0:00:02 > 0:00:0521st-century Britain.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08A country where traditional church attendance is plummeting.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Society is becoming so saturated in secularism.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16Christianity is now becoming like a second-class subject.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18If you were to put a leaflet through the door saying
0:00:18 > 0:00:21there's going to be a fight on Monday, everybody would turn up.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23But as soon as there's the word church or holy,
0:00:23 > 0:00:25people stay away now.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28But it wasn't always the case.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32The 19th century was a golden age for Christianity.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34And Britain exported that faith
0:00:34 > 0:00:36despatching missionaries across the world
0:00:36 > 0:00:39to places where today belief is booming.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Jesus is walking among you all.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43That we should be saved!
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Amen.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Now, reversing those journeys,
0:00:46 > 0:00:48three idealistic Christians are coming here
0:00:48 > 0:00:49on their own missions.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52I've come with a lot of hope and a lot of faith.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55But is modern Britain ready for them?
0:00:55 > 0:00:57If you believe in God, I know something will happen,
0:00:57 > 0:00:59With all respect, Moses could be standing over there,
0:00:59 > 0:01:01and I still don't think they would go to a church.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03The atmosphere was very tense.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05There was no peace about it.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08And can their distinctive missionary styles
0:01:08 > 0:01:10rejuvenate failing church communities?
0:01:10 > 0:01:12I think he's hoping to fill the church.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16But people are just not interested.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17My name is Franklin.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19I'm from Jamaica.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20THEY LAUGH
0:01:20 > 0:01:23In a bid to bring belief back to the countryside,
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Jamaican pastor Franklin Small is coming to the Cotswolds.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30# Jesus is sweeter than coconut jugs. #
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Even in village England, faith is in peril.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37And the oldest Baptist Church in Gloucestershire
0:01:37 > 0:01:39is threatened with closure.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41It'd be very sad.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43I think it would leave a real hole.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47But this was once home to Thomas Burchell.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51A missionary whose work transformed the lives of millions in Jamaica.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55And whose message is still preached by Franklin today.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Jesus Christ.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58It's a lovely name.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00To help him with his own mission, Franklin will go in search
0:02:00 > 0:02:03of Burchell's incredible but forgotten story.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Oh, my God!
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Totally, that had slipped me.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Goal!
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Church is not boring.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12You still can play football and enjoy,
0:02:12 > 0:02:13because it's all a part of life.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16And he'll try to revive a dying church
0:02:16 > 0:02:19in a community that's lost its faith.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23If you look at life as if there's still hope, it's different, Kev.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25No.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28If Burchell should have been here, in England now,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30he would have wept bitterly.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33His country is dying spiritually.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Kingston, Jamaica.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52One of the world's most vibrant cities.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56And one of the poorest.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Yeah.- Blessed, man.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Hello, man.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03But amid the poverty,
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Christianity in the city's downtown ghetto is flourishing.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Thanks to Baptist pastor Franklin Small
0:03:10 > 0:03:14and his self-styled message of faith and hope.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16When last you come to church.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17So what happened?
0:03:17 > 0:03:22Eh? Church tomorrow and church there at nine, all right?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Hi, man.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25'It's really a tough context.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28'It's in the inner city with crime,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30'poverty, violence.'
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Blessed, man.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Sometimes when I walk, they would just stop and say,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38"I have a problem.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41"What can you say about it?" And all that other stuff.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44So at least they have a listening ear,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47somebody who will listen and who will also make suggestions.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51And guide them in directions that they ought to go.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54That's what I do and I'm loving it.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- We know the ghetto is not the end. - No.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58They ghetto is a means to an end.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Whether you make a...whether you make a choice that lead you
0:04:02 > 0:04:04to a part of death and doom.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07A part of life evermore and things like that.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- So this is why we are here as human beings.- Yeah, man.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14He brings hope to the community. Life to the community.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I could have been dead. I could have been in prison.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19I am now a Christian for five or six years now.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22So he's kept me out of trouble, yes.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23He does keep people out of trouble.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25He's inspired me, man.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Changed a lot of youngsters' lives.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29See you there.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31But Franklin has not always been close to God.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35I'd carry a dagger
0:04:35 > 0:04:37and a piece of machete
0:04:37 > 0:04:40to school, because I was one of the guys
0:04:40 > 0:04:42who you ought to respect.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46So I can identify with them
0:04:46 > 0:04:49and they know they can also identify with me
0:04:49 > 0:04:53and see the difference and the changes that can help them.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54See you, man. Yeah, man.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59You have to be integrally involved in the vibes of the community.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01You have to be there for them.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11The fruits of Franklin's community work can be seen
0:05:11 > 0:05:13at his Sunday service in the heart of the ghetto,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16which is packed out every week.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24And today, he's baptising three more into his church.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26My sisters and brothers,
0:05:26 > 0:05:31I want to say to those who are going to be baptised,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35live your life with high standards!
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Remain pure for Jesus!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39You're extraordinary.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41May God bless you.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43For Christ's sake. Amen.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Baptists believe that full immersion in water
0:05:48 > 0:05:50will cleanse the soul of sin.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Brother Clive Palmer,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- do you believe Jesus has saved you from your sins?- Yes.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I now baptise you in the name of the Father,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05But Franklin's success in bringing people to faith
0:06:05 > 0:06:07isn't just the result of his own hard work.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14It's inextricably linked to the work of an English missionary
0:06:14 > 0:06:18who led the fight against slavery in the Caribbean.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Thomas Burchell came to the Baptist faith in his late teens
0:06:23 > 0:06:27and aged just 23 left Gloucestershire for Jamaica
0:06:27 > 0:06:28to spread the gospel.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33For Burchell, the Bible preached equality for all men
0:06:33 > 0:06:36and the focus of his missionary work soon became the baptising
0:06:36 > 0:06:39and liberation of Jamaica's
0:06:39 > 0:06:41cruelly oppressed slaves.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Despite brutal opposition from plantation owners
0:06:45 > 0:06:48and the white establishment,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Burchell not only brought tens of thousands of slaves to his Baptist churches,
0:06:51 > 0:06:55but waged an epic campaign for their freedom,
0:06:55 > 0:06:59resulting in their emancipation during the 1830s.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01He has become a part of our history.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Not only our history as a...socially,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08but a part of our spiritual history too.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12This is the man that had really helped
0:07:12 > 0:07:15in the process of liberation,
0:07:15 > 0:07:20emancipation and even independence, to an extent,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22of the people of Jamaica.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26As a Baptist myself, I'm really happy that a portrait like this
0:07:26 > 0:07:29is right here in our National Gallery,
0:07:29 > 0:07:32the National Gallery of Jamaica.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35So people can know about Thomas Burchell.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41In Burchell's homeland, his achievements
0:07:41 > 0:07:43seem to have been forgotten.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45And his Baptist faith is in decline.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49So Franklin's embarking
0:07:49 > 0:07:52on a modern-day mission to Gloucestershire,
0:07:52 > 0:07:56to try and help save a church that was once close to his hero's heart.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03'I know English people
0:08:03 > 0:08:05'to be really polite.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08'If I'm on the street will they say, "Good morning"?'
