How church planting works (number 94)

So last night, in a frenzy of student-whist, we went to our local sticky-carpet club for Freshers week student night. It was a laugh and we even got the wonderful Laura Hamilton on the dance floor. But imagine our suprise when we bumped into, quite unintentially, another church plant team!

In the church plant world, this is a happy coincidence. It's not like when you go to a party and there's someone else who's in there wearing the same outfit. It's more like two opposing street gangs passing in the street with a nod of mutual respect. 'Being seen' at a place of high youth culture such as the Cheeky Monkey student night, awards us around ten points in the credibility stakes. Meanwhile, we award a similar level of respect to the other guys for their presence.

Who knows what may happen as a result of this odd anecdote. But this is how church planting works - strange but true.