Greg Downes

Nov 25, 2023 | beforeitsnews.com | Greg Downes

% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents. Much has already been said about the kindness, humility and impish sense of humour of this remarkable man who was a fearless pioneer and divine disrupter. I wish to offer a personal perspective based on five experiences I had with him over the past two decades. THE APOSTOLIC LEADERThough I knew of David and had read his books, I first met him when he attended a seminar I was giving at a Soul Survivor festival around 20 years ago.

Nov 24, 2023 | premierchristianity.com | Greg Downes

Rt Rev David Pytches, founder of New Wine and former vicar of St Andrews, Chorleywood, has died aged 92. Greg Downes pays tribute to a pioneer of charismatic renewal within the Anglican church Source: Facebook / New Wine The UK Church has lost a general in the faith or, as I referred to him in a Facebook post earlier this year, a national treasure.

Nov 24, 2023 | virtueonline.org | Greg Downes

David Pytches (1931-2023): Bishop, charismatic pioneer and father in the faithBy Greg DownesPREMIER CHRISTIANITY24 November 2023Rt Rev David Pytches, founder of New Wine and former vicar of St Andrews, Chorleywood, has died aged 92. Greg Downes pays tribute to a pioneer of charismatic renewal within the Anglican churchThe UK Church has lost a general in the faith or, as I referred to him in a Facebook post earlier this year, a national treasure.

Oct 30, 2023 | premierchristianity.com | Greg Downes

Matthew Perry, best known for playing Chandler Bing in Friends, died at the weekend. Greg Downes pays tribute to a comic genius who had powerful encounters with God Friends was first aired when I was a student at the University of Oxford. It quickly became compulsive viewing - not only among myself and my friends, but among an entire generation of single 20-somethings, who were the same age as the protagonists depicted in the cult TV show.

Sep 28, 2023 | premierchristianity.com | Greg Downes |Andrew Bunt |Emma Fowle |Justin Brierley

Sharing our faith requires us to answer the questions people are actually asking, not the questions we think they’re asking A few days ago, I was on a car journey with my wife and two young daughters. Anastasia (aged nine) piped up: “Mummy, how do we know Jesus is real?” It was clear that she wanted an answer from her doctor mother not her theologian father.