0:08:08 > 0:08:14Will they really accept a black person, you know?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17All of these thoughts really going through my head.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21'But my joy, more than anything else,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24'is to share that which they had given to us.'
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Isn't that a wonderful experience?
0:08:28 > 0:08:30The church Franklin is coming to help
0:08:30 > 0:08:34is in the picturesque Cotswolds village of King's Stanley.
0:08:35 > 0:08:3830 miles from Bristol, it's home to commuters,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41young families and the retired.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Boasts one post office, one corner shop
0:08:46 > 0:08:50and one bus every hour.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53With no major crime or unemployment problems,
0:08:53 > 0:08:56it couldn't be further from Jamaica's ghettos.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01- Hello.- Hello.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- And welcome.- Pleasure.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08Franklin will be staying with long-serving church member Anne Keegan.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- OK.- Thank you very much.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13The wardrobe is empty, that's for you.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16And drawers in there and there are both empty.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18You've your own basin, the towel is there.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20And there's a toilet here.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22It has an electric shredder,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I don't know whether you've come across something like that.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28It makes a lot of noise, but there's nothing wrong with it. Ha-ha-ha!
0:09:28 > 0:09:31In a corner of the village called Middleyard,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34King's Stanley Baptist Church was once the place of worship
0:09:34 > 0:09:36for Thomas Burchell's wife
0:09:36 > 0:09:40and it's the oldest Baptist church in Gloucestershire.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Good morning.- I'm Nigel. - I'm Franklin.- Pleased to meet you, Franklin.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- Pleasure to meet you. - Glad you could join us.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Attendance is in freefall.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Pastor Nigel Price has been given five years
0:09:49 > 0:09:52to attract more people or face closure,
0:09:52 > 0:09:57like the 1,500 rural churches that have shut in the past 20 years.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58We're few in number.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01We are an elderly congregation.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Unless we can change that, then the church would close.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06I'd be very sad.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10There's been a Christian presence here for hundreds of years.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13I think it would leave a real hole.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Good morning.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16ALL: Good morning.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18We have a particular visitor this morning
0:10:18 > 0:10:20who's come further than most of us.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21I'm hoping that Pastor Small
0:10:21 > 0:10:24will bring a fresh perspective on our situation,
0:10:24 > 0:10:28and maybe come up with some, some fresh ideas.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31It's going to be a good year for plums, this year.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32They're doing very well.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36This will hopefully go purple in the next week or two
0:10:36 > 0:10:37and be ready for eating.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40This is Franklin's first taste of worship,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42King's Stanley style.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Once the first frost comes...
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Can you hear me? Is that better?
0:10:47 > 0:10:48There we are.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51If we're to be healthy, if we're to be strong,
0:10:51 > 0:10:56if we're to be fruitful, our focus needs to be on Jesus.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- Hi. Bless you.- How are you? - I'm fine, thank you, and you?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- Nice to see you.- It's a pleasure.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07'There was only one young person in the congregation.'
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Not only that, but I counted how many members were there,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15and to be exact, there were 17 members there,
0:11:15 > 0:11:19'so already, my mind is starting to think,
0:11:19 > 0:11:25'and then I see the challenge, the problem,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29that a church without young people tells me that it is a dying church.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31How do you do, sir? And how are you?
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Not too bad, not too bad, considering...
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- I'm a war veteran.- Oh!
0:11:38 > 0:11:43'The church community needs to come out and share with the people,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46'let them have an understanding to know what the church is all about.'
0:11:46 > 0:11:50That's the only way persons will come to be a part of the fellowship,
0:11:50 > 0:11:51to be a part of the body of Christ.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54'And that's just my mission.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58'I have to win a person's heart.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02'I will not come to a place and just tell people that they need to repent
0:12:02 > 0:12:04'and be baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07'I'd be a fool.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09'And I am not here to be a fool.'
0:12:09 > 0:12:13King's Stanley has a population of 4,000.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16With only 17,000 at the church, Franklin wants to know
0:12:16 > 0:12:19what the rest of the community get up to on a Sunday.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22The church might be at the geographical heart
0:12:22 > 0:12:25of the village, but what about spiritually?
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- Good afternoon, how are you? - Fine, thank you.- Good.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31It's very different from what Franklin's used to.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34My name is Franklin. I'm from Jamaica.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- THEY LAUGH - I'm off.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40I'm here on some missions,
0:12:40 > 0:12:46just trying to find out why persons are not really attending any more.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49How do you think of church? What do you think the church is for?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55They don't really get used a lot, to be fair.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- I used to go to church with my gran at, like, Christmas.- OK.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Have you ever thought about, "Why am I here?
0:13:01 > 0:13:05"What is the purpose? Why did I come? Why was I born?"
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- To reproduce.- Eh?- To reproduce.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- And after that, what next? - I dunno.- Eh?
0:13:14 > 0:13:18- I've never been there, so. - You haven't reproduced yet!
0:13:18 > 0:13:20THEY LAUGH I didn't hear.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24# We are number one, say we are number one! #
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- Yeah, yeah. I know you're number one in cricket.- Oh, yeah.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31# We are number one, say we are number one! #
0:13:31 > 0:13:35- I thought this was about God.- It is. - We turned it around into cricket.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- You turned it into sport. - No, no, no, no.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40No but sport is also about God because one,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43it is God who gives you the talent to do that.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- It's God who... - Gives me nothing, did he?- Yeah?
0:13:47 > 0:13:51- He doesn't give you anything? - I'm disabled.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53I want to run. I want to go on the pitch with him.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Even though you might want to run and all these things,
0:13:56 > 0:14:01you're able to do something, you just do not give up on life
0:14:01 > 0:14:03because God has still blessed you with something.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08He blessed you with eyes that you can see, lips, nose, all these things.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13Yeah? I understand but I believe in euthanasia. Do you?
0:14:13 > 0:14:19You believe in euthanasia just to kill, let the doctor get rid of you?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- Yeah because I'm in so much pain. - Yeah.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I'm on so much medication, yeah,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28every day, it's a nightmare for me.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33- Do you go to church?- I used to. - Why do you stop?- Cos...
0:14:34 > 0:14:37It's a long story. My...
