tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17160917.post6918385600121760690..comments2024-02-11T23:44:02.371+00:00Comments on Who's that preacher?: Gary Benfoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371307545924645897noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17160917.post-89316560248317308912011-01-07T09:06:33.656+00:002011-01-07T09:06:33.656+00:00I seem to recall that the UK has been happy to poa...I seem to recall that the UK has been happy to poach doctors and nurses from India / Philippines etc, because they are a bargain (all the expensive training has been covered by others in the very countries that need them more than the UK).<br />Surely we have a society that is scrupulous about the cost of everything, but knows the value of nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17160917.post-55621106186127423182011-01-06T20:32:47.014+00:002011-01-06T20:32:47.014+00:00I appreciate your optimism, Ben; and I don't d...I appreciate your optimism, Ben; and I don't doubt there'll be spin-off benefits.<br /><br />But tell me - as a doctor - if all/most of Britain's leading medics (surgeons, researchers, thinkers, GPs etc) went off to bigger hospitals in the US, better equipped hospitals, and were successful in their jobs there and took a concern for the UK there - do you think the net result would be likely to be good for the UK? Or do you think that simply not having their expertise and leadership available 'just down the road' might be a big loss?Gary Benfoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371307545924645897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17160917.post-91730487437783930722011-01-06T20:02:22.733+00:002011-01-06T20:02:22.733+00:00I am not overly pessimistic about what this situat...I am not overly pessimistic about what this situation means for the church in the UK. <br /><br />Given the cultural links between the UK and USA, it is surely in the UK church's interest for the USA to have strong churches. <br /><br />If people like Liam Goligher do go to the USA to pastor bigger congregations, and if God grants them success over there, and if they take a concern for the situation in the UK with them, then this may benefit UK churches in the long run.Ben Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180387993747753614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17160917.post-75613104974534001142011-01-06T11:57:08.173+00:002011-01-06T11:57:08.173+00:00We seem to keep seeing this as a negative. I know ...We seem to keep seeing this as a negative. I know you have given your opinion on the general state of preaching in the UK before as have lots of others. But we could also ask, 'What's wrong with the US church that they keep taking UK preachers?'. Or we could ask 'What's so good about some UK preachers that the US come for them?' Given the size of their 'pool' it could be there's at least as large a preaching problem there as here. Or we could even say, perhaps the God is raising up preachers here to bless the world, so rejoice and see who else is raised up. Hopelessly optimistic?Martin Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471506000056533759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17160917.post-14094051591958491152011-01-06T10:51:35.251+00:002011-01-06T10:51:35.251+00:00I think we should be allowed to register concern, ...I think we should be allowed to register concern, even sorrow, over the brain drain without being accused of holding derogatory views of peoples motives.<br /><br />I don't think it has much to do with money. I DO think that it has much to do with the much bigger congregations found in many places, and the corresponding opportunities afforded for the spread of the gospel.Jonathan Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12341478626195362383noreply@blogger.com