The collapse of Christendom in the 20th Century means that the Church must prepare to be a persecuted minority in the 21st., living and working in a pagan mission field. Yet, she is still called to be an outgoing , rather than an ingrowing fellowship, serving and saving a lost society. Hope will be her motivation, not in renewal or revival, but in the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to reign.

Talk given at the dedication of the new building of Three Mile Cross Christian Fellowship in Reading in March 2004