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Sharing Easter eggs and good news on our street
Even as someone who communicates regularly, I have found having a ‘script’ helps. Knowing what you are going to say gives you a firm footing to begin a conversation. At each door, we decided we would hand over the chocolate egg and say, ‘Hi, happy Easter. This is for you. We are the family who live…
Phil Knox
Seeking answers and finding Jesus
From what I see and hear from churches across the East Midlands, and my own church network, there is a real and tangible sense that something is happening, that the spiritual atmosphere in our nation is shifting; stories of people walking into church to find out about Jesus, young men exploring…
Mark Hopkins
The Easter story: hope in the darkness
In his book The cross of Christ, John Stott writes of crucifixion: "Crucifixion seems to have been invented by “barbarians” on the edge of the known world, and taken over from them by both Greeks and Romans. It is probably the most cruel method of execution ever practised, for it deliberately…
Adolescence: Is the crisis of masculinity leading young men to Christ?
I find the conversation about masculinity bubbling up in society particularly interesting because this week the Bible Society released a report that reveals something both surprising and encouraging: over the past six years, male attendance at church has seen a significant rise, especially among…
Katherine Brown
GDPR is changing for charities – you need to know how
A new data protection law is being considered by the UK government, and one of the changes would allow charities to send marketing messages to individuals by electronic mail without needing consent in some cases (called soft opt-in). This will provide charities with significant opportunities to…
God is at work in Wales
We got chatting, and his story completely took me by surprise. Up until a few weeks beforehand, he’d been a self-assured atheist, whose only focus in life had been to make lots of money. However, through the online content of a number of social media influencers I wasn’t even aware were…
Tim Rowlands
What is a woman?
This follows a case brought by For Women Scotland, which challenged the Scottish Government’s approach to gender quotas on public boards. The Scottish Government wanted these quotas to include people who are biologically male but had a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) and identified as trans…
Danny Webster
In the turbulence of 2025, the graduate scheme combined my passion for Jesus and politics
Having previously worked within local churches and children's ministry, I have witnessed firsthand the troubles many face in their day-to-day lives – homelessness, food poverty, loneliness, and much more. I also walked alongside parents navigating raising children in modern society, with gender…
Abbey Furmedge
Unity is not uniformity
The Nicene Creed, emerging from the Church Council of Nicaea (AD325), is to be celebrated because it gave us the four markers of the church in One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church. These four markers are important for church unity as they echo the apostolic prayer of Jesus in John 17, when He…
Rev Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana
Pray with us ahead of the assisted suicide votes in Westminster and Holyrood
Last year, two private member bills on assisted suicide were introduced in Scotland and Westminster (applying to England and Wales). In Holyrood, Liam McArthur, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP, introduced the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill and in Westminster, Kim Leadbeater…
Getting your affairs in order can be a gift to your loved ones
Biblical precedent As He was dying on the cross, Jesus entrusted the care of His mother Mary to His beloved disciple John (John 19:26–27). King David’s wise but rebellious counsellor Ahithophel put his house in order before taking his own life (2 Samuel 17:23). And Paul exhorts people to make…
Matthew Hutton
Eight reasons we are urging MSPs to vote against the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is expected to be debated and voted on at stage 1 on Tuesday, 13 May. If it passes, it will progress to stage 2, where it can be amended. If it doesn’t pass, the bill won’t progress any further and won’t become law. Over several years we…
Chris Ringland
How has the UK evangelical church changed since the Covid pandemic?
The average church we surveyed saw their Sunday attendance increase by 13% since January 2020. This is actually an underestimate of what’s happening across the UK. That’s because larger churches have grown while smaller churches have shrunk, which means that the overall attendance change across all…
Danny Webster
Changing Church 2025 report
In 2020 and 2021 the church in the UK went through significant disruption brought on by Covid-19. Churches were required to close for extended periods of time and were then bound by strict regulations as to how they could operate once they re-opened. Five years on, the Evangelical Alliance…
More people are attending church than before the pandemic
Churches are seeing twice as many people commit to following Jesus as in 2021, our latest Changing Church survey reveals. Changing Church 2025 explores the state of the UK evangelical Church five years on from the Covid pandemic. We have also heard stories from evangelical churches of every size,…
