Asian Christmas event opens up hearts in High Wycombe

29 January 2008

Church Army's Joe Farnand organised and hosted an Asian style Christmas with a cross-cultural theme at St Birinus and St John's Church in High Wycombe last month. The event included Asian and English food, testimonies, cross cultural worship and a talk from Rev Canon George Kavoor Principal of Trinity College Bristol and Chaplin to the Queen had a real impact with a number of people giving their hearts to Christ there and then.

Rev Canon Kavoor spoke of how his church in India had grown to about 20,000 people and issued a challenge for the UK church to think bigger and develop and support more active discipleship of Christ.

Since the event a number of those who responded have grown in their Christian walk and have joined the Freedom in Christ course run at St Birinus and St John's Church by a team under Joe's leadership and are looking to see how the church can be more active in mission and impact on the local community.

Joe says "It has been on my heart that I should make preparations for the success of God's mission amongst Asian people through His church. I am in a unique position as a culturally aware Asian with the gift of evangelism and I am delighted that this event has developed the Church in cross cultural understanding of God, worship and mission."