The Quirky World of Dave Gilpin, Senior Pastor of Hope City Church

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BusyPastor.com

Dave Gilpin tries to make a congratulatory video for the 10th birthday celebrations of Citipointe Church in Brisbane Australia led by Pastors Mark and Leigh Ramsay. If only his staff and ministry duties would give him three little minutes to get on and film it… Here’s his attempt!

Dave Gilpin | August 17th, 2010 | Continued

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Sacred Cows Make Great BBQ’s E-Book Taster

Dave Gilpin has discovered that when he’s going through troubled times the one set of footprints in the sand the ‘one set of footprints’ in the sand are not the foot prints of Jesus but his own size 10’s. Someone’s telling porkies! God wants to create strong champions not needy children. Since then Dave has discovered other sacred cows grazing in the fields of our faith.

Dave Gilpin | August 17th, 2010 | Continued

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FAQ’s to Dave Gilpin…

Senior Pastor Dave Gilpin answers pressing questions about his personal life and the vision of Hope City Church. If you’d like to know why Hope City Church dos what it does and why it doesn’t do what it doesn’t do, then this is the place! Everything from prophesy to deliverance, marriage to Daves hair colour! (Press PLAY is you’re nosey!)

Dave Gilpin | June 25th, 2010 | Continued

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TheMindMap.tv

TheMindMap.tv website is LIVE! It is full of videos, ebooks, resources, Mindmap Tasters, The Mind Map Diaries, articles, podcasts and plenty more! Experiencing the full panorama of God’s ‘good, pleasing and perfect will’ requires not only faith to believe, but a change in the thinking process. The Mindmap Series has been developed to explain the process of the ‘renewing of the mind’ and to give people the tools to help them change the skyline of their thoughts and habits so as to experience more of God’s plans and purposes for their lives.

Dave Gilpin | May 26th, 2010 | Continued

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The Preacher’s Masterclass

The Preacher’s Masterclass is designed to prepare the next generations of preachers to effectively communicate the Word of God to Average Joe, and see him fully rescued, revived, restored and released into all that God won him upon the cross. But how will our six young Apprentices do?

Dave Gilpin | May 20th, 2010 | Continued

About Dave

In 1991, Dave and Jenny Gilpin came from Australia to pioneer Hope City Church in Sheffield, England. Dave was born in England and went to Australia when he was 5 years old. (His parents followed after thinking he may need some looking after.)
After attending short term Bible college, Dave and Jen became Youth Pastors in Brisbane [...]

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Recent Blog Posts and Articles

The Mind Map Tourist Handbook – Ebook Taster

The Mind Map Small Group Studies are designed to be used in a small group setting. We’ve designed each Small Group meeting to begin with a 10-minute DVD episode followed by a 35-minute study. Each episode looks at one aspect of the renewing of the Mind from Romans 12:2, and gives great practical help in lining up the commitments of the Mind with the convictions of the spirit.

19Aug2010 | Dave Gilpin | 0 comments | Continued

Maximising Your Potential Part 1 – 4

Dave Gilpin looks at The Real You – your amazing strengths of personality, as well as the default personality types that try to suppress the real you. From Mr Volcano through to Mrs Pessimism, Dave looks at the emotions that trigger such behavioural patterns as well as the heart conditions that trigger our emotions. It’s time to maximise your strength and minimise your weaknesses.

17Aug2010 | Dave Gilpin | 0 comments | Continued

HopeCityTV on UCB

Hope City TV has begun airing weekly on UCB TV! The media team has worked hard to produce a cutting edge, creative and powerful half hour programme packed music, fun and quirky slots designed to bring back the power of the Grand Central Station of the Mind otherwise known as your ‘Will’.

10Jul2010 | Dave Gilpin | 0 comments | Continued

Rage Against Beige E-book

Rage Against Beige is a collection of well known poems, songs, sayings and quotes which have been slightly altered to aide Dave Gilpin to voice his displeasure for the colour beige! The book was bought by the Ikea British head office in 2007 for a marketing campaign. It’s a bit of fun but should provoke readers to make sure that they are adding splashes of colour to all they do.

7Apr2010 | Dave Gilpin | 0 comments | Continued

Tube Map of the Soul

Welcome to Dave Gilpin’s Tube Map of the Soul. Between the Mind and the Heart lies the Soul – a mass of emotion created by both the decisions and imprints of our past, as well as our unique ‘personality led’ way of seeing the world around us. As emotions are stirred, they trigger other emotions that often form long emotional trains within the Soul.

30Mar2010 | Dave Gilpin | 4 comments | Continued

Man In The Mirror – Part 3

Dave Gilpin looks at the importance of developing character by looking at the reflection staring you in the mirror. We spend too much time worrying about others or what we are going to do but neglect to take time to look at what’s going on in our heart and mind.

17Mar2010 | Dave Gilpin | 2 comments | Continued

Man in the Mirror – Part 2

In Part two of this series Dave Gilpin looks at the importance of developing character by looking at the reflection staring you in the mirror. We spend too much time worrying about others or what we are going to do but neglect to take time to look at what’s going on in our heart and mind.

16Mar2010 | Dave Gilpin | 3 comments | Continued