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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
Are you up for the 40acts challenge?
In an interview with Naomi Osinnowo, the Evangelical Alliance’s editorial content manager, Kezia Owusu-Yianoma, social media and digital content executive at Stewardship, shares why the drive continues to attract thousands of participants each year, and urges others to get on board. For those who…
Naomi Osinnowo
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…
Session three: Building leadership competency
In this session you'll be exploring what it means to build leadership competency. Watch the accompanying videos from Ian Marchant and Yasmin Mohseni.
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…
Have a Flipping Marvellous Pancake Party with CAP
Answer: They all like pancakes. There aren’t many I’ve met who would refuse one, especially not on Shrove Tuesday. You can even make them gluten free or vegan so really no one has to feel left out! With this in mind, last year at Christians Against Poverty, we launched the Flipping Marvellous…
Marianne Clough
Scripture Union: Easter Alive
Following on from the Light Party and Christmas Party Packs, this new Easter pack aims to help you share the real meaning of Easter with the children and young people in your community. Nestled amongst the pages, you’ll find lots of ideas for games, crafts and activities as well as advice on how to…
What kind of church?
As the church of Christ in the UK, are we being faithful to our calling? In our values and our praxis, are we being who we are called to be and doing what God has called us to do? Is it possible that we have lost sight of who we are and what we have been called to do?
Hope UK: Drug Educators
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 in schools and churches and from stands in town…
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
Our God is on His throne amid the Brexit chaos
In the days leading up to the release of this article – from when I started writing this to when you’re reading it, we could have a new (tentative) date to exit the EU, a new prime minister, a new front bench, a new lead Brexiteer, or a new bunch of staunch Remainers. So, whatever the situation is…
Alexandra Davis
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
A portion of good news with your coffee
It seems incredible, but apparently 16 per cent of us visit a coffee shop daily and a massive 80 per cent of people who visit coffee shops do so at least on a weekly basis. Coffee festivals are springing up all over the country and just last weekend, the London Coffee Festival alone attracted just…
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