Living on the Edge! | Cris Rogers

Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud

Great Lakes Outreach

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.9 • 663 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Finding a condom and a syringe on their doorstep on arrival at their new church was a sign of what the Rogers family would be getting involved in. And pastoring in the deprived area of Bow in the East End of London has certainly been full of both highs and lows, but whatever has come at them, God has definitely been faithful and the work has been fruitful. It’s a great podcast, enjoy listening! Check out https://wearemakingdisciples.podbean.com/ (wearemakingdisciples.podbean.com) for the Making Disciples podcast, and the website, https://www.wearemakingdisciples.com/ (wearemakingdisciples.com) has lots of resources. --- Support us: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/get-involved/inspired-give/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired⁠⁠) Choose Life in 2023: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/people/simon-guillebaud/choose-life-2023/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/chooselife⁠⁠) If you'd like to receive a weekly podcast episode link that you can share with your friends on WhatsApp, click this link to join the group with ease: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/#whatsapp (⁠⁠simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/#whatsapp⁠⁠) For more from Simon visit: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/ (⁠⁠simonguillebaud.com⁠⁠) --- Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi and Beyond: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org⁠⁠)

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0:00.0	You know what it's like when it's grey in East London. It's horrible. It's concrete city.
0:04.9	There was a condom and a needle on the church doorstep. The house was being rented to these young
0:08.9	lads making porn. And I was like, she's going to say no. Becky looked at me and she said,
0:13.2	this is where God's called us to be. Those two items on the doorstep, I would say that they were
0:17.9	signs for what our ministry was going to be about here.
0:23.3	Welcome, everybody. This is Simon Gilbo with Inspired. Inspired is all about listening to various
0:29.9	friends of mine from different walks of life and hearing how God's been at work in their
0:33.3	lives through difficult times may be, but triumphant overcoming faith in the nitty and gritty of what
0:39.9	decides it looks like. And I'm really excited this week to have with us Chris Rogers. Welcome,
0:45.3	Chris. Thank you so much for having me. It's really good to be with you today. Yeah, it's great to have
0:50.1	you. So Chris, we first met about five years ago at Spring Harvest. He's now the chairman of Spring Harvest.
0:55.2	He's also, his full-time job, if you like, is as rector of All Hallows Church in Bow. Funn enough, I
1:01.8	lived, I think about 1990, 77, 98. I lived around the corner. I never went to that church.
1:06.4	It's a big population of Saletti, Bangladesh, about 70% or whatever. So there's lots of deprivation in that area.
1:13.4	And we've just done a podcast together on his podcast, which is making disciples and mutual friends.
1:22.3	Well, Luke is one of my trustees, Luke Johnson, Luke and Marina there in your church.
1:26.4	And I know they love it.
1:27.2	And he said, come on get Chris on. So that's why we're here, Chris. And I'm excited to have you. I've loved me on your podcast. And so let's go for it. You know, give me a bit of context, childhood, journey to faith. Yeah. I mean, the reality is my mom and dad weren't churchgoers when I was going, you know, when I was
1:45.0	little, little, little. And I think the vicar did a good gig when they got married. My dad
1:50.0	was into the Rolling Stones, who was into the Beatles, the Who, and the vicar did a good gig.
1:54.0	And they decided to go back after that good gig that was their wedding to have me baptized as a baby.
2:00.0	And he did another good gig.
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