0:14:37 > 0:14:41- I, I lost my sister.- Oh.- In 1973.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- She was 17 and I was 16. - I'm sorry to hear that.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47My faith went a little bit the other way, then.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- Wow.- Beautiful, eh? - Beautiful. Beautiful girl.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59She is beautiful. You're right to question God about that.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- You're right. To be honest, I don't have an answer for that.- No.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07But I still believe that everything happens for a reason.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Everything happens for a reason. Yeah, I understand that.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Everything happens for a reason and that's where my faith would've gone.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Say, "God, I don't know what is the reason."
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- But you're a better man than me. - No, we can all be good people.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33King's Stanley. It's a place without vibration and spirit.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Even though they have houses,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37cars and money,
0:15:37 > 0:15:39many of them are not happy.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42And you can see it. Why them go to pub?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45It shows that something is missing.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48If Burchell should have been here,
0:15:48 > 0:15:53knowing fully well how his context then and to see England now,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55he would have wept bitterly.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01His country, the country that was such a missionary country,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04is dying spiritually.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06He would have wept, but no doubt
0:16:06 > 0:16:10he would have decided that he would have to work very, very hard.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13And that's what I think needs to be done.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- You don't have scones in Jamaica? - No. I don't know what you,
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- I don't know. You just eat them like that?- You can have a taste.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37No, we have jam and cream. And strawberries on top, if you want.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41- But I can have.- Some of them are cheese ones as well.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Some people like the savoury ones.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50One of the ways Thomas Burchell grew his Jamaican congregation
0:16:50 > 0:16:53was by establishing Sunday schools for children.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01It's been years since King's Stanley Baptist Church ran a Sunday school,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04or even a youth club, and as part of his mission,
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Franklin wants to reconnect the church
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- with the young village community. - Hey, morning.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- This is Kerry. She runs the coffee shop.- Tries to!
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Oh! Oh, that's lovely.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Part of the King's Head pub has been turned into a village cafe
0:17:19 > 0:17:21and in the last few months,
0:17:21 > 0:17:26manager Kerry Greenaway has made it a thriving hub for young families.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29We do a few things here to try and get the communities together.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34We have different things. We have our slimming day is today. Fun days.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- What day you have your fun day? - Thursday.- Thursday.- Yeah.
0:17:38 > 0:17:44- We have, like, a bouncy castle, face painting.- Oh, great.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Erm, there's a ball pool for younger children.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Just basically getting people together, really.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52So at least we could, even after church,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- come and be a part of the fun day. - Definitely. Definitely.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58It is a real good day. Hopefully the weather will be good this week.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- Yeah.- So if you're still around, feel free to come.- Yeah, we'll see.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- I'll talk to the church about let me come and be a part.- Definitely.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10- It'd be really good. Good day.- Thank you very much, Kerry.- You're welcome.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Kerry has a good thing going, here, just near to the church,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17and it seems as though the church doesn't know exactly
0:18:17 > 0:18:19what is happening in the community.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Back home, we know of the different groups,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26social groups in the community,
0:18:26 > 0:18:30and we try to have even one representative from the church
0:18:30 > 0:18:35to give some idea of the church's perspective.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40I mean, this is an avenue to get children
0:18:40 > 0:18:44and when you get children to come to church,
0:18:44 > 0:18:48their parents also will come to church.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54When Burchell first landed in Jamaica,
0:18:54 > 0:18:56he faced huge opposition from plantation owners
0:18:56 > 0:18:59who banned their slaves from attending church.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Two of the owners even tried to kill Burchell
0:19:03 > 0:19:05by forcing his carriage from a cliff.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10So far, resistance that Franklin's faced has come in the form of apathy
0:19:10 > 0:19:13and scepticism, including that of Kevin West,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16who suffers from severe heart and respiratory problems.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18DOORBELL
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Having heard that Kevin's unwell, Franklin's paying him a visit.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29Kev needs somebody just to be there. I'm not saying he doesn't need faith,
0:19:29 > 0:19:35but I want to be there to share with him and offer me as a friend.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- Who is it?- What's up? Franklin, man. I heard you're not well.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48My friend, I heard you're not well. HE SOBS
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- I can't carry on no more. - Yes, yes, yes, yes.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- Yes, Kev.- No. - HE SOBS
0:19:56 > 0:20:01- Don't give up. Don't give up. Don't give up.- You say don't give up.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- I can't take any more.- I understand but still, don't give up.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Still don't give up.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Here am I. I'm here.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14It means therefore you still have people who care about you, Kev.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22This ain't no life.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27This is not the life I would want anybody to have.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30It doesn't matter.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34- It's too late for me. - It's not late.- Of course it is.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38How you look at how life is,
0:20:38 > 0:20:42is so therapeutic, it's so comforting.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47So if you give up, life is going to be pathetic.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51But if you look at life as if there is still hope,
0:20:51 > 0:20:53it's different, Kev.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57This is what I'm trying to tell you. Look at it from a different angle.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02- I've tried.- Continue trying. - I've tried.- Continue trying.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04No.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09I chose the path of destruction.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15If you say, "Lord, forgive me.
0:21:15 > 0:21:22"I want my life to change around. I'm giving you back my life."
0:21:22 > 0:21:27- It's too late.- No. He did it for me and I believe he can do it for anybody else.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- Why doesn't he?- Eh? - Why doesn't he, Frank?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Because you have to make the choice.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36I have a church service on Sunday at King's Stanley Baptist.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Oh, yeah?
0:21:38 > 0:21:42- It would be nice to see you, Kev. - I'll try.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I'll try.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- All right, my brother, my friend.- OK.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53You take care and God bless for what you've done today.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58That did me a lot of good. I know you are a genuine man anyway.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Bugger off, go on. You're lovely. - HE LAUGHS
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- All right, my friend.- Yeah.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- God bless.- God bless.- My friend.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Franklin's religious conviction owes much to the life of his hero, Thomas Burchell,
0:22:16 > 0:22:21a figure whose achievements have been all but forgotten in England.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24As well as helping King's Stanley Baptist Church,
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Franklin's on a mission to discover more about Burchell's life,
0:22:28 > 0:22:30starting in nearby Shortwood,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33once home to the church where Burchell was baptised.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37KNOCKING
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Hi.- Hello.- Good morning. How are you?- Good morning.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43You on the trail of Thomas Burchell. Come on in.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- Pleasure.- He's arranged to meet with Heather Cunild.- Lemon?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- No, that's all right. Thank you. - Are you sure?
