by Peter Adam are some of the best encouragements to pray we have ever heard. Or see a one-off talk addressing prayer here: