Church leaders gather to discuss church planting in Wales

Over 200 church leaders from a range of Welsh churches met recently in Newtown to collaborate on evangelising the nation.

The gathering was hosted by Waleswide, a network of evangelical churches which works with leaders to see churches established especially where there is no evangelical church presence, and where churches need to be strengthened in their effectiveness.

During the day, the results of a survey commissioned by Waleswide in 2011 were released. The poll of over 260 Welsh church leaders found that during the first decade of this millennium 5,728 people became Christians in their churches. However in 2010 alone, 1,642 became Christians. Keep reading