Britain's Newest PM And London's Current Mayor Are From UPG's

This is not at all a political post....but... many of you have no doubt heard by now that we here in the United Kingdom have a new Prime Minister today! Politics aside, both the new Conservative Party PM, Rishi Sunak, and the current Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (a member of the Labour Party), paint a fascinating picture of just how diverse the United Kingdom is today and exactly why God has called our family to serve here in London.

Each of them are the first ever non-white and non-Christian holders of their respective offices in the history of Great Britain, and each are members of what missiologists would describe as “Unreached People Groups”. Incoming Prime Minister Sunak is a Hindu, born in Southampton (along the southern coast of England) to Punjabi Indian parents who emigrated to the U.K. from East Africa, and was named as the new PM today, during the middle of the Hindu festival of Diwali, one of the most important Hindu holidays (we have heard and seen fireworks all over the city of London these past few days for Diwali).

Meanwhile, Mayor Sadiq Khan, a Sunni Muslim, was born in the South London neighbourhood of Tooting to Pakistani emigrant parents. Each of these men are the children of South Asian emigrants to the U.K. and come from polar opposite ends of the political spectrum, are thoroughly British in every way imaginable, and illustrate just how amazingly diverse the United Kingdom is today. Each of them are widely respected in Great Britan as leaders and success stories of their respective communities, and each of them and the communities they represent (and the U.K. as a whole) are deeply in need of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

It is such a enormous privilege for us to live and serve as ambassadors for the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the nations God has gathered together in this amazing place called London. We are blessed to have 45 different nationalities represented within our host church, IPC-Ealing, a church God has been been pleased to use since 1969 to reach the nations in London and beyond. Our newly launched House Group that began meeting in our home last month, has 7 different nationalities represented just within our group!

Please pray as we continue to minister here in West London, and as we look to launch a new weekly Free English Class ministry next month at IPC-Ealing to help our church love our neighbours and share the love of Christ with them. Thank you so much for your prayers and partnership in the Gospel!