Before they leave the stage

Interviews with:
Basil Howlett, Neville Rees, Alun McNabb, John Blanchard,
Teify Ebenezer, Ian Hamilton, Geoff Thomas, Bill Hughes, Eryl Davies,
Bruce Powell, Andrew Davies, Peter Milsom, Stuart Olyott,
Maurice Roberts, Mike Mellor, Iain H. Murray, Philip Eveson
and Austin Walker.
Throughout the spring and into the summer of 2021 Christians from the
UK and beyond were tuning in to a series of online interviews each Sunday
evening called Before They Leave The Stage. The interviews featured retired
pastors, and one evangelist, from England, Scotland and Wales, in their 70s,
80s and 90s. The interviews were transmitted through the YouTube Channel
of the Heath Evangelical Church, Cardiff.
Convinced that God was in this series, it was the desire of the interviewers
that these testimonies be heard far and wide. The result is this book which it
is hoped will extend the reach of their stories for God’s glory.
Each interview covers background history, conversion, call to service, blessings
and difficulties in the work, advice, and reflections on the need of the hour.
Of the eighteen men interviewed, at the time of publication one has already
‘left the stage’ and gone to glory.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Keith Batstone and
Alun Ebenezer are father and son-in-law.

Keith is an elder at the Heath Evangelical Church in Cardiff. He is married to Kate and they have four children and three grandchildren. Alun, originally from Wales, now lives in London. He is married to Lis and they have a son Jack who is studying at Nottingham University.