Nicola Morrison
Before joining the Evangelical Alliance in 2022, Nicola had a broadcasting career that spanned over a decade at the BBC. Nicola is also the author of Victory Is My Name, a faith-based autobiography. As well as writing, Nicola is passionate about mentoring, outreach ministry and serving the underserved and volunteers as a befriender twice a week. She has also completed Level 1 in Christian British Sign Language.
10 minutes with... Steve Uppal
4 December 2025Turn The Battle is a national call to three days of prayer and fasting from 21–23 January 2026, uniting the church across the UK and Ireland in a decisive spiritual moment. The vision came during a personal time of worship while listening to a song based on 2 Chronicles 7:14. The Lord moved me deeply – I was caught by surprise – as I felt a deep burden and wept for the British Isles, sensing clearly that 'the battle is at the gate' but that it can be turned in the place of united prayer and…
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Reporting on Covid-19: Six years on what lessons have stayed with me?
20 November 2025The Covid-19 pandemic brought immense hardship across the world, affecting nearly every aspect of life. Millions of people lost their lives, and many more suffered long-term health complications. Economies were severely disrupted as businesses closed, jobs disappeared, and financial insecurity grew. Education was interrupted, forcing students and teachers to adapt to remote learning, often with unequal access to technology. Social isolation and fear took a toll on mental health, leading to…
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A deep dive into The Quiet Revival research
18 September 2025What is the Bible Society and what is your role there? Bible Society is a 200-year-old charity which exists to make the Bible accessible to everyone. For much of our history we worked on translating the Bible into different languages and making it available around the world. Today much of our work focuses on Bible engagement: helping Christians grow in confidence to read, explore, speak about and apply the Bible throughout their lives. As director of research and impact, my job is to lead a…
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Are you a good news person?
29 August 2025Nicola: Today, you are here to talk about your new book, Good News People: Hopeful Evangelicals Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Gavin, in short, what’s the premise of the book? Gavin: The premise of the book is that we are gospel people; we are good news people in a bad news world, and throughout our history, we have been people who have proclaimed that hope in our culture. In our current, we want to continue to do that and into the future we do too. We are also owning the fact that that…
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Mission Possible: Evangelism from Zimbabwe to the UK
4 November 2024Anderson grew up in a non-Christian family. Being raised in Africa, most of his childhood was characterised by interacting and living with a big extended family. He made the decision to follow Jesus when he was just 14 years old, but became a more committed Christian when he attended university. “When I moved to Harare to attend university, I felt drawn to this one Pentecostal church because it was family-oriented, had a relevant ministry to students and emphasised discipleship as a priority…
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Mission Possible: How a Christian hospital in India is changing lives through prayer and witness
8 October 2024"As a Hindu, I was raised to believe that all religions lead to the same God so when I became a Christian and understood that there was only one true God and He sent His son Jesus Christ to save me from my sins I challenged my parents and their beliefs. As a result, they cut off all communication with me for two years.”Ratnesh remembers at the time feeling alone and distraught and was comforted when he opened his Bible and read, Psalm 27:10, “When my father and my mother forsake me, then the…
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10 minutes with... Lynne Paterson
6 September 2024Lynne, tell us a little about yourself and your background. Home for me is Glasgow, although I have lived and worked in cities across the UK. I first made a commitment to follow Jesus through a Scripture Union group run in my school. I was 13 at the time, and have been trying, by God’s grace, to faithfully walk out that commitment ever since. Having moved quite a lot in life; I’ve been a Presbyterian, Anglican, Baptist and Pentecostal! I’m now a member of Hope Church, which is independent. That…
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Mission Possible: Evangelism in persecuted lands and how the UK church can be bolder
28 August 2024The time I spent with Asrin was brief but powerful. (I have agreed not to use her full name or her photo to protect her identity.) Speaking to her for a little over an hour, I was continually blown away by her many stories of amazing encounters and life-changing God-moments throughout both her personal faith journey but also in her ministry as an evangelist. She starts by telling me how she came to faith around the age of 20. She was living in Iran at the time as a practising Muslim, and she…
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Mission Possible: An interview with Preston Perry
24 July 2024Preston Perry was raised on the south side of Chicago, amidst a culture of crime and an environment far from God, before finding Jesus as a young adult. Now an impassioned evangelist and apologist, he lives in Atlanta with his wife Jackie and their four children. He can be often found on social media documenting his conversations with people from all walks of life in all different contexts; Muslim cab drivers, Mormons in the shopping mall, Jehovah's Witnesses in his community and those of…
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Befriending: lending an ear
1 April 2024During the pandemic, I, like most of us, was moved by the many stories in the daily news cycle of the elderly and the elderly disabled, being isolated and lonely, as government restrictions were imposed across the UK. As a result, many became housebound or were stuck in care homes without visitors or someone to talk to for weeks and months on end. It was at this time that I felt I wanted to do something. I knew that in order to adhere to Covid guidelines to stem the spread, doing any type of…
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Celebrating a membership legacy
21 December 2023Residing in the leafy suburbs of Surrey, I met Gill and Ken on a sunny autumn morning for breakfast at their home. For a city dweller the gardens could feel intimidatingly impressive, but the couple who greeted me at the door were friendly, inviting, and down to earth. Showing no signs of slowing down and taking things easy was clear from the outset, as they explained that they had already been to the gym and the swimming pool before my arrival. They then went on to tell me how they have always…
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