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PASTOR TERRY & FRANCES
WATSON - Over a number of years Terry & Frances
have presented a daily morning programme during the first week.
New Life Radio asked if they would summarise something of their
history.
'Terry was sent to church by
his parents from the age of three and became very used to the
message of Jesus Christ, His love, His life, His death and His
resurrection and made a commitment to be a Christian and was
baptised at the age of 16. At the same time he was introduced to
Frances who was part of the youth group and in the course of time
they were married at the age of 23. During the next 3 years they
were both very active in church life attending church 5 times on
Sunday and running various activities during the week.
These three years were
probably the most traumatic of their lives as they discovered their
increasing inability to live harmoniously together in marriage. They
both realized that in their Christian experience, although they had
been very faithful in their church life, they lacked the reality of
the power of God; their lives were empty and fruitless. This
awareness of a real lack of the Lord created in Terry a desperate
hunger and thirst for God, whose presence and reality he could not
find, although he prayed earnestly.
His friend John Corcoran,
whom he had met on the train one particular morning on his way to
work in the city of London, was involved in another Baptist church
five miles away and had enjoyed some joint young people’s activities
together and as John and he chatted about these things, he passed
him a small card inviting him to some meetings at Crystal Palace in
the home of Peter and Joy Palmer. The speaker was to be a Mr. G. W.
North. Terry did not remember the message but recollects leaving the
meeting that night with the knowledge that he had found what he had
been looking for and all he needed to do was to ask God to implant
this life in his heart.
He agonized for about three months, praying and seeking God without
success, until one week he determined to rise very early each day
until this blessing of reality was bestowed on him. The first two
days he prayed without success but on the third day the Lord Himself
came and flooded his heart and he had received the life of the
living God. He had in fact been born again of the Holy Spirit and
introduced into the life of God which he has never since lost or
doubted.
Frances responded to a
gospel message at the Sunday School Anniversary in the Baptist
Church when she was 12. This was a genuine and moving time, the
beginning of her life with God. The Bible became alive even at that
early age and she was baptised. She became involved with church life
and ‘witness teams’ who went from church to church speaking to young
people’s groups. She chose nursing as her vocation, especially with
children and after qualifying as a sick children’s nurse went on to
become a midwife.
Her relationship with God was a priority in her life but during
early years of marriage she found difficulty in being able to put
this life into action and longed for a closer more realistic
relationship. This eventually came when she heard about the work of
the Holy Spirit and the receiving of His life within.
At this time in February
1971 Terry and Frances began meetings in their home and over the
next 10 years saw a remarkable move of the Holy Spirit, bringing
many people into the things of God. After buying the local Methodist
Church in Eltham in 1982 they continued in its pastoral life until
1999 and then, following the call of the Lord, they retired from
full time pastoral responsibility and began an itinerant ministry
with a particular mission to help and encourage church leaders and
those in Christian ministry abroad.
They are currently travelling regularly in the UK and visiting
Zimbabwe, Malawi, North America, Australia and Estonia on a regular
basis. Their early story can be found in “The Pastoral Ministry”
published by Fourstreams Ltd.'
www.terryandfran.info
www.thepastoralministry.co.uk
During their broadcasts Terry & Frances
interviewe many friends and some website contacts are:
www.relationshipcentral.org - Nicky & Sila Lee
www.capuk.org - Phil Holdsworth
www.christianconcern.com -
Andrea Minichello Williams
www.barnados.org.uk - Nigel Cox
www.streetpastors.co.uk -
Roger & Ross Ede
www.teenchallenge.org.uk
- Jay Fallon
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michael@operationworld.org
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newliferadiofm@gmail.com
phone 01392 253064 or during actual broadcast dates 01626 824 774
Mike Coles & team
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