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A force for good
The police force is one section of society that is, perhaps, feeling the heat more than most, as it endeavours to respond to the increasing demands of the people it serves with fewer officers and support staff to share the workload. In a bid to meet the needs of communities in spite of the…
Naomi Osinnowo
Restoration through relationship
At first, I was still very shy: I didn’t like to join in the games or activities and was much more content to sit and watch. But, as time went by, I did start to join in and found my voice… and my confidence. I made friends, I experienced new things, I learnt new skills and, as some of my friends…
Catherine Burt
CSW: 'We're fighting for religious freedom. Will you join us?'
Following negotiations by the government, the remaining girls were put into vehicles to go home the next month, but as they were about to leave, the kidnappers told Leah, the only Christian, that in order to leave she had to convert. Leah refused. In a moment of extraordinary courage, she decided…
Kiri Kankhwende
Parents and education in partnership
As part of this big vision, education helps enable our children to flourish and become those who work for the good of society, and we support schools working in partnership with, and on behalf of, parents to see this vision come about. However, over recent years, we have begun to see a strain on…
What next?
The Public Leader course The Public Leader course is a retreat-based training course which seeks to equip emerging leaders in their 20s and 30s who are passionate about bringing Christian leadership to all areas of life across the UK. Designed for those in full time work, there are annual cohorts…
SENT: “Profound insight made simple”
It’s easy in our busy lives to consider passing up on anything that we perceive as eating into our precious time. So when opportunities arise to help us grow and get equipped as leaders, and especially where such opportunities do not infringe too much on our busy schedules, we tend to grab hold of…
Hope UK: Church drug policy
Hope UK is a Christian Drug Education Charity. Our mission is to equip young people to make drug-free choices and our vision is to see young people living confidently as Christians, free from drugs. We achieve this via our network of Voluntary Drug Educators (OCN Accredited), who deliver workshops…
Tackling climate change is a matter of urgency
The very first thing the Bible teaches us is that creation is good. As recoded in Genesis 1, God created the light, land, sea, vegetation, the sun and moon, fish, birds and every living creature and “saw that it was good”. The earth and everything on it reflect the wonder of God and our concern for…
Hazel MacIver
Will you back Open Doors to see change?
In an interview with the Evangelical Alliance, Erin James, content writer at Open Doors UK, answers some key questions about the campaign and the horrific persecution endured by Christian women, and makes an appeal to the UK church to put its weight behind the drive. Why are Christian women…
Naomi Osinnowo
Mental health: Let’s help youngsters flourish
There are a variety of pressures on young people today such as stress in education, family life, body image issues, bullying on and offline, around-the-clock social media and uncertain job prospects. In many areas across the UK, church youth workers are providing some of the last remaining youth…
Andrew Dubock
Mental health: Will you stand in the mental health gap?
Fegans is a 149-year-old Christian charity which provides professional children’s counselling and parent support services across London, the South East and Oxfordshire to more than 400 children and families every week. In recent years, Fegans has seen a sharp rise in demand for its services and the…
Ian Soars
Truly heartbreaking: plights of the persecuted church
In the time of Paul’s ministry, there was disharmony and opposition coming from all sides. So, Paul’s primary reason for visiting the churches he founded and writing to believers was to remind them of what Jesus said, of who they were made to be, and to urge them to love and look out for each…
Emily Jolie
Turning the tide on youth-related violence
On Saturday I was part of a crowd at Trafalgar Square, London, that had come out to show locals and tourists from around the world that the church stands against knife crime. That evening I went to the cinema and a request that some people stop talking during the film resulted in a young woman…
Abi Jarvis
Mental health: The church needs to talk about mental health
So, as Joanna Sopylo-Firrisa finds out in this interview, Lade set up The NOUS Organisation in 2015 to raise much-needed awareness of mental health conditions and the steps those who are struggling with their mental health can take to prevent conditions getting worse, aid recovery or avoid a…
Joanna Sopylo-Firrisa
