The first of the autumn programme of seminars organised by Normandy Vision at Houlgate Evangelical Church takes place on Saturday, September 23rd.

The speaker is Pastor David Brown from France Mission. He has planted two churches in Nancy, and is currently pastor of a church that he has established at Blanc-Mesnil in the Paris region. For the last three years he has also been the General Secretary of the GBU (Groupes Bibliques Universitaires - Students Christian Unions).

David will be speaking on the subject: “The Emerging Church - the future for the church in France?". In the first of his two expositions, he will be speaking under the title of “What do we make of the Emerging Church movement?”, and in the second one, he will be speaking under the title “"What approach should we take in order to build the church in France today?”.

Notices have gone out to a large number of churches throughout Normandy, inviting them to come to the seminar. David Brown is a well-known speaker in France, and he is the author of a several books, and also the author of the “Passerelles” (Bridges) course aimed at helping to introduce French people to Christianity and to Christ himself. One of his recent books is entitled “Une Eglise pour aujourd'hui” (A Church for today).