Our director Charlie Mackenzie has so far written 3 books and is currently working on his fourth which is a heart wrenching deep dive into his life while backslidden and drifting before being reunited with God.

STG has intentionally kept the price of all books at only £10 

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'I first met Charlie while listening to him preach at Hanoi International Fellowship in Vietnam. Halfway through his sermon, my wife leaned over and asked, "Why don't you hire Charlie to be your new school's principal?"

Little did I know that a few months later I would be working alongside Charlie as an elder, director, and a friend. Charlie has an incredible ability to encourage others by delivering inspired messages of grace and forgiveness. His words and actions come from the heart, both expressing the joys and sorrows of life. However, these expressions are never detached from that which Charlie cherishes most... the grace of Christ'

After almost 5 years pastoring and leading an international school in Hanoi, Charlie and his family embark on a year's mission to North Wales. Here you will encounter a giant purple fraudster, Holly's mysterious missing friend, and a refuge for broken hearts. Returning to Vietnam Charlie is instrumental in setting up a free counselling service for children before Covid-19 forces he and the girls to return prematurely to the UK. This book is about a man seeking purpose and value in a culture that he fled from 20 years earlier. Angels in the Chip Shop is a story about finding healing and hope amidst brokenness and rejection. If you have ever felt that the whole world, even the Christian world... was against you. Then this book is for you.

"Have you ever been in love? I mean, truly, head over heels, can't live without you kind of  love... only to have it wrenched from your hand without any notice or warning. Losing Jasmine is the story of how one man tries to come to terms with the sudden void presented to him when his precious life partner is cruelly taken from him.

This short novel, full of reality and pain mingled with just the right balance of humour, asks us all, what would we do? And how would we react if we were in a similar situation? Then, just as we are taken through a plethora of raw emotion that speeds to a conclusion which will take you by surprise, Charlie lifts us to a higher plain, and reveals a love so noble, so pure, and so sacrificial, that even what we have previously read, is completely eclipsed. 

Have the handkerchiefs ready, you're going to need them