The leaders I respect the most have character that shines through; I don’t mean personality. Or stage presence. Or the ability to wow a crowd or a social media following. I mean they have grain.

We ‘honour’ great orators, celebrate celebrity pastors, cheer church planters. I think I understand some of the ideas behind it, yet I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t drawn to the applause myself…

The first answer was, ‘No.’

In 1998 when we were asked to take on the leadership of Watford Community Church nothing in us felt up to the task; we were given just three days to give our real answer…

Here we are: Helen and I announced to our church family (and anyone else who’s interested) that we’ll be handing over all our senior leadership responsibilities within Wellspring Church this Autumn. It feels epic, momentous.