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Her family have local archive dating back to the 1800s.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Now, here we are. This is the, I think,
0:22:58 > 0:23:02what he would have known, the church.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- It was taken down in 1837.- Oh.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Baptists like Burchell were non-conformists,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15religious groups who refused to accept the Church of England's authority.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17As a result, they faced persecution
0:23:17 > 0:23:21and were forced to establish their chapels in the countryside.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23I think this is a very good spot
0:23:23 > 0:23:27because there are footpaths going in all directions from here
0:23:27 > 0:23:31so I suspect that's why the chapel was built here in the first place.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36- People came from up to 30 miles away.- Wow.- Long, long time.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39And they would bring their lunch and they would picnic.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41And stayed for the day.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45And they would do a morning service and an evening service.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46There were two services a day.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49There is a bit in this book, actually, I was reading.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54- Shortwood sent seven of its members to the mission field.- Wow.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58The most notable of these was Reverend Thomas Burchell,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01who went to Jamaica in 1823,
0:24:01 > 0:24:03where he founded a hill station called Shortwood.
0:24:05 > 0:24:11Yes! There is a church in Jamaica! In St James.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- Is there?- Yes!
0:24:13 > 0:24:15By the name of Shortwood!
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- Oh, my! I totally... That had slipped me.- There it is.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22There is a church in St James by the name of Shortwood.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24This is great.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27The spot where Shortwood Chapel once stood
0:24:27 > 0:24:29and where Burchell was baptised
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- is just a few hundred yards from Heather's home.- There we are.
0:24:34 > 0:24:40So, the chapel, what they did was they planted conifers
0:24:40 > 0:24:43to mark where the chapel had been.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Baptism is such a high point wherein you are testifying
0:24:47 > 0:24:49and showing that you are now different
0:24:49 > 0:24:52so it's a public declaration to the whole world
0:24:52 > 0:24:54that I am now a follower of Jesus Christ.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58So you can just imagine how significant it was for him,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00here at Shortwood and not only that,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03but the Shortwood that he had established in Jamaica.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07- That's right. It obviously meant a huge amount, didn't it? - That's wonderful.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09I'm happy that I'm standing on holy ground.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Yes, yes, no.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Really discovering Burchell,
0:25:16 > 0:25:20the fact that I can come to the physical space of where he was
0:25:20 > 0:25:26really helps me to feel that connection with him,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29from whence he came.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34I will just use a simple term. It's a wow moment. It feels good for me.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38During 1830, Thomas Burchell travelled
0:25:38 > 0:25:41a punishing 3,000 miles by horse and on foot
0:25:41 > 0:25:44to preach at his Jamaican missionary stations
0:25:44 > 0:25:47and saw him suffer with long bouts of illness and exhaustion,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50due to the extreme tropical heat.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55With fun day upon them, the English climate's proving a different threat
0:25:55 > 0:26:00as Franklin and Nigel prepare to woo the young of the community with a musical offering.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07We can't do it outside. It's just not feasible.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- We will do what we can inside. - It's not really ideal.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13I'm sure it's going to be a disadvantage for us.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Too wet to perform outside,
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Plan B is to head down the corridor to the back of the pub.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24The drawback, or the disadvantage
0:26:24 > 0:26:27would be that persons who are passing
0:26:27 > 0:26:31would not here and see because we are in an enclosed space
0:26:31 > 0:26:34but we hope that those who come to the cafe
0:26:34 > 0:26:38can move around and come around and see what we offer.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- Do you need an extension? - Yes, please. That would be good.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46To help them with their performance, Nigel and Franklin have
0:26:46 > 0:26:49recruited some members of a church in nearby Stroud.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Whenever you are ready, those who don't want to come, you are fine.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55But we are going to start the programme
0:26:55 > 0:26:58and we would be more than happy if you could come and share with us.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Thank you very much. Looking forward to having you.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Those who are not inclined to come, that's fine.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07But those who would like to come, we would be more than happy to have you.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12We can put our hands together as we welcome the pastor
0:27:12 > 0:27:18and members of the King's Stanley Baptist church.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20APPLAUSE
0:27:20 > 0:27:22So we are going to sing a Jamaican song
0:27:22 > 0:27:26and I'm going to try my best to see what we can do.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30Can we have Izzy and Alesha?
0:27:36 > 0:27:39# Let me praise me God
0:27:39 > 0:27:42# Call me brothers and sisters let me tread cross the tide
0:27:42 > 0:27:44# Make me praise me God
0:27:44 > 0:27:47# Call me brothers and sisters let me tread cross the tide
0:27:47 > 0:27:50# Listen to me
0:27:50 > 0:27:53# Going to make up me mind what me gonna do
0:27:53 > 0:27:56# God nuff on my mind, take a better visual
0:27:56 > 0:28:00# Jesus is sweeter than coconut drops
0:28:00 > 0:28:02# Make me praise me God
0:28:02 > 0:28:05# Brothers and sisters, let me tread cross the tide
0:28:05 > 0:28:07# Make me praise me God. #
0:28:07 > 0:28:11It's proving a tough gig.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14The weather has put a lot of people off
0:28:14 > 0:28:17but whether or not anyone's going to come now
0:28:17 > 0:28:20because they've put the bouncy castle down.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23I dunno, it's worth a try. You never know.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Yeah, some people just don't believe, do they?
0:28:28 > 0:28:32It's a bit of a hard one. Yeah.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Get your hands together.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Amen. Praise the Lord.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Thank you very much. Good.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49APPLAUSE
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Franklin's first efforts to bring the community together
0:29:00 > 0:29:02hasn't had the impact he'd been hoping for.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07To be honest, I'm sort of disappointed.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15But that doesn't prevent me from doing what I know I can.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22I'm here for a purpose. I'm here for a mission.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27And I must get through it, you know. I'm not alone in the mission.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32You know, my God the Almighty is with I so I must get through, man.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Rules and regulations.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- No expletives. No bad words.- Yes.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50I don't want nobody telling anybody about their mother nor anything.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Just want to enjoy the game.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55WHISTLE
0:29:55 > 0:29:58It's not just the Baptist faith that Franklin shares
0:29:58 > 0:30:00with his missionary hero.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03As a young man, Thomas Burchell was a sports fanatic.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07In Jamaica, Franklin has set up a church football team
0:30:07 > 0:30:08to offer fellowship
0:30:08 > 0:30:14and a sense of community to Kingston's wayward young men.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15WHISTLE
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Now Franklin's decided to bring some of his downtown philosophy
0:30:24 > 0:30:28to King's Stanley by gathering some locals for a game.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35For Franklin, religion is more than just a church.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37It's about community spirit.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Ready, man. What's up?
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- What's up? - You all right?- Yeah, I'm cool, man.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48- Are you going to play? - Yeah, I'm playing.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Cool, bro. Yeah, man.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54It will be interesting to see how they play
0:30:54 > 0:30:59after taking such lovely drinks, you know.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02I hope they will not be too intoxicated!
