Hi. My name's James. I'm a Pioneer Minister.
There, I confessed it. I know it's a bit of a grandiose (not in the least pretentious!) title, but that is how I have come to understand my calling and I believe how an increasing number of ministers, vicars, priests, bishops, popes and chaplains are coming to understand their calling. The problem is, it's difficult to stick your head above the parapet and say to people, "yes, God has called me to serve him as a collar-wearing (or tie, or cassock, or leather jacket) rev but no, I don't think he wants me to be in a church or parish, he wants me to do something new." There are raised eyebrows, rolled eyes, snorts of derision, sighs of resignation and, most of all, questions. SO MANY QUESTIONS!!!!!! So, I thought I'd start writing a blog to diary my life as a self-confessed, God-called pioneer minister, partly to answer the questions of folk who think we're a couple of epistles short of heresy, partly to encourage other PMs (Hmm, too much?) who are getting depressed by the scepticism, and partly, well, because I like talking about myself.
So, here goes...
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