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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
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
We need public leaders now more than ever before
Despite having watched the spread through China and into Europe and beyond, I and I think many others, were not fully prepared for how fast it was going to change our lives. Events and responses are shifting so quickly that advice and resources constantly need updating and were I to give you ‘five…
Abi Jarvis
Abortion changes in Northern Ireland: My body, my choice?
That makes the recent abortion regulations in Northern Ireland all the more ironic and, frankly, jarring. The campaign that led to these changes was premised on a simple slogan: my body, my choice. This is the ultimate rallying cry of an individualist culture. It is, however, completely at odds…
Peter Lynas
Hope 15:13 – pray, prepare and proclaim
The global initiative, which offers a model for churches to respond to the pandemic, lays out a clear strategy where prayer, staying safe and sharing the hope of Jesus work in tandem to help people who are desperately searching for assurance find it through a relationship with Christ. The…
Naomi Osinnowo
Loving, living and telling the gospel in lockdown
But it’s our prayer at Christianity Explored Ministries (CEM) that many Christians might take hold of the new and unprecedented opportunities presented by this crisis for sharing their faith. Idols stripped away The pandemic has taken away so many of our country’s idols – sport, health, prosperity,…
Sarah Quinlan
Faith in Later Life: helping Christians to reach and serve older people
To inspire and equip Christians to reach, serve and empower older people in every community during the pandemic, Faith in Later Life has a number of blog pieces on their website, which include reflections on what this current pandemic may mean for older people and how best to help them. Last week,…
John Coleby
An opportunity to go deeper with Jesus and others
However, I think this season, though challenging, provides an opportunity to shift western consumer church culture. Something that usually hangs on how good the worship or talk was last Sunday can move to a deeper, more personal and rooted relationship with Jesus and other members of our church…
Alan Radbourne
Kintsugi Hope online wellbeing groups
We feel that more people and communities than ever before need to be connected and given a listening ear at this time when the coronavirus pandemic has made our world scarier and more uncertain than ever before. The current situation is affecting all of us in different ways, and we are seeing…
Ludivine Kadimba
Three practical ideas for evangelism during lockdown
But it is also hard. Many churches are grieving and comforting one another through grief and bereavement. Most churches’ income has been impacted by an absence of hall lettings, conference bookings and the fact you can’t pass around a virtual Sunday collection plate. We do need to continue to look…
Phil Knox
Why leadership and trust can’t be separated
In a critical situation leadership is essential to ensure action is taken to prevent worse consequences – that much is straightforward. In the regular course of life there are innumerable tame problems that require tackling; these require leadership and might be difficult but have been done before.…
Danny Webster
Impact of coronavirus on charities
The Evangelical Alliance has spoken to all its member churches and organisations over the last month and has heard incredible stories of how they are responding to this crisis: from making practical changes to deliver church meetings online to caring for the vulnerable in their community in new…
Danny Webster
Free to lead
Yet one Tuesday night we found ourselves sitting in our lounge with our pastors, who told us they were leaving in five months and asked if my wife Helen and I would lead the 60 or so people in our congregation. They gave us three days to make a prayerful decision. We prayed; we said no. We prayed…
Tim Roberts
Sharing Hope and Finding Faith
GATHER is a national network of vibrant missional unity movements in villages, towns, cities and boroughs.
Church in lockdown will continue until at least July
Many of the changes only apply to England and separate regulations stipulate the rules in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each of the devolved administrations has reiterated that the ongoing message remains to stay at home and only minor amendments have been made to the regulations, for…
Danny Webster
