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Abigail’s Court: “We try to reach them before it’s too late”
British Nigerian Stella Jackson, leader of the team of volunteers who make the work of Abigail’s Court possible, invited the Evangelical Alliance, of which Jesus House is a member, to its annual Celebrating Life event that took place on Saturday, 21 July. It was my pleasure to honour the…
Naomi Osinnowo
Diversity in leadership
I recently read an article discussing Clarks shoes. A girls’ range, which features hearts inside and is called Dolly Babe, has now been discontinued following complaints. The boy’s range, which features footballs inside, is named Leader and it remains in stock. Controversy over genderised…
Abi Jarvis
Jethro and the art of delegation
A young public leader recently told us “We see delegation as a failure…we feel inadequate as we don’t have the gifts to do every single bit of it”. Delegation is a crucial part of leadership. It is simply not possible to do everything yourself. I have written previously about the importance of…
Abi Jarvis
Leading in the community – the role of magistrates
Ian Rawley is the senior pastor of New Life Church, Cambridge. As well as leading his local church, he travels extensively around the world, helping church leaders and encouraging churches. He is also involved in humanitarian work, especially in the global south. Ian has served in various roles as…
Abi Jarvis
Lord Ahmad’s appointment as PM’s special envoy on freedom of religion or belief welcomed
The Evangelical Alliance has welcomed the appointment of the UK's first special envoy for religion and belief. According to a government announcement, Lord Ahmad, who is a minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, will promote the UK's stance on religious tolerance abroad and help to tackle…
Director Elfed Godding will leave the Evangelical Alliance in September
Elfed Godding will step down as national director for Wales and coalitions at the Evangelical Alliance at the end of September to embark on a new phase of ministry. After a three-year period seeking God's will for the next chapter in his life and service, Elfed announced in May that after 19 years…
Evangelical Alliance welcomes the ruling of the Supreme Court on NI Abortion Law
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission does not have standing to challenge Northern Ireland's abortion laws. Former barrister Peter Lynas, NI director of Evangelical Alliance, commented: "This is a welcome judgment. It is obviously not a cause for…
Key appointment to equip young adults for mission
The Evangelical Alliance has appointed Phil Knox as its first head of mission to young adults as part of its drive to position a passion for Jesus and making Him known at the heart of its mission work. Phil joins the Evangelical Alliance following 12 years working for Youth for Christ, where he has…
Statement in response to abortion referendum in Ireland
David Smyth, public policy officer at the Evangelical Alliance in Northern Ireland said: "Today many will mourn the loss of a vital protection for women and their unborn children from the Irish constitution."There are very strong feelings on all sides and we want to commend all those who advocated…
Christianity Explored Ministries: Life Explored
We all want to be happy. Why is lasting happiness so hard to find?
Christianity Explored Ministries: Discipleship Explored
Discipleship Explored helps followers of Jesus turn up the gospel soundtrack to their lives.
Audio Bibles are reaching the unreached across the globe
A simple device called the Navigator is revolutionising mission work in some of the remote and hardest-to-reach places on earth. Leading The Way has distributed more than 120,000 of these solar-powered audio Bibles in dozens of languages. For each device distributed, roughly 10 people have the…
Peter Wooding
Remembrance 100: 100 days of prayer
Churches around the country will start 100 days of prayer, peace and reconciliation on Saturday, 4 August as part of Remembrance 100, which has been launched to mark the centenary of the end of World War I. To help participants be most effective during this period, which leads up to 11 November,…
Naomi Osinnowo
The Evangelical Alliance to lead a series of seminars at CRE
The law and our gospel freedoms. Cultivating an evangelistic culture in our churches. Tips on how to resolve conflict. Nurturing public leaders within our congregations. How to keep God at the heart of business. These are just a handful of the topics that a team from the Evangelical Alliance will…
Naomi Osinnowo
Embryo editing: a societal problem?
This week the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published a report entitled 'Genome editing and human reproduction', where it set out to answer the question: why might heritable human genome editing be understood as a valuable and worthwhile response to a societal problem? The conclusion it reached was…
Berlind Fellermeier
