30 Years Of Mission

Andy Hawthorne and Mark Pennells launch Message to Schools with a week of mission in Cheadle Hulme High School. As they take over lessons, assemblies, lunch clubs, and hold a Friday night concert, they boldly share the gospel.

One of the World Wide Message Tribe’s best-known songs becomes an international hit telling young people across the globe about Jesus.

Eden launches as a team of youth workers choose to become downwardly mobile and move into one of the UK’s most deprived neighbourhoods, seeing the lives of their neighbours changed as they discover Jesus.

11,000 young volunteers are part of 400 community projects and 10 days of evangelistic gigs at Manchester’s largest-ever youth outreach. Stories of how people first heard about Jesus here still pour in.

5,500 volunteers roll up their sleeves again to get involved in hundreds of community projects and 65,000 people hear the gospel preached as Festival Manchester 2003 takes over Heaton Park.

Desperate to make sure all young people hear how loved they are, Message in Prisons is launched and immediately heads into young offenders institutes.

Creative mission bands passionate about sharing the gospel continue to be launched.

Making sure young people hear about their true value and identity in God, Respect ME starts heading into schools.

Desperate to help ex-offenders break free of the cycle of re-offending and see them grow in their faith the Message Enterprise Centre is launched offering team members jobs, training, support and discipleship.

Doors to share the gospel beyond the UK open and The Message’s first international hub is launched in South Africa with Canada and Germany soon following on.

Passionate about making sure the gospel is boldly shared, Andy Hawthorne starts meeting with fellow evangelists so that they can sharpen and equip each other in their evangelism. Soon they start groups of their own and the Advance movement is born, now reaching over 87 nations!

Message Buses have taken the gospel to young people since 2000. As the sixth bus hits the road, thousands more young people the length and breadth of the UK get to hear the good news of Jesus as they step on board.

As families find it harder than ever to put food on the table, Message Community Grocery launches in Wythenshawe and quickly roll out across the UK, sharing the good news of Jesus with members as they shop and attend support courses.

Coming out of the pandemic people need to hear the hope Jesus offers so Festival Manchester 2022 does just that in word and action, with people from all walks of life. What starts in Manchester, is just the beginning!