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See for yourself
 The village of Cajamarca lies in the Andes, in northern Peru. Traditionally, the land has been enough to sustain the poverty-stricken families who call it home. But things are changing.
from January / February 2012 edition
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My hope for 2012
 We asked Christian leaders, including some of the Alliance’s leadership team, what they are hoping for in 2012. Here’s what they said...
from January / February 2012 edition
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Spirit breaks out
 In the autumn of 2011, worship album Spirit Break Out achieved the unthinkable. It broke into the top 10 of the iTunes chart, bringing worship music to the masses. Chine Mbubaegbu spoke to Tim Hughes, co-founder of Worship Central – the collaborative behind the album – about worship for today’s generation and the trials of being a local church worship leader...
from January / February 2012 edition
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The Games: an opportunity to be more inclusive
 The Paralympics is the world’s second largest sporting event and provides churches with an immense opportunity
to both engage with their communities and profile the needs of the most vulnerable and excluded people group in our society.
from January / February 2012 edition
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The big interview: Chris Duffett
 If you go down to Peterborough town centre on a Thursday afternoon, you’re sure of a big surprise. For you are likely to come across a jovial character and his willing helpers standing in the middle of the square offering free hugs and donuts to anyone who wants them.
from January / February 2012 edition
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When faith meets fashion
 Chine Mbubaegbu meets the owners of a luxury ethical fashion brand that is making waves with royalty, celebrities and the media...
from January / February 2012 edition
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What the Bible means to me
 I became a Christian in my late teens. I had grown up in church but was never too convinced by the whole thing. But one day found myself reading the gospels and it was while I walked through the stories of Jesus I found someone compelling and inviting.
from November / December 2011 edition
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How churches renewed their love of the Bible
 Churches around the country have been taking part in Biblefresh projects inspired by the national campaign with great enthusiasm this year, Claire Musters finds out the highlights from around the country.
from November / December 2011 edition
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Gather: God is doing something
 Unity movements where church leaders from across towns, cities and regions work together in friendship are helping to change their communities. God seems to be doing something very special where Christians are working together...
from November / December 2011 edition
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Bikers, bloggers and the Bible
 Spearheading the national Biblefresh campaign, the Alliance has been encouraging Christians to refresh their Bible passion throughout 2011. Purely and simply – re-discovering the excitement of its words and making it relevant in people’s lives - for good times and bad. And with bikers, bloggers and British festival goers all getting involved with us during the year, Rebecca Taylor looks at how the work has been making the Bible fresh for thousands both in the UK and abroad.
from November / December 2011 edition
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Quoting the King
 What is the most famous verse in the Bible? Think of your instinctive response. Was it John 3:16 by any chance?
from November / December 2011 edition
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Community Hope
 Young people in multicultural areas of Birmingham and Leeds have been getting to know their Muslim neighbours through various projects during the summer.
from September / October 2011 edition
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Bravery, Believing and Belonging: The reality of Muslim conversion
 While an increasing number of Christians are aware of the issues surrounding Islam, how many of us know someone who has converted to Christianity? Do we truly understand the journeys they have undertaken to reach their Christian faith, what they have given up and what they may have been through since making their decision? Claire Musters writes...
from September / October 2011 edition
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Afterlife
 A church in Bishopsgate, London, is encouraging inter-religious dialogue with students and the wider community in east London. Rob Scott, who co-ordinates international outreach at St Helens, and is author of Dear Abdullah; Eight questions Muslim people ask about Christianity (IVP), has been running joint discussion events with East London Mosque for six years.
from September / October 2011 edition
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Steve Bell Interview
 Steve Bell is a Christian and expert on Islam. He is the national director of Interserve, as well as the author of Friendship First and Grace for Muslims
from September / October 2011 edition
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Rebuilding Ground Zero
 A decade after 9/11, work is being done to build for a better future. Chine Mbubaegbu writes…
from September / October 2011 edition
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Love Thy Neighbour
 The Bible teaches that loving our neighbours must be our priority. But are all parts of the UK Church really switched on when it comes to seeing Muslims as that neighbour? And does a dimension of fear play its part in reluctance to build relationships? Rebecca Taylor takes a hard look at a subject the Church cannot ignore and finds congregations sharing their lives and their faith unreservedly...
