Andrew Smith AOG GB Leadership Team

Andrew Smith is the AOG UK Area Leader for Scotland. Having pastored Whitburn AOG for over 25 years,Andrew recently took on a new challenge in Champion Life Church,Glasgow. He is committed to seeing the Kingdom of God expand North of the Border anf for the past several years has led the Scottish Area alongside psstoring his local church'

'Andrew has a passion to see more churches planted and younger leaders emerge as the work of God continues to develope in Scotland. With a heart for seeing healthy and connected churches within the movement,Andrew wants to make the next few years count like never before in seeing the work of God move powerfully forward in UK and paticularly Scotland. Married to Lois with 2 daughters and a son. Andrew is an avid golfer and a keen Glasgow Celtic supporter'

'THREE QUESTIONS' by Andrew Smith. 'Reading through the book of (1 Thessalonians) recently,I could'nt get past the cry of the Apostle Paul's heart to the young church there. In particular the statement right at the start of Chapter 1,'We always thank God for all of you in our prayers. We continually remember before our God and Father,your work produced by faith,your labour prompted by love and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 1:2-3)

Andrew Smith continues,'Faith,hope and love are 3 incredible attributes and characteristics that need to be flowing in equal measure in the lives of all Christian leaders today. Let me quickly ask 3 questions. 1)When was the last time we really stepped out in faith trusting God? Hebrews reminds us that 'without faith,it is impossible to please God'. When did we last please God in this way?'

Andrew continued,' 2) What are we hoping for in God today? For some that 'feeling of expectation and desire for God to do a certain thing,' may be church related,family related or AOG related. Whatever the focus of our hope,let us believe that God will come through for us. Let's keep hope down in our hearts. 3) Do we talk/sing/pray more about love than actually showing it by lifestyle today? Jesus said,'By this shall all men know that you are my disciples,if you have love for one another'

'We have the same God as Peter. On the Day of Pentecost 3000 people got saved. Well why not Glasgow or Edinburgh?' (Andrew Smith AoG UK)

'The heart needs to stay humble. The heart needs to learn with disappointment' (Andrew Smith AoG UK)

'If you don't love the people God has entrusted you with,you won't achieve anything' (Andrew Smith AoG UK)

'The heart needs to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit' (Andrew Smith)

'The heart of a leader will get broken' (Andrew Smith)

'The secret is finding your gift and running with it' (Andrew Smith)

'Create the space in your life for time with God. Switch the phone off so you can hear from heaven' (Andrew Smith AoG GB Training 2018)

'The heart of a leader' (Proverbs 3:24) 'Guard your heart. If the heart of a leader is not right,it does'nt matter what your team or congregation is like,at some point it will all fall to pieces' (Andrew Smith AoG GB Training 2018)

'You can be too busy in the Kingdom of God to hear what God is trying to say to you' (Andrew Smith AoG GB Training 2018)

'Holy heart,we still serve a Holy God. We need to get back to the holiness. That's not dark suits,white shirts and dark ties' (Andrew Smith AoG GB Training 2018)

'It's getting the right balance of being biblically true but socially relevant' (Andrew Smith AoG GB Training 2018)

'Stay close to Jesus,stay clean and don't get cynical' (Andrew Smith AoG GB Training 2018)

'When you have a heart that is humble,hungry and holy,then God will do incredible things and you will receive the blessings' (Andrew Smith AoG GB Training 2018)

'God will give you plenty in your congregation and you need to say it can be done,not it can't be done. Focus on the positive. Have a 'can do' spirit' (Andrew Smith AoG GB Training 2018)

'Align yourself with those who have the same spirit and say,'all things are possible' (Andrew Smith AoG GB Training 2018)