0:31:02 > 0:31:06All right, guys. My name is Franklin. I'm from Jamaica.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09APPLAUSE
0:31:09 > 0:31:11# Who are ya? #
0:31:11 > 0:31:13LAUGHTER
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Just to explain why I'm here.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20I just want to present a side of the church that I know and that,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23you know, that people can, even though they go to church,
0:31:23 > 0:31:24church is not boring.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27You still can play football and enjoy because it's all a part of life.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Right, gentlemen? So we're just going to enjoy ourselves, play a game.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33I don't know. Choose a captain for each team.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- Me! Me! Me!- All right.- Yey!
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- I pick me godfather.- Godfather, where's your godfather? He's here.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42APPLAUSE
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- All right.- Me dad. - You're pick your dad.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48HE LAUGHS
0:31:48 > 0:31:51REGGAE MUSIC PLAYS
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Youngsters, there's nothing at all for them to do. This is it.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10King's Stanley. Kids are going to get into mischief.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14- Woah!- The church does need more sponsors and help and that.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18Not a lot of people know about it and use it so a bit more would be good.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- THEY SHOUT - If more people did it, we'd be better off.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25THEY CHEER
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Get in!
0:32:28 > 0:32:32Cheers, mate. Cool, man. Cool, mate.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Tomorrow morning at 10.30am I'll be preaching at King's,
0:32:35 > 0:32:37- so please be there. - Middle yard.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41I hope to see you all there.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Yeah, 10.30am. 10.30am.
0:32:44 > 0:32:49- I'll see you at 10.00am. 10.30am. - So, middle yard?- Middle yard.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51- Just down there?- Yeah.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56Really fun. Erm, quite tiring and a bit weird.
0:32:56 > 0:33:01- OK, man.- Cos it don't really happen round here any more.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04It's mostly happening in like Gloucester and everything.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08Like, like say the riots, for example.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Like, everything's happening there
0:33:10 > 0:33:13and nothing's happening round here, really.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16But today was really fun, I'd have to say.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19- See you at 10.30am. - Yeah, 10.30am.
0:33:19 > 0:33:24For 10-year-old Daniel, Franklin's football team offers much more than just a kickabout.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28Everybody at school used to be like bullying me
0:33:28 > 0:33:32so I used to, like, get really cross.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I used to cry my eyes out and everything.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39Franklin's nice cos at least you know someone you can go to,
0:33:39 > 0:33:41to talk to.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45Just don't really get to talk to much people around here.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55It's Sunday in King's Stanley
0:33:55 > 0:34:00and Franklin's preparing to give his very first sermon at the Baptist church.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04To tell you the truth, I'm nervous.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Nervous in the sense that it's a different congregation,
0:34:08 > 0:34:10it's my first time.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13I'm gonna try to bring some of the vibes,
0:34:13 > 0:34:15to try to bring some life.
0:34:15 > 0:34:20Hopefully, the resurrection spirit
0:34:20 > 0:34:25will be evident in King's Stanley Baptist Church.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Franklin takes comfort in knowing
0:34:35 > 0:34:38that despite the opposition Burchell encountered,
0:34:38 > 0:34:42his hard work and dedication paid off
0:34:42 > 0:34:44and six years after his arrival in Jamaica,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47he bought 8,000 people to the Baptist faith.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- Welcome.- Morning.- Welcome.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54It looks like Franklin's hard work has paid off, too.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56For the first time in years,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59there's some young blood at King's Stanley Baptist Church.
0:34:59 > 0:35:04Bless you. What's up, bro? Oh, man. Yeah.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Following Franklin's community kickabout,
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Daniel is making an appearance.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- Told you I was coming, didn't I?- And he's brought his family with him.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16Oh, my friend! Good to have you here, man. Pleasure.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19- You promised me.- Yeah. I did promise. I always make my promises.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Good morning.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33I'm happy to be here to speak to you for the first time in this context.
0:35:34 > 0:35:40I'll be speaking on the topic "God's mission".
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Get involved.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47There are people in this community
0:35:47 > 0:35:50that are thirsty for God,
0:35:50 > 0:35:54who are sick because they need God,
0:35:54 > 0:35:58who are naked because they are not clothed spiritually.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02I now ask you, sisters and brothers who are seated here,
0:36:02 > 0:36:05and we call ourselves Christian.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08You have the responsibility.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Let them see it.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16Go. Leave here at King's Stanley Baptist Church.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20Go and work for your reward.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23May God bless you. For Christ's sake, Amen. ALL: Amen.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30- You guys cool, man?- We're OK, thank you.- My friends, what's up?
0:36:30 > 0:36:32- That was lovely. - It was good. I enjoyed it.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35You enjoyed? All right. I'm happy that you did.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38- Thank you very much.- Orange drink?
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- Would you like a drink?- Orange?
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Franklin's going,
0:36:44 > 0:36:46I can't quite match that for energy and style.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49It's here somewhere.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Today's not just the first time Daniel's been to the church.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56- What was her name? Evelyn? - What's that one, there?
0:36:56 > 0:36:59This is where his great-grandmother is buried.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Daniel and his dad are taking the opportunity
0:37:01 > 0:37:03to visit the grave for the first time.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Oh, it's here, it is.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Ah, that's why I missed his funeral.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12We just took over the pub that day.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15That's why. See you later, Nan.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20- So this is your great-gran? - Evelyn.- Evelyn, mm-hmm.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23It is the first you have come to look at it?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- Yeah, I never knew it was here! - Well, that's good.- Yeah.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- And this could be, this could be your church.- Yeah.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- If they don't shut it down. - If they don't shut it down.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36- Do you want them to shut it down? No. - No.- I'm happy to hear that.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40- We are going to make sure that it doesn't shut down, right?- Yeah.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43This is where you're gonna come, because you're my friend.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48It was different for King's Stanley Baptist Church.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51The presence of people, it's an increase.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55I was more than overjoyed in having them coming
0:37:55 > 0:37:58and making sure that they are welcomed.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00- You like the vibes, yeah?- I did.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03There is only one disappointment I have, only one.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08If there were any other person that I wanted to see was to see Kev.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12My good friend who had promised me to come
0:38:12 > 0:38:13and he just didn't come.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17I don't know what happens but I'm not casting any judgement
0:38:17 > 0:38:19or anything like that but I'm still disappointed.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24I think he just didn't turn up, you know. Cos he's my friend.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Franklin's a nice man.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35There's something, something's there.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38There's something there when he talks, talks to me.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43And yeah, there's definitely something there. There's definitely.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Cos I wouldn't have thought about going to church, would I?
