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Discipling young adults for the post-COVID world
This article is part of our "Is the 'missing generation' still missing?” report to find out more click here.
Tim Yearsley
Gender recognition reform: giving evidence to Scottish parliament
As the law stands, someone must have lived in their acquired gender for two years and provide medical evidence of a diagnosis of gender dysphoria in order to be granted a GRC. The proposed bill would amend this by removing the requirement for medical evidence and reducing to three months the…
Chris Ringland
My prayer for Wales on St David’s Day
Our family moved to Mid Wales, where my husband now leads and pastors a local church. In our first call with our senior pastor, he said that no one wanted to move there. I was shocked because I have always believed that every single community should have a life-giving church that people can be part…
Klara Ferreira
What ethical issues does the COVID-19 vaccine raise?
However, questions around ethics have been raised, with different groups, including Christian communities, sharing concerns around development, testing and distribution and the implications on human life. With contrasting perspectives to navigate, it can be difficult to know what to think. The…
Five ways to live faithfully in divided online spaces
We live in a time of ‘fake news’ and deepfakes, where truth and reality can be increasingly hard to find. AI images and videos are appearing everywhere online, and they are rapidly becoming harder to distinguish from real life. As Jesus stood on trial, Pilate asked a question that many are still…
Ben Neill
COVID-19 conspiracy theories putting Christian minorities at risk
In Somalia, the radical Islamist al-Shabaab group told Muslims that coronavirus is spread "by the crusader forces (read: Christians) who have invaded the country and the disbelieving countries that support them". In Russia, state TV station Channel One falsely reported that an evangelical church in…
Ben Cohen
COVID-19 and the challenge of discipling young people
Young people have long been labelled screen junkies, constantly glued to their smartphones, 24-hour gaming, YouTube and Twitch, or dancing away to the latest TikTok trend. So it came as a bit of a shock that, when the world moved online due to the lockdown restrictions, the young people we had…
Mat Walls
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion – partnership video with the NIHRC
There is much that we agree on, and the modern human rights agenda has been significantly shaped by Christian thinking. There are of course a few areas of profound disagreement. But that is surely the point. Relationships are easy when we agree on everything. It is working together for the…
Kingdom Bank: a financial services provider you can bank on
Having recently been taken over by Christian finance charity Stewardship and a small group of Christian philanthropists, Kingdom Bank says it is now in an even better position to meet the needs of new and existing customers, undoubtedly creating a welcome sense of relief in these challenging times.…
Naomi Osinnowo
Are COVID-status certificates a passport to restricted religious freedom?
New regulations have been frequently published hours before they come into force, subject only to a simple vote for subsequent approval without any scope for amendments or meaningful debate. All of this could fade into comparative insignificance if vaccine passports are used and required in some of…
Danny Webster
Hopeful voices: evangelism and Covid-19, what have we learnt?
Date and time: Tuesday 13 September 2022 (starting at 10.30am) – Wednesday 14th September 2022 (finishing at 5.00pm)Location: Moorlands College, Christchurch Campus, Sopley, Dorset, BH23 7AT Conference Price: £150 (including formal sit-down evening meal) / £125 (excluding formal sit-down evening…
How Christians are leading the way in providing bereavement support
Bereavement is one of the most stressful times of life, affecting everyone sooner or later and potentially impacting every part of someone’s life. Loss needs to be processed, and grief is a journey of adjusting to a new existence, which takes time, and understanding and support is needed in many…
Rev Canon Yvonne Richmond Tulloch
UK Covid Inquiry invites evangelicals to share experiences in new campaign
Since February, you will have seen high-profile politicians such as Matt Hancock, David Cameron, and others being questioned on the first theme of the Public Inquiry, ‘resilience and preparedness’. But the Inquiry continues into the next stages, examining a wide range of themes around the UK’s…
Alicia Edmund
How has the UK evangelical church changed since the Covid pandemic?
The average church we surveyed saw their Sunday attendance increase by 13% since January 2020. This is actually an underestimate of what’s happening across the UK. That’s because larger churches have grown while smaller churches have shrunk, which means that the overall attendance change across all…
Danny Webster
Is there a volunteering shortage in churches since the Covid pandemic?
It has been suggested that churches in the UK are experiencing a shortage of volunteers following the Covid pandemic. For example, some churches have found it difficult to restart all the activities that they had been running before the pandemic. This was something that we wanted to investigate as…
Calvin Birnie
