Abstract: An unexpected and unplanned sequence of events led a small group of adults and young people to stop and ask God what he wanted for the young people of a town in the UK called Bicester. The group started to meet to pray and research what the needs of teenagers in Bicester were. The repeated phrase that came out of this process was ‘a safe, warm, dry place to go’. Six months later Crowded Costa was launched in the local coffee shop on the high street.
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10 tips for an open-door policy Sharing your home with teenagers can bring them miles closer to the truth of the gospel. But opening the doors of your home to young people may seem overwhelming. If you are interested in showing the gospel by sharing your home here are ten tips to get started. [...] Read more »
We had been building up to this for 18 months: young people who were willing to stay after school to talk about God, nodding their heads in agreement as I taught, seeing and sharing about their own bad choices, and believing Jesus was who I proclaimed. When I gave the invitation to invite Jesus into their lives, four responded, “Absolutely!”