0:38:46 > 0:38:51But it's hard to get me away from the bar because, like,
0:38:51 > 0:38:54I enjoy my drink.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58And I chill out when I'm so poorly and that.
0:39:02 > 0:39:08Maybe my thoughts on life and God and everything may change.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11I hope so. I hope so.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18As Burchell's congregation started to grow,
0:39:18 > 0:39:21he began holding outdoor services and prayer meetings
0:39:21 > 0:39:25and baptising new converts in Jamaica's rivers.
0:39:26 > 0:39:31Inspired by Burchell, Franklin wants to build on the success of his Sunday service
0:39:31 > 0:39:36and transform King's Stanley worship with a Bank Holiday Church Festival.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38It's a good idea, it is.
0:39:38 > 0:39:44Hopefully it will get some folk together, anyway.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50I hope that persons will realise that the church is alive,
0:39:50 > 0:39:54not only on Sundays and not only for funerals and weddings
0:39:54 > 0:39:57but for other experiences that family and individuals
0:39:57 > 0:40:01can be a part of and come and experience something different.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05It's not a one-off venture, I hope.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07It's the beginning of many
0:40:07 > 0:40:10and new things at the King's Stanley Baptist Church.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- You want me to hand these out? - You can put them there for me.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- All right, great. Thank you, Kerry. - You're welcome.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20- Do you want me to go round, handing them out?- Ask Franklin.- Franklin?
0:40:20 > 0:40:25- I'm going to go round the village. - I'll drop some off, if you like. - All right. No problem.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31My name is Franklin Small and I'm with the King's Stanley Baptist Church.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33- We have a Church Festival on Monday at five.- Oh, right.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36I'm just going to give you an invitation and the possibility exists
0:40:36 > 0:40:40- that can show it to someone else. - Yep, definitely. Will do.- Thank you.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45Good afternoon. My name is Franklin Small, I'm a part of King's Stanley Baptist Church.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48We're just inviting you on Monday. Thank you very much. Pleasure.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52I reckon this person should go. He's a bit lazy.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56We're having a Church Festival on Monday at the Middle Yard, 5.00pm.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59I'm gonna leave a poster. Invitation to King's Stanley Baptist Church.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01- Hand it to me, man.- Yeah.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Just gonna go over the park, just to rest a little.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07What do people think about faith? Church?
0:41:07 > 0:41:12I don't think no-one in my family has Christianity or something.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15I kind of do, a little bit.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19We should serve God because if he controls our lives,
0:41:19 > 0:41:20this world would be better.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24There won't be any crime, violence, there won't be any greed.
0:41:24 > 0:41:29Nobody would want to hurt anybody, all that sort of thing.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32We need to ask him to come into our hearts, into our lives,
0:41:32 > 0:41:34no matter how young we are.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38To do that, just like how you talk to me, you just ask him,
0:41:38 > 0:41:41which is praying.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Do you want to try it now or anything?
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Erm, might do in a few years. - A few years from now.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51- OK, you're not ready for that yet. - No. I'm a little bit too young.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53You believe you're a little bit too young.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57- Do you believe you're a little bit too young to die?- Yeah.- Oh!
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- Don't you see young persons dying? - Not often, round here.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06My best mate got knocked over and he survived.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10And my other mate, she got knocked over and she survived.
0:42:10 > 0:42:15- Aw, I'm sorry to hear.- It's like, why's it all happening at once?
0:42:15 > 0:42:19Maybe it's just a warning, a sign to say you're lucky this time.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23- And be careful on the roads. - Yeah, that sort of thing.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26Come here, bro. Yeah, man.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33In 1831, tensions between slave owners
0:42:33 > 0:42:36and Burchell came to a head.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41A slave rebellion, lead by one of Burchell's black ministers,
0:42:41 > 0:42:44was viciously suppressed and hundreds of slaves were killed.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49Burchell was arrested and 10 of his chapels were burnt to the ground.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Fearing for his life when confronted by a white mob,
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Burchell fled and returned to the UK
0:42:56 > 0:43:01and began tirelessly lobbying parliament for an end to slavery.
0:43:01 > 0:43:06Finally, in August 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act was passed,
0:43:06 > 0:43:11freeing 800,000 slaves in the Caribbean.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Burchell returned to Jamaica to continue his work.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23Franklin wants to know why Burchell's incredible achievements
0:43:23 > 0:43:26should have vanished from view, in England.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30So, he's travelled north to the Lake District, to meet 80-year-old
0:43:30 > 0:43:34David Edmunds, Burchell's great-great-great grandson.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38Presently, Thomas Burchell is a name.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Is a name that I'm trying
0:43:41 > 0:43:43to find out more of.
0:43:43 > 0:43:48But to find, and greet, a bloodline of Thomas Burchell,
0:43:48 > 0:43:50that is wonderful.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53- Nice to see you! Welcome. - It's a pleasure.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55- Do come in.- Thank you.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58I've got some things I want to show you.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00David was born and brought up in Jamaica,
0:44:00 > 0:44:03and the country is still close to his heart.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06- Sit there. You can see the view. - All right, no problem.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09The reason that I came in here first,
0:44:09 > 0:44:11was because this is the room
0:44:11 > 0:44:14I'm allowed to put all my Jamaica things.
0:44:14 > 0:44:18Here is a map, an original print, from 1690, would you believe?
0:44:18 > 0:44:21Yes, I know that map.
0:44:21 > 0:44:25- Do you know it?- Yes, because it's at the gallery, and also at Port Royal.
0:44:25 > 0:44:29- Is it?- That's right, yes. - Oh, I thought I had the only one.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31No, no, no! HE LAUGHS
0:44:31 > 0:44:34- Hello!- Hello.- Let me introduce my wife.- I'm Franklin Small.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36- Oh, it's so nice...- I haven't found out what to call him yet.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39- How lovely.- Franklin. - Franklin's best?
0:44:39 > 0:44:43- I've just remember, we've got this. Look, there's the...- Aw!
0:44:43 > 0:44:46That's fantastic, isn't it?
0:44:46 > 0:44:48To be honest, I don't know this.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51They are coasters.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Made out of that special wood. Mahoe?
0:44:53 > 0:44:55The national flower, yes.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58So, I just thought you'd like to see them.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00They're beautiful. HE LAUGHS
0:45:00 > 0:45:04I've got one or two things that I might show you.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Particularly precious to David
0:45:06 > 0:45:08are the family heirlooms from Jamaica,
0:45:08 > 0:45:12believed to have belonged to Burchell's daughter, Esthrana.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14These, we think, belonged to the family.
