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Messianic Testimony
Our calling to reach Jewish people takes our workers throughout the UK, as well as into Eastern Europe, Russia, Germany (Aachen, Cologne and Koblenz),France (Toulouse) and into the Cape Town region of South Africa. We have associates living, and working, in Israel as well. These are exciting days…
Christians in Library and Information Services
Christians in Library and Information Services (formerly Librarians’ Christian Fellowship) offers a variety of conferences, lectures, and visits designed for Christians who work in library and information services of all kinds and who want to live out their faith in their chosen professions. For…
Mullers: George Müller and his 10,000 children
This free resource entitled, ‘George Müller and His 10,000 Children’ is a booklet filled with comics, maps and facts that is perfect for children of Primary School ages in a variety of settings. Whether it is used in the classroom, Sunday Schools or independent working, children will have fun…
Steve Clifford: unity for the sake of the gospel
As I sat on the platform of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC) leader’s conference at the International Conference Centre in Torquay, I reflected on the amazing diversity of the evangelical community across the UK. Over the previous eight months, an enormous banner with the…
Steve Clifford
Church leader: "Our unity changes the spiritual atmosphere"
The apostle Paul paints a vivid picture of the church as the body of Christ, with Jesus Himself as the head. For those who have been Christ-followers for a while, His words will be well known, but sometimes the plain truth can be lost in our familiarity. Let’s read these words as though, perhaps,…
Steve Uppal
Where payday lender Wonga went wrong
It was a tech start-up touted to soar into the stratosphere – alongside Facebook, Amazon and Google. It attracted investors and board members from venture capitalists and luminaries of the digital world. It had quirky TV adverts with puppets, and a slick online system that provided the user with…
Danny Webster
Neighbourhood Chaplains – helping churches to heal their communities
Over the years, readers of idea magazine will have encountered numerous stories which describe how the Evangelical Alliance and its members are moved by the Spirit of God to be bold, brave, steadfast and pioneering in the UK, to make the sacrificial love of Jesus Christ known in the midst of an…
Naomi Osinnowo
Thirtyone:eight
We help individuals, organisations, faith and community groups to protect vulnerable people from abuse.To do this, we provide a complete safeguarding solution for organisations including training, consultancy, DBS services and a 24 hour helpline, making sure everyone is equipped and empowered with…
Great Commission to share Jesus at CRE
That’s why I’m so excited that we’re going to be running three seminars at the Christian Resources Exhibition, a three-day event that shares our vision of working together to get the very best inspiration and innovation for the UK church. Individual members of the Evangelical Alliance can get their…
Eve Paterson
Community Bible Study
We live to see people transformed and grow in Jesus through the Word and the Spirit!We offer support, training and materials to make this work for you. Our approach is flexible, proven and works with groups of any size. We span the ages from preschool to adult and include people with disability.…
IDOP: “We cannot stay silent,” says Open Doors UK & Ireland’s CEO
Of all the Christians charities in the UK, why Open Doors? As I approach the last third of my career I have been thinking about the sort of legacy I want to leave behind. I don’t want to waste my time. The most important thing to me is to contribute to building the kingdom of God around the world.…
Naomi Osinnowo
yesHEis app – a tool to help you share Jesus
Everyone loves hearing good news. Whether it’s the birth of a child, students passing their exams, friends getting engaged, or family members landing a new job. One of the terms used most frequently in the New Testament to describe the Christian message is the Greek word euangelion, which means…
Jon Turner
Celebrate with us! Marking five years of the OPC
At the Evangelical Alliance we are fully committed to working together to see a more unified, integrated, and diverse church across the UK, which is why we established the One People Commission (OPC) in 2013. This network connects hundreds of church leaders from a diverse range of black and ethnic…
Rachael Heffer
Four ways to support Christians in the arts
In July 2018 we hosted a roundtable for Christians working in, or supporting those in, the arts. This included church leaders, filmmakers, Christians in fashion and the fine and performing arts, and representatives from Morphē Arts and the Arts Centre Group. The conversation revolved around three…
Abi Jarvis
Religious freedom: enforcing, empowering or reclaiming?
We’ve noted a few times now that 2018 is the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). So far there’s been a fair amount of reflection about where we are with human rights in this country and what still needs to be done. Here I take a look at three different…
John Coleby