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People
More to church than births, deaths & marriages
 For several years, Norman has been a very active member of NREC. He is married with two daughters and a grandson. He works in a factory in Gateshead. This is his account of how he came to be a Christian.
"The only times that I used to attend church was for births, weddings and funerals. I didn't fully realise that churches were buildings where people praised and worshipped God.
But at the age of 43, God broke through my darkness and showed me the way of salvation that is in his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. He showed me that I was separated from God because of sin and how I needed to say sorry for sinning against God and put my trust in his Son, Jesus. He atoned for my sin by dying on the cross.
My prayer is that God would do the same for you."
Norman Langford
Knowing true peace with God
"I grew up in a family which went to church every Sunday. Gradually I came to realise that attending church and living an outwardly respectable life did not make me a Christian. I needed to accept that God’s definition of sin included the self-centred attitudes of my heart. Only by believing that Christ died on the cross to take the punishment I deserved and by turning to him in repentance and faith could I know true peace with God.
Now I am at home full time bringing up two young children of my own. As I look at the world into which they have been born, I see much which is evil. If it were not for my Christian faith, the responsibility of parenting would seem very frightening. However, I know that God is able to protect my children when I cannot, and that he is able to supply all their needs. My one ambition for their future is that they will learn to put their trust in Christ as I have done, and I pray that I will be able to teach them the truth of the Bible not only by what I say, but also by the example that I set for them."
Julie Cumming
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