Isleworth Congregational Church
Twickenham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 7EU, United Kingdom
by Jeff Asher The history of the church at Troas is sketchy. Very little is known except what we read in Acts 20:7-12. Evidently Paul established this congregation near the end of his third preaching journey (2 Cor. 2:12). At some point they had an evangelist who worked with them by the name of Carpus […]
Read on...by Phil Andrews These immortal words appeared on the front cover of a recent Church newsletter. They were unqualified, not conspicuously pertaining to any article or inclusion therein. Thus I assumed the slogan to be a space filler, something inserted to occupy a large, empty void which might otherwise have left the reader with the […]
Read on...by Phil Andrews Our parents told us it was so, and how we laughed. How they longed for the days when they and all their many siblings shared one pair of shoes and went to school on alternate Tuesdays, walking home over seemingly endless miles of mountainous terrain to a block of lard and a […]
Read on...by Steve W. Reeves (online Bible commentary) Years ago there was a popular television series called “Candid Camera”. Unsuspecting people would be caught on camera in some of the most bizarre and humorous situations imaginable. The reactions of these people were funny enough to conjure up a smile on even the bleakest face. People need […]
Read on...by Donald A.G. Burling There is a well-known story of a farm labourer who had heard a sermon on sin. When asked what the preacher had to say about the subject, he replied “Oh, he was agin it”. This was thought funny, because of course any preacher would be against sin, However, that was […]
Read on...by Phil Andrews When Jesus sent his apostles forth to build His church, I wonder if He envisioned quite the diverse array that that simple command would engender two thousand years down the line? Catholic churches, Orthodox churches, Protestant churches low, high and somewhere in the middle – all of these love and worship our […]
Read on...Eph i 23 (NEB) by Rev. Antony W. Ball ‘INDEPENDENT CHURCH 1848’ is carved into the stonework on either side of the main door of our church building (note my small c) but our Church (capital C) was ‘born’ at the first Congregational Church Meeting which was on June 14th 1849, although regular services had […]
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