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EDITORIAL
John Glass writes his final editorial

STAY THE COURSE WHEN CALLED
Keep following God’s path in challenging times, urges Pastor Stephen Thompson

NEWS from Elim and the wider church

OUT AND ABOUT WITH THE GS
John Glass opens his diary for the last time

HOW I CONFRONTED MY FEARS
After cheating death, Michelle Warren is now helping street children in Africa.

START OF AN EXCITING JOURNEY
Missions Director Paul Hudson reports on an inaugural conference in South America

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AT THAT MOMENT I WAS HEALED
Grace Ezewuzie explains how God healed her at a meeting in Ealing Christian Centre

PASSING ON ASPIRE’S BATON
Marilyn Glass and team members reflects on a decade of the women’s ministry

A DOWNLOAD OF GOD’S PURPOSE
Former soap star Mark Stevens explains how God visited him in a girl’s bedroom

STRIKE A CHORD WITH THE GUITAR
Elim’s Gareth Hutchinson gives his advice

GOD SAID ‘NO’ TO £80M DEAL
Money isn’t the most important thing in life for Watford striker Odion Ighalo

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WHY WE BELIEVE
It’s as important as what we believe, argues Gary Gibbs

£1 MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
Paul Hudson says it’s easy to change lives

THE BIBLE IS STILL RELEVANT TODAY
The Word of God should not be dismissed as just an ancient text, argues James Glass

WE CAN ALL BLESS SOMEONE
We should always look for the opportunity for God to use us, urges Dave Newton

WE CAN’T GIVE UP ON THIS
Lyndon Bowring: we must protect children

CHURCHES TO TURN UP THE HEATMark Lyndon-Jones looks ahead to Elim’s great curry challenge

MUSIC REVIEWS with Ian Yates

BOOKCASE with Richard Dodge

ANSWERS with Mark Ryan

AND FINALLY with John Lancaster

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Shortly after I was first elected as General Superintendent 16 years ago I also assumed the role of Editor in Chief of this magazine.

I made that decision as I wanted the publication you are now holding in your hands to reflect not just the vision and values of myself and the National Leadership Team, but also the new culture that we were seeking to inculcate across our Movement.

Early on in that process we engaged New Life Publishing to partner with us in that endeavour, and I have nothing but praise for this excellent Christian company as they worked relentlessly with us to take this vision forward. I want to especially mention Peter Wreford in this regard.

Co-directors Peter and his wife, Helen, though Pentecostals, did not come from an Elim background and there was no little ‘learning curve’ to be assailed to grasp, not just where Elim was at that time, but where I and the NLT saw the Movement going in the future.

Peter came to grasp exactly what we wanted and I still remember holding the first edition of the newly-styled magazine and seeing how perfectly it mirrored precisely what we were looking to attain.

Someone who has been in the background, but nevertheless indispensable to the magazine, is Kath Cooper. Kath, for many years, held a senior role in our missions department and is a daughter of former General Superintendent, Tom Walker. She has been, and continues to be, our proofreader and rarely does any stray syntax or displaced apostrophe escape her notice.

Apart from this page, you will be aware that each month I have produced the ‘GS Diary’ that highlights those places in which I have ministered – although there is necessarily always a gap between the visit and the printed page.

The most important people of course are you – our readers. Thank you for allowing me the privilege of sharing with you something of my journey through these pages as we have travelled together.

As I have visited our churches I have been occasionally been approached by those who have spoken encouragingly of those times when they felt that what they read on this page had connected with their own thinking or had paralleled with a personal experience they were currently going through.

I have appreciated your appreciation.

My successor, Chris Cartwright, is a fine leader, someone with a huge depth of experience and, very importantly as far as Direction is concerned, an excellent writer. I can assure you that you will be challenged and blessed by what you read in future editions of this magazine during the months to come.

John Glass

General Superintendent
Elim Pentecostal Churches

Direction Magazine

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