Jo Frost
Jo is the director of communications and engagement at the Evangelical Alliance. She has been involved in local church and national ministry for over 20 years, serving on leadership teams as well as planting churches in London and France. With an MA in public relations and public communications, she teaches, writes and preaches regularly on communications, culture, whole-life discipleship, mission and leadership. Jo leads the Being Human project with Peter Lynas, co-authoring Being Human: A new lens for our cultural conversations and co-hosting the Being Human podcast.
How extreme are you?
21 March 2024The presenting issue this week has been around the issue of extremism, as levelling up minister Michael Gove announced a new government definition of extremism designed to help government departments identify and exclude organisations that threaten the democratic stability of our country. But many people are deeply concerned about what Mr Gove is doing and the chilling effect it could have on us all. Mr Gove has defined extremism as “the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on…
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Fame, shame and the love of God: reflections on the passing of Matthew Perry
3 November 2023Beloved by millions, he was one of the six best Friends of a generation – multiple generations, in fact. And yet his insecurities and his self-doubt have been well documented, and in recent years he was incredibly open about his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction. Matthew Perry was not the TV show character he is most associated with, but it is hard for me to separate him from Chandler Bing, my favourite Friend. He supplied me with endless one-liners and sarcastic comments as I found…
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How to be human in a cost of living crisis
10 June 2022Today, with yet another crisis flooding our newsfeeds, as inflation soars and the cost of living ever-increases, we are once again seeing the poor disproportionately affected. Many of us are feeling the squeeze, reigning in our spending, forgoing luxuries and thinking twice about a longer car journey. But, for a sizable portion of our community, the effects are much more keenly and harshly felt. One in five of the UK population is currently living in poverty. The rate is even higher among…
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Dare to have the difficult conversations
11 June 2021Watching our words is a principle many of us take seriously, and with good reason. When it comes to difficult conversations, however, it can become something of an excuse to avoid speaking out or a shield to protect us from being misheard. This has been especially true when it comes to having conversations around sexuality and identity in the church. Over the last few years our cultural stories have shifted to embrace an LGBT-positive stance. Those of us who hold an orthodox biblical position…
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The good news of the God story
28 May 2021I always hated the idea of living in London. It seemed to me to be a place full of strangers. I love the experience of being known. Of walking down the street and stopping every few steps for a smile or a catch up. Of walking into a pub where my order’s ready on the bar before I’ve even crossed the hearth. I grew up in rural Dorset; I had only ever known what it was to be recognised and part of a community. Even when I moved away to Liverpool, I discovered that through the communities of…
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Channel 4's It's a Sin: stories of shame and mercy
17 March 2021From Bournemouth to Brighton to Canal Street in Manchester, my teenage and student years mirrored those of Nathan, Vince, Stuart and their friends: they were filled with rainbows and poppers, fairy wings and shared eyeliner. Even when I became a Christian, Canal Street on a Saturday night was where I could have beautiful, broken conversations with people, reminiscing about the church they knew as kids, the love they felt from Jesus, the hurt they’d received from Christians, and the acceptance…
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Getting started with social media
2 March 2021This article is part of our "Is the 'missing generation' still missing?” report to find out more click here.
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Prayer changes things
11 November 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has left no life unscathed in the UK. The national health crisis caused by the severity of illness for many has pushed our healthcare system and those who work within it to breaking point. The consequences of the resulting lockdowns are wide-ranging and, for many, catastrophic. Many businesses are unsustainable. Unemployment is booming. Children’s education has been severely impacted. Families have been separated. The vulnerable have been left exposed. For many,…
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May our shoulders be broad enough for others to climb
5 December 2019The event hosted by Rachael Heffer and Gavin Calver, with tributes from across the nations, through the generations and by the diverse cultures in the Evangelical Alliance. Throughout there was a consistent and resounding message of Steve’s commitment to ethnic unity. As people shared stories of his friendship and of his willingness to come alongside them, the heartfelt gratitude and appreciation echoed through them all. Current and former staff, along with members of the board, were all there…
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Generous freedom
1 July 2019The spoils of this war would have established Abram as an undisputed king. He already had the command of 300 men at his disposal and now he had won the wealth of the five richest cities in the region. In the Valley of Kings, the indebted King of Sodom met Abram to plead for mercy and the scraps of his and his allies’ former wealth. But before this meeting took place, Abram was interrupted by the mysterious Melchizedek, the king of righteousness, who ministered to him with bread and wine and a…
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Disagreeing well
27 February 2019Ever since the garden, as God declared “it is not good”, conflict has been part of our story and has driven us forward. Without opposition, there can be no momentum, no dynamism. God acknowledged the problem of Adam’s loneliness, which led to the creation of Eve, and the diversity of God’s nature was revealed. But conflict can also be a cruel disrupter and destroyer of relationships. We all disagree. Whether it’s as simple as what to have for tea or centuries-old intractable geopolitical…
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