On the Lord's Day I was across town in Poplar Baptist, East London. I preached on Ephesians 2:8, 9 and Philippians 4:8. Poplar and ourselves have had a sot of parallel existence over many years. Founded around the same time both have remained fairly evangelical and have felt compelled to leave the compromised Baptist Union and LBA. Both Henry Dixon and I began our pastorates as young men in the eighties (1983, 1984) and have remained in one multi-ethnic church since. Both churches have a decent morning attendance but struggle in the evening. There are differences - Poplar was bombed in the war and rebuilt and unlike us has joined the Grace Baptist Association. Henry has more than twice as many (grown) children as we do! It was a good day.
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