Never Beyond Hope! | Mez McConnell

About this episode

Mez McConnell shares his journey from a troubled childhood to planting churches in Scotland, emphasizing that no one is beyond hope.

A rough childhood spent in numerous foster homes led to drug addiction to crime to maximum security prison, but Mez McConnell’s extraordinary story shows that nobody is beyond hope. He’s been planting churches now for the last two decades in the toughest parts of Scotland and seeing long-term costly transformation. Get ready to be very challenged, inspired and stirred. What a listen! ▶️ Watch this episode as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/g1NLoTuQoXI For those wanting to hear more, we did a bonus Part 2 which you can watch here today, or listen on this channel tomorrow. Check out: 20schemes.com Of all Mez’s books, if you want to engage with poverty and church-planting in the UK, go for The Least, The Last and The Lost: Understanding Poverty in the UK and the Responsibility of the Local Church --- ❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- ▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube 📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg 📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp 📧 Weekly email notification…

People in this episode

Host: Simon Guillebaud

Guest: Mez McConnell

Topics covered

• hope
• transformation
• church planting
• poverty
• inspiration

Keywords

• drug addiction
• crime
• maximum security prison
• church planting
• Scotland
• inspiration
• poverty

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 20schemes

Books & works: The Least, The Last and The Lost: Understanding Poverty in the UK and the Responsibility of the Local Church

Places: Scotland, Burundi

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