Barnabas Shin on working through a crisis of faith

My journey of faith started when my sister led me, a five-year-old boy, to church. Although I was not born into a Christian family, I grew up in a faith community. Moving towards secondary school, I felt something missing in my Christian life, and I began to ask, ‘Who is Jesus in my life?’ I strongly sensed God’s presence in a Passion play at one of the youth camps. I was in tears, overwhelmed by a mixture of feelings of sorrow and thanks. Then I could understand the love of Jesus: Jesus died for me, forgave my sins, and saved me. It wasn’t simply a feeling: it changed my life…

Barnabas Shin is Minister of Billericay and Ingatestone URCs

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This is an extract from an article published in the June 2024 edition of Reform

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