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NOW CLOSED: Government proposals risk register of church activities
Last month, the Government published a consultation entitled Children not in School, on possible legislation around home education and out-of-school education settings. Our Advocacy team at the Evangelical Alliance, have highlighted some concerns with the consultation and asks whether this is the…
Government proposals set to resurrect state-backed register of church activities, says Evangelical Alliance
The Evangelical Alliance, a UK wide Christian group, are calling for the government to abandon proposals to regulate out-of-school settings across England. The government is currently consulting on proposals around home education and out-of-school education settings, which are marred by ambiguity…
Church comms improvement project
Do you ever walk past a church notice board that makes you want to weep? Have you looked for a local church online and found its website impossible to navigate or non-existent? Have you had an offensively ugly flyer through your door inviting you to a church event and wished such an important…
Jo Swinney
Renewal Christian Centre, Solihull: new leader, renewed mission
This led to a series of encounters, including getting caught on the school’s CCTV praying around the grounds at midnight, witnessing to sports teams in local pubs, and spending all his waking hours reading the Bible. Jonny’s love for people, sport, reading and travel always taught him to enjoy the…
Naomi Osinnowo
The roots of good leadership
With nominations closing on Monday, 10 June, 11 candidates have already announced that they will definitely run and at least half a dozen are thought to be considering entering the contest. It is likely the field will thin out by the time of the first votes of the parliamentary party in mid-June,…
Danny Webster
Compassion UK: campaigns that change lives
After David Lammy MP lambasted Comic Relief this year for continuously using “tired, unhelpful tropes” in its fundraising for African communities, the London-based politician renewed his plea for fresh imagery that celebrates the progress made within the continent, rather than marketing collateral…
Joanna Sopylo-Firrisa
Could the church end homelessness?
The founder and director of Green Pastures CBS Limited spoke with conviction about the plights of homeless people around the country and what his Christian organisation can do, with the support of the church, to make available much-needed adequate housing for those living in insecure accommodation…
Naomi Osinnowo
Barking Churches Unite: taking faith onto the streets
Michael, who has worked for many years as a teacher of special needs children, shared that around the time of his fiftieth birthday, and during a week at Spring Harvest, he had become convinced that God was calling him to begin a ministry leading and promoting joint church initiatives. When he…
Graham Hedges
Welcoming the 'stranger'
There are 68 million refugees across the globe who are fleeing war, conflict and persecution today. Each one of these people represents a very personal story. Take Abbas, a young man from Iraq. He fled Iraq after ISIS killed every member of his family whilst he was away from his village. His life…
Emily Holden
A heritage from the Lord
I don’t have children, but I recognise the crucial role that early years child care provision can play. If I’m honest, my main memory from play school is being called Abigail and not recognising it as my own name (I was always Abi). What I only understand as an adult is that my time at play school…
Abi Jarvis
Through the Roof: painting a picture of a Church that Cares
The Christian pan-disability charity Through the Roof has just released its latest publication, A Church That Cares - What does good pastoral care look like for families affected by disability? A Church that Cares is full of concrete suggestions and examples to make the task seem less daunting.…
Protecting mother and child in Northern Ireland
As a devolved issue, the law on abortion in Northern Ireland is very different to the rest of the UK. in Northern Ireland abortion is permitted but in much more limited situations which relate back to the health and life of the mother rather than the wanted-ness or disability of the baby than is…
Dawn McAvoy
Book review: Jesus in Town
Elizabeth Mednick, the author, is well qualified to tell this story, as she is married to Michael, the instigator of Barking Churches Unite and a pioneer of inter-church cooperation in the boroughs of east London. The book begins with short biographical sketches of the author and her husband, and…
Graham Hedges
Changes to gender recognition in Scotland challenged by the Evangelical Alliance
The Evangelical Alliance has called on the Scottish government to provide greater clarity in their planned reform of the Gender Recognition Act. The changes announced reduce the period someone has to have lived in their new gender from the current two years, to six months, with three of those as a…
Free to disagree
So, as we explore freedom in this edition, and I, more specifically, consider freedom of conscience and freedom of religion, I’d like us to revisit this hot topic and think about how discussion of these values has informed policy in the past few years, where these discussions might be going wrong,…
John Coleby
