Listen to Les Isaac, co-founder of the Street Pastors initiative, talking to BBC Radio Essex.

“Surely God hasn’t called me to gather woodworm in my posterior while I sit in church? Surely he has called me to be practical and relevant? … I pray, I go to church, but I can’t just wait for God to come and do something because God’s got me here, and others, and he says ‘Go and do something’!”