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He is not here, for He is risen

Standing before an empty tomb just outside the wall of Jerusalem's Old City, many visitors are deeply touched by the message of the first Easter morning. Richard Meryon reports...
from March / April 2010 edition

An old message for a new world

Almost every day, some new digital tool offers us a new way to connect with each other. Anna Moyle, Nicole Holmes and Rich Cline explore the possibilities...
from March / April 2010 edition

The right kind of pest

By appealing at a grass-roots level, Tearfund is using the internet to badger corporations and politicians into being more responsible. Hazel Southam reports...
from January / February 2010 edition

A missing generation?

They're skint, they're single and, in what Soul Survivor's Mike Pilavachi calls the Church's "guilty family secret", a lot of them are turning their backs on church. Charis Gibson looks at the changing face of youth work...
from January / February 2010 edition

It's a justice issue

In the run-up to December's Copenhagen climate summit, Hazel Southam examines what global warming means for people around the world and how Christians can help...
from November / December 2009 edition

That moment of release

For the last 12 years, churches around Britain have been running Alpha courses in prisons, reports Hazel Southam. Today, the courses run in over 70 per cent of Britain's jails and the effect has been astounding.
from September / October 2009 edition

E is for Evangelism

After mercy, influence and life discipleship, Hazel Southam explores how evangelism fits into the Alliance's Square Mile initiative, helping churches reach out to their local communities...
from September / October 2009 edition

Tomorrow's leaders

Daniel Webster writes about an important opportunity for young people... Every Friday in a corner of Westminster, just a stone's throw from the Houses of Parliament, 20 young graduates try to develop a Christian mind. And no, this is not some strange exercise in eugenics. It's the Care Leadership Programme.
from July / August 2009 edition

L is for Discipleship

The Alliance's Square Mile initiative is about equipping churches and individuals to impact their communities through mercy, influence, life discipleship and evangelism. In the third of our four-part series, freelance journalist Seren Boyd talks to Christians who are living out their faith everyday...
from July / August 2009 edition

I is for Influence

The Alliance's Square Mile initiative is equipping churches to provide mercy, influence, life discipleship and evangelism to their communities. In the second part of our four-part series, Hazel Southam finds out how Christians are offering a positive influence...
from May / June 2009 edition

Born for such a time as this

In the wake of horrible violence, one mother has drawn on her faith to help others in a remarkable way. She tells her story to Hazel Southam...
from May / June 2009 edition