Last night saw the Graduation ceremony for the latest intake on the Ignite Leadership Academy. 12 young people received their Leadership Diplomas from local Vale of Glamorgan MP John Smith. The event is one of the highlights of the Ignite year, and John Smith rightly commented that with so much bad news around about young people, the Leadership Academy was a shining light. Here are the graduates with John Smith MP:
I hosted the evening, and as well as John Smith MP there were contributions from Rob Burns, Jonathan Booth, and two of the students themselves. One of them was Zach Kaufman from Fort Wayne, Indiana, who is on the Ignite Cymru schools team. Zach heads off home for Christmas and we will see him again when he returns at the end of February. Zach is just one of an outstanding bunch on this year's academy. They met every Tuedsay night for 12 weeks, under the tutelage of Gary, Rob Burns or myself, and were given input by us as well as church leaders from around Cardiff.There was a residential weekend early in the course as well
One of my favourite little pastimes in Ignite is to keep track of previous Leadership Academy graduates and to see how they are contributing to the body of Christ. We have graduated over 80 students over the last 4 years, and it will be exciting to see what God has in store for the latest graduates. I pray that God will go with them and bless them, and that they will be a blessing.
God's words
- 1Chr. 16:31Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!”
CITY CHURCH CARDIFF, ELIM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH>
- CITY TEMPLE CHURCH CARDIFF
I'm on the pastoral team of this thriving multi-cultural Elim Pentecostal Church in the heart of Cardiff- the capital city of Wales.
THIRD DAY
- THIRD DAY
From 2001-2016 I spent part of my year on the road as pastor to the Christian rock band Third Day.
WALESWIDE
- WALESWIDE
I am part of the church planting and strengthening ministry Waleswide, alongside leaders from across the evangelical spectrum and geographical spread of the nation.
ELIM WALES
- ELIM INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS
Both personally and in my local church role I am pleased to stand with our Elim Missions Dept. - ELIM WALES
I spend part of my time as the regional co-ordinator for Elim in Wales-working with churches and leaders.
GATEWAY MINISTRIES/IGNITE INDIA
- GATEWAY MINISTRIES/IGNITE INDIA
Lots going on in and around Rajahmundry, India- been involved in this work since 2005.
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12/16/2006
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MY PUBLICATIONS
- Lessons From The Road by Nigel James and Third Day.
- Ignite: God's Purpose for This Generation (Paperback) by Nigel James.
- Seven Ways to Ignite Your Life: Life Lessons from 1 Samuel (Paperback) by Nigel James
- Seven Myths of Youth Ministry: How to Re-Ignite Your Passion (Paperback) by Nigel James, Gary Smith
- Seven Ways to Ignite Outrageous Prayer (Paperback) by Carl Brettle, Nigel James
Some of my Sermons
- A Friend Called Grace
- Word and Spirit
- Can We Fix it? Yes We Can?
- I am the Light of the World
- I am the True Vine
- God and the Generations.
- Growing in Grace-Less judgment, more forgiveness, more thankfulness.
- Equipping the Saints-5 fold ministry.
- Led by the Spirit-Paul and Barnabas on Cyprus.
- Unnamed people are vital-the story of Cornelius.
- The Persecuted Church-Stephen the martyr.
- What's the point of Communion?
- Building a healthy future-by putting the right foundations down now.
- Incarnation-short Christmas message.
- Confidence in Uncertain Times.
- Anointed by the Holy Spirit.
- The Holy Spirit-Our director of missions.
- Burden bearers or burden makers?
- Why should I be baptized?
- From the Encounter to the Call.
- Come Over Here And Help Us- The Macedonian Call.
- Rock of Ages.
- People of the Cross- the distinctives of discipleship.
- Samuel-Listen to the Voice of God.
- Kingdom Priorities-Money, Time, and Talents.
- Abraham-Kids, Covenants and Countries.
- Gifted to Lead and Train others.
- Living Tough when things get Rough.
Dude- this leadership academy idea sounds awesome! Start it in the USA man!
Posted by: big rick | 12/24/2006 at 10:46 PM