from September / October 2011 edition
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Behind and Beyond 9/11
 Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, director of the Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue, looks back at 9/11 and forward at what the Christian response should be…
from September / October 2011 edition
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How 9/11 placed religion in the dock
 Religion can unite people across boundaries and divide people within, and history unfortunately provides a testament that it often also leads to war, Daniel Webster, writes...
from September / October 2011 edition
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Editorial
 Editorial by Chine Mbubaegbu
from September / October 2011 edition
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Inspired
 Pick up any paper and you'd think there wasn't anyone in the world willing to help someone in need - let alone go out of their way to do something extraordinary. But the organisers of the 2011 Inspire Awards know different. Rebecca Taylor brings us a taste of the nominations so far...
from July / August 2011 edition
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Untouchable: Re-humanising the Dalit people
 The Hindu caste system is bad news for the 250 million Dalit people classed as 'untouchables'. But a Christian entrepreneur is demonstrating how we can bring good news to this people group treated as social outcasts. Chine Mbubaegbu writes...
from July / August 2011 edition
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Housing for God
 In the current recession, the Church has one of the greatest opportunities to be truly radical and minister more directly to the poor. Rebecca Taylor meets church groups and housing associations tackling market forces and creating longterm mission and community opportunities in response...
from July / August 2011 edition
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The perils of Christian Burn-out
 Burnt-out? According to research, we are busier than ever. Modern life means children don’t spend enough time with their parents, adults struggle to achieve a worklife balance, and many of those living the single life are completely flat out with back-to-back schedules. For many it feels life is on permanent fast forward. And that’s before any church commitments. Rebecca Taylor looks at what is causing the meltdown...
from July / August 2011 edition
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More than Gold: Christians count down to the Games
 The Olympics will present a great opportunity for Christians to come up with innovative ways of getting involved with our communities, Chine Mbubaegbu, writes...
from July / August 2011 edition
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The evolution of Christianty Explored
 Commercial companies don't survive if they haven't researched their products. And the same is true of any Christian ministry.
from May / June 2011 edition
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Men at church
 The reality is stark. There aren't many men in church. Rebecca Taylor looks at why, despite a number of famous figures being candid about their faith and a strong male leadership and heritage, church just isn't cutting it in the real world of the modern man.
from May / June 2011 edition
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Meet Mr and Mrs Smith
 As lead singer of Delirious? – probably the most successful Christian rock band of all time – he played to thousands all over the world, toured with U2, and penned some of the world’s most recognisable worship songs. These days, Martin Smith is adapting to being more family man than frontman and, with his wife Anna, is taking life in a new direction...
from May / June 2011 edition
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Scriptures in pictures
 Sometimes, pictures tell stories far better than words can. And the winning entries to the Biblefresh photo competition certainly showed creatively and profoundly the impact of the greatest story every told...
from May / June 2011 edition
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Pastoring Parliament
 Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin sits in her office in the House of Commons as portraits of her 78 predecessors line the walls. None of them bear any resemblance to her. She is both the first woman and the first black person to have held the prestigious office of Speaker's Chaplain, providing a Christian ministry within the corridors of power.
from May / June 2011 edition
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To the polls: Electoral reform
 In May we once again get to vote, and depending how we vote, it might change the way we vote, writes Daniel Webster...
from March / April 2011 edition
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Sharing our faith, but not our freedoms
 As the Alliance partners with Open Doors on its World Watch List, we look at life for believers facing persecution around the world...
from March / April 2011 edition
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Suddenly God is speaking to people in their own language...
 Hazel Southam reports on an initiative to make the Bible more accessible to Christians in Burkina Faso...
from March / April 2011 edition
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Holy Matrimony?
 Christian leaders are more likely to have had an affair than members of their congregation, and many face struggles with online pornography which threaten to harm their marriages. Chine Mbubaegbu explores the implications of a shocking new survey...
from March / April 2011 edition
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