0:45:14 > 0:45:18There is a coral necklace. I think it has no particular value.
0:45:18 > 0:45:22Except the fact my mother maintained it belonged to Esthrana,
0:45:22 > 0:45:25because she'd seen a painting of her where she had the corals on.
0:45:25 > 0:45:29The other thing is a wedding veil.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32Right, this is the veil.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34You're experienced in these things?
0:45:34 > 0:45:37No, I really got married not too long ago.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39THEY LAUGH
0:45:39 > 0:45:42This is good. That means I hold history.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45I hold TANGIBLE history in my hand.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49I just believe, because of the impact of us in Jamaica,
0:45:49 > 0:45:50we were the recipient.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53And he was up against authorities and structures.
0:45:53 > 0:45:56So the possibility exists that's why his name
0:45:56 > 0:45:58would not be highlighted that much.
0:45:58 > 0:46:02I don't think any of the non-conformists were.
0:46:02 > 0:46:06The Church Of England did NOT support the non-conformists.
0:46:06 > 0:46:07Exactly.
0:46:07 > 0:46:11He was buried outside the City of London.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15He was one of the first burials in the non-conformist cemetery.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17That's why he's there.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21- So, we've already seen that he's an outcast.- That's right.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23A name that should not be remembered.
0:46:23 > 0:46:27I was going to say that. People like Burchell had been instructed,
0:46:27 > 0:46:30when they went to Jamaica, not to interfere with the slavery.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32It was, "Nothing to do with you.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35- "You are there to save souls." - That's right.
0:46:35 > 0:46:39"You've got no business knowing anything about the political system,
0:46:39 > 0:46:40"so leave it alone."
0:46:40 > 0:46:42But that was why.
0:46:42 > 0:46:46- I'm really fascinated, happy, overjoyed.- You're fired up, are you?
0:46:46 > 0:46:48Yeah! HE LAUGHS
0:46:48 > 0:46:49That's excellent.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51That's how we Baptists are!
0:46:51 > 0:46:56We are always fired-up, when it comes to things that are right and good,
0:46:56 > 0:46:59and proper. That is the thing.
0:46:59 > 0:47:00Well, let me say goodbye to you.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03- Thank you very much for coming. - Thank you.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05I hope you'll come back again some other time.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09- I hope so. Thank you. - It's been a great, great pleasure.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Bye-bye.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14Franklin's encounter has been an inspiration
0:47:14 > 0:47:18for him and his Baptist faith.
0:47:19 > 0:47:24It's one of those experiences that you really bask in.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26Just to listen, to talk,
0:47:26 > 0:47:29to share the experience of "yard", Jamaica,
0:47:29 > 0:47:32and also the experiences of his own family.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37Burchell took up the baton from somebody else,
0:47:37 > 0:47:38passed it on,
0:47:38 > 0:47:41and here am I,
0:47:41 > 0:47:43having it in my hand.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47I'm sure that I'm not going to drop the baton.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49Going to continue the work.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51And pass it on to somebody else.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59It's bank holiday in King's Stanley.
0:47:59 > 0:48:03Franklin's taking his Burchell-inspired church festival
0:48:03 > 0:48:05to the street.
0:48:05 > 0:48:09It's something new for this community and context.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12It's just to see if we can use different strategies.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15Now we're trying to bring the community to the church,
0:48:15 > 0:48:18so they can see where the church is at, number one.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21And, two, what the church has to offer.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24All right, cool, bro? We have not yet started.
0:48:24 > 0:48:27But we are happy that you are here.
0:48:27 > 0:48:28MUSIC: "Amazing Grace"
0:48:28 > 0:48:30# How sweet the sound... #
0:48:32 > 0:48:35Good to see you. All right? I'm good, man.
0:48:35 > 0:48:36You can have a seat, yeah.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40# I once was lost But now I'm found... #
0:48:40 > 0:48:42Good to see you guys. Yeah, man.
0:48:42 > 0:48:46# Was blind but now I see... #
0:48:49 > 0:48:53Thank you very much. We are going to start.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56We hoped we would have had more persons here,
0:48:56 > 0:48:57before we begin,
0:48:57 > 0:49:01but we're going to go straight into the package, the programme we plan.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03APPLAUSE
0:49:04 > 0:49:06# Give me pass # Come and praise me, God
0:49:06 > 0:49:08# Come me brother and sister
0:49:08 > 0:49:10# Make we chapel safe
0:49:10 > 0:49:12# Give me pass. #
0:49:12 > 0:49:16It may not be the turnout that Franklin was hoping for,
0:49:16 > 0:49:19but there's one arrival he wasn't expecting.
0:49:19 > 0:49:20Hey, man.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22My friend, Kev.
0:49:22 > 0:49:27I'm so happy to see you, man. Thanks, man.
0:49:27 > 0:49:29You've not done anything.
0:49:29 > 0:49:32It's just that
0:49:32 > 0:49:37I'm so happy, to be honest.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39If you could see my heart...
0:49:39 > 0:49:41Thanks, man. You can come and have a seat.
0:49:41 > 0:49:46In Jamaica, we speak what we call "Jamaican",
0:49:46 > 0:49:49but it is called "patois".
0:49:49 > 0:49:53What I'm going to do, I'm going to read the Bible
0:49:53 > 0:49:56in patois.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59SPEAKS PATOIS
0:50:05 > 0:50:08For Christians, the story of the daughter of Gyrus,
0:50:08 > 0:50:12about a sick woman being healed by Jesus,
0:50:12 > 0:50:18shows faith can exist, even in hopeless situations.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20When it comes to Jesus,
0:50:20 > 0:50:22no matter what people think about you,
0:50:22 > 0:50:23not matter who you are,
0:50:23 > 0:50:25you can approach Jesus.
0:50:25 > 0:50:29If you're feeling down and out.
0:50:29 > 0:50:33If you feel as if life has given you a raw deal.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37If you feel like even giving up, there is somebody named Jesus
0:50:37 > 0:50:39that I want to recommend you to.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41That's all you have to do.
0:50:41 > 0:50:46Reach out and touch him. Is there one person here who would say,
0:50:46 > 0:50:48"Franklin.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51"I have never yet trust Jesus.
0:50:51 > 0:50:56"I have never even pray to Jesus.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58"But, now that you have spoken,
0:50:58 > 0:51:01"I want to touch Jesus
0:51:01 > 0:51:04"I want to call upon Jesus."
0:51:04 > 0:51:06Kev. Anyone else?
0:51:06 > 0:51:10Danny. Amen.
0:51:10 > 0:51:11APPLAUSE
0:51:11 > 0:51:15Thank you, very much.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17He's been nice and kind,
0:51:17 > 0:51:21and I'm really going to miss him.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25He's actually brought the church relation into my family.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28Like, into my heart.
