Last night I attended a meeting of the Lancashire Reformed Baptist Fellowship at Ashton Baptist Church in Preston. There were 53 of us present representing many of the 14 churches in the fellowship, and the atmosphere was one of warm Christian friendship, and also a desire to pray and to hear about the issues covered by the visiting speakers from the Christian Institute . After a chance to catch up with others over tea and coffee in the church hall, which I thoroughly enjoyed, we moved through into the main church to pray together and to hear the talk. The prayer lasted for about 30 minutes and we lifted up the local churches and the work of the gospel in the north west. It is encouraging that a number of churches have had multiple baptisms in recent months. It is also encouraging that several churches have been running courses for those exploring Christianity. The talk lasted for the remainder of the time, and concluded shortly after 9pm. The subject was "Westminster throu...