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Living for Jesus at work
Jesus calls us to follow Him, and this involves commitment in all aspects of our lives. He calls us to live for Him in the workplace, which for many of us is where we interact most with those who do not yet know Him. We are to live as salt and light, talking with our colleagues about Jesus,…
Tim Rowlands is announced as the new head of the Evangelical Alliance in Wales
The Evangelical Alliance is thrilled to announce that Tim Rowlands will be joining the staff team as the head of the Evangelical Alliance in Wales from 1 April, supporting the church in Wales in its local mission and amplifying its voice into wider society and government. Gavin Calver, CEO of the…
Bitesize evangelism – breaking down the mission with a simple tool
Our mission is to see every church, every ministry and every Christian confidently sharing life, faith and Jesus. The main function of the i61m (Isaiah 61 movement) app is that the user can set their own goals. They name a person, set a goal and give it an end date. The simpler the steps, the…
John Kirkby
Cross Section listener survey!
Thank you for helping us understand our audience!Cross Section is a podcast produced and organised by the advocacy team at the Evangelical Alliance. In February 2023, we celebrated a year of the podcast and we are interested in learning more about our listeners and how we can improve. The…
Assisted Dying Inquiry: important things you need to know
As Christians, we believe in the sanctity of life, all human beings are image bearers of God. This means that even in our most vulnerable state, we are still of value to God. He loved us even before we were born, and He continues to love us up to and beyond our final stages of life on earth. When…
Nicola Martin
Celebrating women of faith and influence
Many evangelical Christian women, whether or not they would describe themselves as feminists, want to celebrate their achievements and mark the significant roles that Christian women are playing across all fields of work in Northern Ireland. In our work here at the Evangelical Alliance, I and my…
Danielle McElhinney
Growing together and going together
However, as an optimist I can find myself disappointed when things don’t turn out as I’d hoped: despite thinking it might be the year to finally win, England manage to lose on penalties again and the grey clouds never fully moved out of the way for the blue sky on the beach. Despite moments of…
Gavin Calver
The Illegal Migration Bill places politics before people
At the start of the year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak offered five pledges for his government, one of which was to simply ‘stop the boats’. The government’s proposed legislation to achieve this and tackle small boat crossing in the Channel was introduced into parliament in early March. This proposed…
Danny Webster
Longing for a Spirit-filled summer: A prayer for August
A prayer of praise for God's refreshment and life-giving spirit
NOW CLOSED: Share your experience: how are your children being taught about relationships and sex in school?
That is why we produced Time to Talk, a resource designed to help Christian parents and carers to have better conversations about Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) with children at home and with their school. When RSE is not taught well, and parents’ concerns continue to be ignored, children…
The UK's migration problem | Being Human
‘Stop the Boats’ was splattered across our headlines at the beginning of this year as the UK prime minister presented one of his pledges to the government. Then, this month we saw the unveiling of the government’s proposed legislation to supposedly meet that pledge. For the first time since the…
Spotlight: Our mission team
Meet the team Our core mission staff team is small but mighty. Rachael Heffer is head of mission, she is the queen of celebration and loves partnering with our membership organisations and churches to help share the good news of Jesus. You may have known Phil Knox under a different role, but he now…
Alyssa Carey
The intercultural church: growing in unity
The main vision of the early pioneers was to plant churches that would both be a place of belonging for people from the Caribbean but would also welcome the indigenous population through their doors. Unfortunately, as a result of receiving a less than warm welcome in churches in the UK, they…
Mike Royal
"My grace is sufficient for you"
After an hour-long conversation, where we laughed, shared and brought each other close to tears, he left me with an experience that genuinely humbled me and a story that truly took my breath away. But let’s start at the beginning. Pastor Paul was brought up in a Christian family, in a little…
Nicola Morrison
How we increased our attendance by 600%
Despite the fact that the group had never organised a carol service for the community before, had a tiny annual budget, were relatively unknown in their community and had a very modest congregation, they were able to apply some key strategies to reach their local community and invite them to be a…
Derek Hughes