0:51:28 > 0:51:33And I really want to start going to church now.
0:51:33 > 0:51:35Thank you for coming.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37And, I'm just hoping
0:51:37 > 0:51:40that changes will happen, cos you are my friend.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42And I'm praying for you. You know that.
0:51:42 > 0:51:48You know the faith, the confidence, and the hope I have for you.
0:51:48 > 0:51:49And I will always have that.
0:51:49 > 0:51:53When I first met him, I thought,
0:51:53 > 0:51:54"Here we go."
0:51:56 > 0:51:59I don't know of a word. "Bible basher"?
0:51:59 > 0:52:02But he wasn't like that, at all.
0:52:02 > 0:52:07He didn't force it upon you, you know?
0:52:07 > 0:52:09You have to make your own mind up.
0:52:09 > 0:52:14And that's why I came today. To make my OWN mind up.
0:52:14 > 0:52:16Please, God.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20Maybe something will come out of it.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31MUSIC: "School Days" by Toots & The Maytals
0:52:39 > 0:52:42It's Franklin's last morning
0:52:42 > 0:52:44in King's Stanley.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46As in Jamaica,
0:52:46 > 0:52:50he's been using football to attract young people to faith.
0:52:52 > 0:52:58And it's already boosted numbers at the Baptist church.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00Come on, Tucker!
0:53:02 > 0:53:04Shot!
0:53:05 > 0:53:09Jim's lost weight, hasn't he?
0:53:13 > 0:53:17Now Franklin wants to make sure his message of community spirit
0:53:17 > 0:53:21is a lasting one.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24All right, gentlemen. Let's just give each other...
0:53:24 > 0:53:27APPLAUSE It was a good game.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32First thing I want to tell you, thanks.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35For the friendship, the camaraderie, the way you accepted me
0:53:35 > 0:53:38in your space, and I really appreciate that.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41Not only that, but I thank you very much for coming out,
0:53:41 > 0:53:43so that we can play some football together.
0:53:43 > 0:53:44Football IS dear to my heart.
0:53:44 > 0:53:48For us, in Jamaica, we play football in the street.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50When the cars are coming, we move the goalposts,
0:53:50 > 0:53:52out of the way,
0:53:52 > 0:53:54so we do not have all these huge spaces
0:53:54 > 0:53:57to play football, and you have it right here.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00I hope that, when I'm not here,
0:54:00 > 0:54:03this continues, so you can come out together.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05However, I would want somebody to say,
0:54:05 > 0:54:07"I will be responsible".
0:54:07 > 0:54:09To organise.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11VOICES CLAMOUR All right?
0:54:11 > 0:54:13So, Andy, you are the person. LAUGHTER
0:54:13 > 0:54:16- All right? Thank you very much. - Thank you, Franklin.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18I wish you guys all the best.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21And hope the leadership goes to you, to organise the guys,
0:54:21 > 0:54:24so that you can come out and play some more football.
0:54:24 > 0:54:25No problem. We will.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28It's got to be Sundays, hasn't it? Let's get out here.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31One of the kids will bring the balls. Shirts off, let's go.
0:54:31 > 0:54:32CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:54:35 > 0:54:37Good goalkeeper. All right?
0:54:37 > 0:54:41You're welcome. Cheers, man. Cheers, man.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43Cheers. Cheers.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45If England is just like Gloucestershire,
0:54:45 > 0:54:48it needs a whole lot of work.
0:54:48 > 0:54:51But I believe many seeds
0:54:51 > 0:54:52have been sown.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55But it needs the workers who will water the seeds,
0:54:55 > 0:54:59so that these seeds can germinate.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02Franklin has pushed on that change process. He's active,
0:55:02 > 0:55:05he's open, he's doing things for God.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09That's what I want to pick up on.
0:55:09 > 0:55:10If we keep that focus,
0:55:10 > 0:55:12and persevere,
0:55:12 > 0:55:15I'm sure we WILL get results.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17Thank you for all you've done. I'll NEVER forget you.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19Very enjoyable. It was a pleasure.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21- Thank you.- Bless you.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Thanks.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35Before he leaves for Jamaica.
0:55:35 > 0:55:39there's one last visit Franklin wants to make.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44In 1845, Burchell caught yellow fever.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47Weak, and vomiting blood,
0:55:47 > 0:55:49he sailed to England to recover,
0:55:49 > 0:55:53leaving his wife and daughter behind.
0:55:53 > 0:55:58He died in London the following year, aged 46.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01As a non-conformist, he was buried outside the City,
0:56:01 > 0:56:04in Abney Park cemetery.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25HE SNIFFS
0:56:25 > 0:56:28It's really quite moving, you know?
0:56:30 > 0:56:32It's really quite moving.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37If he had died in Jamaica,
0:56:37 > 0:56:41his grave would be
0:56:41 > 0:56:44such a sight to behold.
0:56:44 > 0:56:48It would not be overgrown with all these things.
0:56:48 > 0:56:49But...
0:56:55 > 0:56:58..I just want to salute him.
0:56:58 > 0:56:59Tell him, "Thanks"
0:56:59 > 0:57:02for the work he has done for us, you know?
0:57:02 > 0:57:08In Jamaican term, we say, "Why, 'nuff respec',
0:57:08 > 0:57:11"to the man called Burchell, to the man called Thomas Burchell."
0:57:11 > 0:57:14" 'Nuff respec'"
0:57:14 > 0:57:17"Fi' 'im stand up for black people.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20"Fo' love people who were considered as animals.
0:57:20 > 0:57:21" 'Nuff respec'
0:57:21 > 0:57:24"to a man like this, here."
0:57:24 > 0:57:27I speak Jamaican, because he understands.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30It was his language, also.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33So we say, " 'Nuff respec' to Master Burchell.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36"Even when hi' own people na' repec' 'im.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38"But we, back a yard,
0:57:38 > 0:57:39respec' 'im".
0:57:39 > 0:57:41That's how it go.
0:58:00 > 0:58:04Next time, Pastor John Chilimtsidya
0:58:04 > 0:58:07comes to Blantyre, Glasgow.
0:58:07 > 0:58:12Birthplace of Victorian missionary, Dr David Livingstone.
0:58:12 > 0:58:14- All right?- I'm John, how are you?
0:58:14 > 0:58:19Now, almost 200 years later, can Pastor John help a community
0:58:19 > 0:58:20rediscover its faith?
0:58:20 > 0:58:22I want to encourage you to come to church.
0:58:25 > 0:58:26There's no Christianity at all.
0:58:26 > 0:58:29I feel like crying here.
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