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Shoulder to shoulder in the storm
With heavy rainfall predicted over the next few days, these figures will probably be even higher by the time you read this. In the UK, churches are often amongst the first to open their doors to disaster-hit communities. On Monday, Herefordshire Council tweeted that the vicar of St Martin’s Church…
Abi Jarvis
Lent: Jesus, fully sharing in our humanity
In the past, I’ve given up various things for Lent. I think one of the most insightful times I’ve had was when my wife and I gave up TV. All of a sudden, we had so much free time. However, this year, as I’ve pondered what I might do to mark Lent, I’ve realised that I’ve spent a lot of time thinking…
Richard Powney
How can we show our Christian identity in sport?
We are strange beings. Joyful when our sport stars are triumphant but then rub our hands with glee if they are caught cheating, gambling or 'playing away'. What does that say of us who are often so quick to judge when we have never had to experience the surreal world they live in? Are we that…
Martin Lewis
Gambling with lives
The event coincided with the climax of the Big Step Campaign’s 100-mile walk, a campaign seeking to persuade football clubs to reassess their relationships with gambling companies, and support people addicted to gambling. The charity’s message in Parliament was stark. Since their last…
John Coleby
Coronavirus: advice and resources
UPDATED - 11 June 2020 – this page has now largely been superseded by our reopening guidance and FAQs which is available here.
Turning 'scary evangelism' on its head
Looking back, I can see how my discouragement, fear and pride were all getting in the way, and the tragedy is that nobody called me to account for this. I felt a failure. Research shows that I’m not alone. A survey carried out by the Evangelical Alliance back in 2012 revealed that 48 per cent of…
Tim Moyler
Will you share yours?
Alongside his research and resourcing at the Evangelical Alliance, Phil has also been carefully putting into words the passion he has always felt for sharing Jesus and sharing stories. His first book, Story Bearer, encourages all Christians, whatever age and life stage, to treasure their story and…
Eve Paterson
What's stopping us?
We were having a great week and being blown away by all the Lord was doing. The theme of ‘Only the Brave’ exploring determined discipleship from the book of James was having a huge impact on the event and we were settling down to hear another message. The diminutive figure of Hae Woo unassumingly…
Gavin Calver
Created equal
Second-wave feminism has been a topic of heated, sometimes controversial and complex, debate, but is fundamental to understanding our current our society and has also been discussed in churches. Politically, spiritually and socially this issue splits society down the middle in many ways. As…
Christine Uhlig
Top tips for doing church digitally
My past week has been a hive of activity resourcing the local church and working with other church communications teams, creating resources, learning from each other, and sharing best practice. Our desire has been to discover what God is making available to us all in this time, and through this I…
Mark Crosby
Coronavirus: Being together, apart
In the church calendar, it may be that we take part in the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity or occasionally swap pulpits. In my experience, it is often left unexplored. We know that it is one of the things that Jesus prayed for on the night before He died. Our Lord prayed that we might be…
Kevin Ellis
Remembered in the time of old age
I would never argue with the way God continues to use this ministry in remarkable ways, but I couldn’t escape my inner reaction: What about the older people?! Three words dropped into my thinking: silver cord ministries. Ecclesiastes 12 starts “remember your creator in the days of your youth”,…
Debs Fidler
The Father's heart for family
He spent the next few days repeatedly asking why we couldn’t all live in the same place now, because he was sad not to be able to play with his cousins every day as they live too far away. Seeing my little boy play with my sisters’ children is always special. They’re close in age and, despite their…
Amy Burns
A godly initiative in Stornaway
The gospel is the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ. As with any good news, it is worth sharing, even more so when people struggle with their own sense of bad news about themselves. When people are left to make up their own mind about God, especially in a more religious setting, they tend to view…
Rev Thomas MacNeil
