The description ‘Broken Britain’ has become all too common – on social media, in the news and even in church conversations. Protests and political pressure dominate our headlines, but while the nation wrestles with despair, there is a different song the Church is called to sing. It’s a song of faith, not fear. A declaration of hope, not hopelessness.
This is the powerful, prophetic message from Pastor Mark Pugh, General Superintendent of the Elim Movement and Lead Pastor of Rediscover Church in Exeter. Speaking into the spiritual condition of our nation, in a series entitled Year of Miracles, Pastor Mark urges believers not to partner with pessimism, but to rise up in faith.
“Even believers are saying, ‘Broken Britain, it’s all broken now.’ But the UK doesn’t need the Church to echo that,” says Pastor Mark. “It needs a Church to declare that God hasn’t given up on this nation.”
Rediscovering faith in ‘Broken Britain’
Rather than joining the chorus of complaints, Pastor Mark calls the Church to operate in faith, not just in competency. Faith that God can still move. Faith that miracles are for today. Faith that the Church has a vital role to play in turning the tide.
“We don’t want to just run meetings and sing songs,” he says. “We want to be deliverers of hope… The Church must rise up in the miraculous and declare over our communities that God is for us.”
In a time when many are turning inward or walking away from faith altogether, this is a call to action, to believe again, to build again, to plant churches and stir up the gifts of the Spirit in our lives.
Watch this clip from Pastor Mark’s Year of Miracles Series recorded at Rediscover Church, Exeter.
Miracles still happen despite brokenness
In his Year of Miracles messages, Pastor Mark’s emphasises that miracles are not just stories from Scripture, they are still happening in the UK today. Healings, prophetic words, supernatural provision and transformation are all part of God’s plan for His Church, even in a land where things may seem broken.
“God wants to release miracles here,” he declares. “He wants to release them regarding buildings, finances and people’s lives. The same Spirit who fell at Pentecost still fills believers today.”
In Year of Miracles he shares stories of healing and divine provision as evidence that Britain is not beyond God’s reach. On the contrary, now is the moment for the Church to shine.
Every believer has a part to play
Crucially, this message is not for spiritual leaders. Pastor Mark reminds us that the gifts of the Spirit are not rewards for maturity, but tools for ministry, given by grace, not earned through perfection.
“Every believer should be operating in at least one gift of the Spirit. We’ve made them rare, but they are meant to be normal for followers of Jesus,” he says.
He challenges the Church to move from passivity to participation. To stop neglecting the gifts and start asking, seeking and stepping out. “Whether you’re a student, a shop worker or a retiree, God wants to use you.”
Let’s be deliverers of hope
We may live in a broken nation, but we serve an unbroken Saviour. The Church is not called to agree with despair but to announce deliverance. Let’s rise up with a new conviction, not to escape the brokenness, but to speak into it with truth, power and love. Let’s be those Deliverers of hope!
So don’t settle for a version of Christianity that avoids the supernatural. Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you afresh, and dare to believe that through you, God can do more than you can ask or imagine.
Watch the full message on Rediscover Church’s YouTube Channel
Also read: Why should we invite people to Church? The transformative power of a simple invitation
Al Gibson
Wordsmith, overcomer and exhorter. Al has a degree in Journalism and Media Studies and years of communications experience in Africa, the UK, Israel and USA. He left South Africa in 2001 and worked for GOD TV in England for 18 years. He now heads up Countdown Creative, a content creation business in Exeter. Al is the author of three biographies. Blogs he writes for include GODTV.com; International Christian and UK and US Christian.
