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Sunday schools protected in key religious freedom victory
The Government has abandoned plans to register and inspect out-of-school education settings, announcing this in a report on their call for evidence released today. In so doing, they have taken an important step to protect religious freedom. In deciding not to pursue their proposals to register…
Christian Schools Trust: conference
Our aim is to inspire, encourage and develop models of educational leadership and teaching practice that serve the body of Christ, local communities and the nation. The trust is networked to scores of Christian schools in the UK and internationally. Our next conference ‘A Truly Christian Education?…
It's here! Your guide to the new Evangelical Alliance website
We hope that the changes we’ve made to design and navigation will mean that you’re able to find everything you need to support you and your church as you serve God in the UK today. What’s new? Resources - We want you to be equipped in your life with Jesus so we’ve created a space which gathers all…
Alexandra Davis
Jesus' great commission: we all can fulfil it
Born out of a desire to equip the UK church for mission, Great Commission has shared story after story of people stepping out in their context, sharing their faith and making Jesus known. Now two years in, we’re certainly not done yet. It can sometimes feel like evangelism is best left to the…
Eve Paterson
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
A deeper relationship yields greater results
“When the storm comes and the fierce winds, when all around it is battered and besieged, the tree with deep roots will not be uprooted. It will not fall.” A board meeting, a training session and a church sermon. I have heard the same analogy and the same call to the church in three very different…
Jo Frost
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
Springs Dance Company
Springs Dance Company is a vibrant contemporary dance organisation bringing creative and engaging dance to a diverse range of venues and communities. Founded over 35 years ago, we are one of the longest-established dance companies in the UK. We are a unique company working with theatres, schools…
Let the mission to reach young adults begin
I still don’t feel like I’ve been out of the education system long enough to have escaped the feeling that, in September, something new happens. Memories of emerging from long summer holidays into an autumn term, armed with a new pencil case, bag and good intentions to make this new school year or…
Phil Knox
The unchanging God in the changing seasons
That’s right – a mere three hours after I bounded into the office, full of enthusiasm about a new end-of-summer, early autumn season, I was over it. To be fair, the last week had been pretty busy, as I was part of the team behind the newly launched Evangelical Alliance website. (If you haven’t…
Alexandra Davis
Activate your life
Previously known as Christian Viewpoint, over our last 50 years we have seen styles of evangelism change. Our focus - friendship evangelism - never goes out of fashion because it’s God’s plan for us (and it works)! We aim to resource and inspire women through articles, social media, events and…
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
Calls to reform religious education
On 9 September the Commission on Religious Education (CoRE), released their final report, noting in their press release that “religious education must change to better reflect life in modern Britain”. CoRE is an independent commission of the Religious Education Council for England and…
Peter Mitchell
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
Tearfund: Restoration Story
God’s vision is of a world without poverty and inequality, where everyone has enough and creation is well cared for. Over the last 50 years we have seen huge progress in tackling poverty, but the extremes of inequality and climate change we now face threaten to unravel this progress.
