Christopher Vaz
Christopher Vaz is senior pastor at Gateway Church, Abergavenny – a thriving fellowship that’s grown from 80 to 300 in seven years. Chris carries an apostolic anointing to help equip leaders and churches on their journeys of health and growth, and fulfils this as an extended ministry beyond his role at Gateway.
Five tips for sharing your faith with those in need
15 February 2023The cost of living crisis has meant that the needs of our community have really grown, and we have been receiving far more referrals for help than ever before, who we continue to serve by way of cooked meals, our free drop-in café, shower and laundry facilities, as well as greater advocacy services. However, in our quest to do good, we must never forget our foremost mission – the Great Commission, and like the early church, who “preached Jesus everywhere they went” (Acts 8:4), we can use the…
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Pastor: "We're blessed to be a blessing"
1 September 2021Gateway Church stepped in, not knowing we’d end up running a large-scale operation that’d provide more than 12,000 cooked meals and food parcels over the year to students, vulnerable families, individuals in the community, and NHS night staff at Nevill Hall Hospital. Armed with a small team of volunteers, a small kitchen, few resources to begin with but a heart of faith and compassion, we began a daily military like routine of sourcing, prepping, cooking, packing, labelling, and hand-delivering…
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Advent reflection: Peace / Myfyrdodau’r dyfodiad: Tangnefedd
17 December 2019There is no doubt the world is in a state of disarray, pain and uncertainty. Every manmade system is starting to wobble – political, financial, social, relational, moral, name it. And statistics don’t lie: people in the world are far more unhappy than they have ever been. Suicide, depression, family break-ups, loneliness, poverty, homelessness, fear and insecurity are on the rise, and people are desperately looking to find true peace in a world that has nothing secure to offer. That is where…
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