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Author Archives: Viv Prescott interviewed by Martin Robinson

Issue 7, Place, Stories

‘The Salvation Army’ – An Unusual Pub in the Forest of Dean

Viv Prescott interviewed by Martin Robinson Spring 2016

The challenge to plant a church can lead us into some surprising places. When Viv Prescott was recruited to plant a church in the Forest of Dean, flexibility and listening was always part of the approach. Those who know anything about the area quickly realize that it combines astonishing natural beauty with demoralizing rural poverty. It is a poverty that saps strength and imagination, it depresses, damages self esteem and tends to encourage those with significant ability to leave the area and not return. That background has become part of the landscape that has shaped the way in which the small Christian community, sponsored by the Salvation Army, has taken shape in that place.

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Issue 4, Stories

Planting in the Forest of Dean

Viv Prescott interviewed by Martin Robinson Spring 2014

Viv Presott is an officer in the Salvation Army. This is the story of her church plant at her home in the Forest of Dean. The Forest of Dean is an unusual place in many ways.  It is located on...

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