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| Richard Higginbottom was brought up in England, went to Manchester University to study archaeology and was a museum curator for nearly 10 years, latterly in Inverness, before training for the ordained ministry in Edinburgh. He married a Glaswegian, Heather, in 1985 shortly before moving to parish ministry in Leicester. He was later a minister in rural Gloucestershire and then rural north Derbyshire before becoming CPAS Consultant for NW England and Scotland in 1993 and moving to Lancashire. In 1998, CPAS transferred him to Bankfoot, Perthshire to develop the Scottish ministry of CPAS and he relinquished charge of NW England. He has four children, aged between four and fifteen. Richard has experience and qualifications in management and parish ministry and is well aware of the concerns and joys of full-time ministers.In Scotland,he has worked across the denominations, preaching, training and offering consultancy in a wide range of church situations. He also offers consultancy on a one-to-one basis to ministers/leaders. His training brief has included small groups, strategy for youth/children's ministry, missionary congregations, evangelism, Alpha courses, rural ministry and the CPAS Lost for Words faith-sharing course(both as a leader and a trainer of potential leaders). His training style aims to be interactive and his passion is for local churches to be mobilised for evangelism. He hopes that he is good listener and an enabler who continues to learn, as a disciple of Christ. There are over 4 million people in Scotland who need reaching with the Gospel! Richard's base in Perthshire is 90 minutes from 90% of Scotland and he is willing to travel to help your church if you mean business about Jesus'Great Commission (Matthew 28:19). Personal specialisms Parish ministry has prepared Richard for many things, but his chief specialist areas are in rural ministry and in local evangelism. He has been involved in a number of mission initiatives over the years, has done some research into rural evangelism and is currently piloting a car boot sale outreach project in Perth. He is particularly interested in getting Christians out of their comfort zones and into the marketplace or community where non-believers meet--shopping malls, superstores, car boot sales,leisure centres/football stadia, high-rise blocks and village halls and pubs--so that the Gospel can be shared in innovative and sensitive ways, yet without compomising its content. Relational evangelism in a changing culture is the aim here. With the help of others, he is also trying to establish a Christian resources centre in Perth. He is keen to work with other Christian agencies and would love to see more churches engaging overseas missionaries to help with local evangelism." |
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