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      <image:caption>Baptism using a cow trough - hosted by Stonedge Chapel</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tim Wilson is pastor of Wheelock Heath Baptist Church in South Cheshire, England. He is part of the Rural Project steering committee, focusing on online content. He graduated from the Union School of Theology, is married, and has three children</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nigel Graham is pastor at Warboys Baptist Church. After a law degree and 15 years in primary school teaching, Nigel Graham studied at London Seminary for 2 years.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rob was born in the big city of London (UK), but now lives in the small rural town of Wooler in North Northumberland, which is in Northeast England. With a transatlantic connection, he is married to a Virginian, Robin, and they are blessed to have five small boys. Having graduated from Durham University in 2010 he then spent time working as a children, youth and student minister, before studying for his BA and MA in Theology at Oak Hill Theological College in North London. He’s an elder and pastor at Wooler Evangelical Church and has been since summer 2022.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tony Wilkinson has been married to Anne for 36 years and they have been blessed to have two adult children and one grandchild, with another on the way. Originally members of the Church of Scotland, they resigned in 2015 and are founder members of Grace Church Orkney, an FIEC affiliated legacy church plant established in 2017. Tony is an elder at GCO and the whole church family is looking forward to partnering with 20schemes on mission to the West Mainland of Orkney from their base in Stromness, a small town of 1800 people. As a “real” job Tony has been a GP for 33 years, the last 19 of which have been at Stromness, Graemsay and Flotta Surgery in Orkney which has been far more sane than anywhere else in the UK (if you know anyone looking for a GP job like it used to be, then give them a shout as he plans to retire from practice next year!!).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tim Wilson is pastor of Wheelock Heath Baptist Church in South Cheshire, England. He is part of the Rural Project steering committee, focusing on online content. He graduated from the Union School of Theology, is married, and has three children.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Portrait of George Herbert (poet) by Robert White in 1674. From National Portrait Gallery (UK)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - What a 17th Century Country Parson Can Teach Rural Pastors - Rob Parson</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rob was born in the big city of London (UK), but now lives in the small rural town of Wooler in North Northumberland, which is in Northeast England. With a transatlantic connection, he is married to a Virginian, Robin, and they are blessed to have five small boys. Having graduated from Durham University in 2010 he then spent time working as a children, youth and student minister, before studying for his BA and MA in Theology at Oak Hill Theological College in North London. He’s an elder and pastor at Wooler Evangelical Church and has been since summer 2022.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Arise, my love! - John Hindley</image:title>
      <image:caption>John Hindley is an elder of BroadGrace Church in Norfolk, England and a church planter with Acts 29. He is the author of Serving without Sinking, Weakness Our Strength and others. He is part of the project leadership team for The Rural Project.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - What an 18th Century Pastor Can Teach Rural Pastors - Tim Wilson</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tim Wilson is pastor of Wheelock Heath Baptist Church in South Cheshire, England. He is part of the Rural Project steering committee, focusing on online content. He graduated from the Union School of Theology, is married, and has three children.</image:caption>
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