Not Just For Bible Experts

When we appointed Cameron, a factory worker, in 2022 he was only 19 years old, and he was a relatively new Christian, having come to faith in a zoom Bible study group during the Covid Lockdowns during 2020.

Now, being a new Christian doesn't mean you're daft. Cameron is an intelligent, capable and committed young man with innate gifts in facilitation and engaging compassionately with all kinds of people. He is not however, an academic, intellectual type; and when he started his Unlock work he would not have won any prizes for Bible knowledge!

In Unlock Rotherham Cameron has brought together small groups of local people to explore a range of their own experiences and topics of shared interest in relation to stories in the Bible. He has been supported in this by both Unlock staff and members of a local congregation. And together all have grown and learned; discovered how to share personal stories, how to explore the stories in the Bible and what they might mean for living faithfully, and how to take care of one another as we do so. Cameron's presence, in his Unlock role, has acted as a focus and facilitator for both personal and congregational growth. And of course, Cameron has grown too. We will all be watching to see where his future ministry takes him.