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Rising above the storm
Over the last few months I’ve often been reminded of this Dickens’s quote as I’ve observed both beauty and ugliness during this pandemic. The virus has taken so many lives across our country and the world. Its secondary effects upon our own land will be long-lasting, with high unemployment,…
Roger Sutton
Churches frustrated at forced closure
Schools, colleges and universities are asked to remain open but otherwise the restrictions are very similar to when the first lockdown was imposed in March. This means that churches and other places of worship are required to close for public services and are only allowed to reopen for limited…
Danny Webster
Open letter to the UK faith minister
Dear Lord Greenhalgh We would like to thank you for the regular opportunities to meet with you throughout this pandemic. We recognise the importance of public health and the difficult decisions faced by political leaders; however, the Evangelical Alliance is concerned that from Thursday, 5 November…
Gavin Calver
Evangelical Alliance calls the UK to pray
The Evangelical Alliance has called a UK day of prayer on 13 November to bring the country before God. The organisation is working with networks, denominations and churches to bring together Christians to pray for the UK amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The day of prayer highlights that,…
Prayer changes things
The COVID-19 pandemic has left no life unscathed in the UK. The national health crisis caused by the severity of illness for many has pushed our healthcare system and those who work within it to breaking point. The consequences of the resulting lockdowns are wide-ranging and, for many,…
Jo Frost
A moral voice
A philosopher, theologian, author and politician, Lord Sacks of Aldgate, London, served as Chief Rabbi for the Jewish community in the UK from 1991 to 2013. Knighted by the Queen in 2005, he became a Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords in 2009. Born in London, Lord Sacks attended a Christian…
Dr David Landrum
Tell the Government how to improve its engagement with faith communities
People of faith from across the England are invited to respond to the review, which is already underway. The Government is particularly keen to hear from those with leadership roles within their faith community and individuals who work in the public sector, whether that is the civil service,…
Danny Webster
Level 4 restrictions: Scottish Government update
It is important to note that in-person church services can continue under level 4 restrictions. There are, however, limitations on attendance and travel to such services; please read on for further detail.
HOPE in Uncertain Times
Life before lockdown wasn’t always a bed of roses. But it was normal and predictable, usually…now everything seems unknown. What does the future hold? Is there a door of hope? Hope in Uncertain Times is a giveaway booklet and a free video pointing to hope for now and for eternity. As churches…
Luther's Example is Still Driving our Faith
In April 2017 I participated in a communion service in the Castle Church, Wittenberg, sitting near to a very significant doorway. It was there that the young monk Martin Luther pinned his famous 95 theses. An initiative that historians may dispute but a story that has had an enormous impact on…
The Reformation and Human Rights
The Reformation has had a foundational impact on much of our understanding of the individual, the Church and the state, and its relevance endures in its legacy – in changing the face of the Christian Church and in lending an ideological base to many of our modern institutions. Reformers held…
A Reformed Legal Culture?
Fittingly, Frank McKelvey’s painting of the opening ceremony for the Royal Courts of Justice in 1931 hangs in the Royal Courts of Justice. Among the platform dignitaries depicted as sitting with the then Lord Chief Justice are the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in…
Do We Still Need a Reformation Here?
The truth about the Reformation in Ireland is that it hasn’t happened (yet). The pattern of the main Christian denominations in Northern Ireland does not reflect divisions that occurred within the Church in this island, but the importation of divisions that originated elsewhere. The…
Heart Speaks to Heart- are theological disputes an unaffordable luxury as a generation is lost?
If justification was not the only issue that the theses nailed to the Wittenburg door addressed, it certainly transfixed the Fathers at the Council of Trent, who devoted 16 chapters and 33 canons to the subject. What if the definitions agreed between Philip Melancthon and Cardinal Contarini at…
What are the Five Solas of the Reformation?
Martin Luther had entered the monastic life out of fear for his life. On July 2nd 1505, on the way home from law school, he was caught in a thunderstorm and hurled to the ground by lightning. “Help me, St. Anne; I will become a monk!” He feared for his soul and did not know how to find safety…
