Anointed Leaders

As leaders, called by God, sometimes we might feel that the burden of leading a people has become too great.

LeadershipMark Kelly22 August 2019Leadership, Empowered, Bible, MosesComment

A number of months ago I recorded a conversation about life and leadership with Mark Pease for his new podcast, ‘Honest to God’. Here is that podcast…

Church, LeadershipMark Kelly22 August 2019Leadership, PodcastComment

Communication or Illusion?

“The single greatest problem in communication is the illusion it has taken place.” (George Bernard Shaw)

I’ve come across the suggestion that we should communicate what we want to share until we’re bored of it, only then will others have just started hearing it and understanding it.

CommunicationMark Kelly21 August 2019Communication, KnowledgeComment

What is ChurchSuite

At Freedom Church are now using ChurchSuite as our main communication and organisation tool. Read on as to why and how…

ChurchMark Kelly19 March 2019ChurchSuite, Communication, AdministrationComment

Who Do You Trust?

It takes a long time for me to trust someone truly, but when I have invested that trust in someone, I will stick with them through thick and thin. However, on the flipside of that, if that trust is violated, then I struggle with the desire to maintain a relationship with such a person.

ObservationsMark Kelly10 January 2019Trust, ProverbsComment

Sweating the Small Stuff

How often do you find yourself just putting up with stuff? I don’t just mean significant things, I mean all the small things that aren’t much of an issue, but over time they develop into irritants, and then they truly start to get on your nerves. The reality is, however, that it would only take a short amount of your time to sort stuff out, but for some reason, we create workarounds and just put up with them.

ObservationsMark Kelly31 December 2018New Year, Small Stuff, ChangeComment

The Holy Who? (Part 4)

Over the first three parts of this series we have defined, admittedly in a simple way, why we should think of the Holy Spirit as a person and not an ‘it’ or a ‘blur’. But how does the Holy Spirit fit into the concept of the Godhead? That is the Holy Trinity – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit?

CharismaticMark Kelly29 November 2018SpiritComment

The Holy Who? (Part 3)

The Holy Spirit bears at least three characteristics of what makes a person a person: Intellect, Feeling, and Will.

Mark Kelly29 November 2018Comment

The Holy Who? (Part 2)

I did a bit of checking recently and came across a survey done in 2009 by the Barna Group (a research and resource group focused on the intersection of faith and culture). It was a wide-ranging and nationwide survey, admittedly across the USA, but one of the points of the study was most enlightening.

CharismaticMark Kelly29 November 2018SpiritComment

The Holy Who? (Part 1)

At Freedom Church we spent a year talking about activating the gifts of the Spirit and living lives where the Fruit of the Spirit is there for all to see. We heard some beautiful messages over that year, but just over halfway through God sprang the thought on me that, even as Charismatic believers, did we have any real notion as to who or what the Holy Spirit is?

CharismaticMark Kelly29 November 2018SpiritComment

Freedom Blog

These posts are written primarily by Mark Kelly, one of our senior church leaders. We hope that they challenge and provoke, but most of all encourage and inspire!