London GO Mission
What is it?
- London GO is a 5-day, Monopoly-inspired mission, comprised of sharing the Gospel at every place on the Monopoly board. Participants are split into 2 teams, who visit 3 locations (seperately), each day. Throughout the mission we seek to initiate Gospel conversations with passers-by, hand out literature and pray for people.We also draw people's attention to Gospel-themed street presentations, which incorporate art and public participation, to help share the Gospel in a relevant and engaging way.
What Are The Costs?
- The mission is free, with team members covering their own Tube/bus travel (Oyster or contactless) and overall meals. The mission also takes
on a residential aspect, over the 5 days.
- London GO is a 5-day, Monopoly-inspired mission, comprised of sharing the Gospel at every place on the Monopoly board. Participants are split into 2 teams, who visit 3 locations (seperately), each day. Throughout the mission we seek to initiate Gospel conversations with passers-by, hand out literature and pray for people.We also draw people's attention to Gospel-themed street presentations, which incorporate art and public participation, to help share the Gospel in a relevant and engaging way.
What Are The Costs?
- The mission is free, with team members covering their own Tube/bus travel (Oyster or contactless) and overall meals. The mission also takes
on a residential aspect, over the 5 days.
If you would like to receive information about our next London GO, please follow us on social media (Facebook - @Kerygma180, Instagram - @k180team) or contact us here.
London GO 2021...
Even in the midst of uncertainty caused by a pandemic, we're thankful to God that this year's London GO not
only took place, but truly thrived!
In continued partnership with OAC Ministries, we were blessed to have been able to co-host London GO together once again - in part, due to being able to resume collective, large-scale missional activity, following the unpredictability of 2020.
We thoroughly enjoyed serving alongside various representatives of churches and ministries from within London and further afield, who helped reach people with the Good News of Jesus in a city that so desperately needs the life-saving gift of relationship with Him.
Once again, volunteers were split into two teams (Team Race Car & Team Top Hat) which collectively shared the Gospel at all 26 locations on the Monopoly board, over the course of 5 days. Whilst acknowledging and adhering to the current COVID-19 restrictions & guidelines, we regularly sought to initiate Gospel conversations with passers-by, handed out hundreds of tracts and prayed for a variety of people. We were even able to draw people's attention to Gospel-themed street presentations, which incorporate art and public participation, to help share the Gospel in a relevant and engaging way.
Despite the cold, windy weather, we praise God for the fact that He consistently drew men and women to himself, across the five days we had together. We count it a pleasure and a privilege to have connected with so many people who had burning, unanswered questions, were hungry for God's word or wanted to know more about Him and the love that only He can bring. We were greatly encouraged by an encounter between a team member and a girl who was seen reading the Bible, but noted that she was unsure of what it all meant. This prompted the team member to share the hope of the Gospel message with them. Please join us in continuing to pray for this girl and all of those who heard the Gospel message throughout the week, asking that the Father would continue to draw them into His loving arms.
Despite the cold, windy weather, we praise God for the fact that He consistently drew men and women to himself, across the five days we had together. We count it a pleasure and a privilege to have connected with so many people who had burning, unanswered questions, were hungry for God's word or wanted to know more about Him and the love that only He can bring. We were greatly encouraged by an encounter between a team member and a girl who was seen reading the Bible, but noted that she was unsure of what it all meant. This prompted the team member to share the hope of the Gospel message with them. Please join us in continuing to pray for this girl and all of those who heard the Gospel message throughout the week, asking that the Father would continue to draw them into His loving arms.
Whilst London GO has previously included a residential aspect, we were unable to do so for 2021's mission. Rather, we turned to Zoom - like so many other people in this pandemic - to ensure that we had a platform for team prayer, briefings, and a space to encourage one another. A very special thank you to all who were able to make this year's initiative so special, despite the difficulties posed by COVID-19.
London GO 2019...What do you get when you mix the 26 properties on the London Monopoly Board with the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Advance to GO, that’s what.
In partnership with OAC Ministries, we embarked on the Go Mission again, the week after Easter, in 2019. Two teams (Team Top Hat and Team Race Car) took to the streets to share the Gospel at three outreach locations each day, hitting all 26 places on the board in 5 days! We used board game themed Gospel cards to engage people, and offered out specially designed Gospel of John’s, produced in partnership with the Pocket Testament League, to those who stopped to engage with the team. It was so encouraging seeing what God was doing in people’s lives on the streets, and we had the privilege of praying, with some, prayers of recommitment, having many Gospel conversations, including with some people who had never heard the Gospel message before, and three people who prayed first-time commitments on the streets. We hope to follow up with people in the following weeks and get them plugged in to a local church family. |
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One special divine appointment was at an outreach where Parliament Square meets Whitehall (one of the pink properties). A team member met two young men from Yemen who were engaged as the Gospel was proclaimed. They said they had never heard the Gospel message before. After speaking with the team member and hearing the message of Jesus, one of the guys exclaimed, “This is Good News for me!”
The team stayed at St John’s church in Stratford, which was our base for the week, from which we were ‘sent out’ to different parts of London. A big ‘Thank You’ to everyone who prayed for us and to those who were able to join us for some, or all, of the mission week! |
London GO 2018...
In April 2017, whilst enjoying a McFlurry after an outreach with the Hungarian team who were with us at the time, I had an idea: What would it look like if we preached the Gospel at every place on the London Monopoly Board? Fast forward one year, to April 2018, in partnership with Open Air Campaigners, we saw the vision become a reality. Two teams, Team Top Hat and Team Race Car, headed out each day from our base at a church in Stratford (St. John’s). People at every place (all 26 properties!!) on the Monopoly board heard the Gospel over the course of the five-day mission. (Gareth Hides)
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On Friday evening, the teams headed to the smallest road on the Monopoly board: Vine Street. It’s effectively a back alley behind Piccadilly Circus. The team planned to do the outreach just off Vine Street, where it links to Regent Street. As some of the team were going through the alley to see Vine Street and take a picture, though there was no one around, three young French guys, Regis, Felix, and Yohan, walked past and a team member engaged them with one of the Chance/Community Chest Gospel flyers. It turned out that Yohan was a Christian, and though the other two weren’t, they were open to hearing the Gospel message, and spoke with some of the team for almost an hour. They weren’t ready to make a commitment to Christ but received prayer and took a French Jesus Film DVD each. It’s amazing how God brought people along to hear the Gospel on one of the quietest streets of London, at one of the quietest times of day!
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