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Job Creation Project: Life when work stops
If losing a job is rather like a bereavement, then my wife and I felt triply hit. How do you cope when life continues but your work stops? What does it mean to be a fruitful frontline disciple if your frontline suddenly changes? What is the Bible’s perspective on all of this? And what practical…
Steve Osei-Mensah
The nation’s favourite hymn
I’m a pretty average singer. On the scale of ‘tone deaf to Pavarotti’ I’d place myself precisely at the half-way point. Those who have ever sung in the pew or terrace in front of me would agree that I’m more about quantity rather than quality. And in the last year I have desperately missed singing…
Phil Knox
Widely criticised aid cuts expose limits of the law
At the 2021 budget the chancellor announced that development assistance would reduce from 0.7 per cent of gross national income to 0.5 per cent. The Conservative Party had pledged in their 2019 election manifesto that they would maintain the level of spending. It had been a centre piece of the…
Danny Webster
Scotland: Emerging from Lockdown
Gatherings and activities The following rules apply in relation to gatherings and activities in Level 0: Eight people from four households can meet in a private home.Ten people from four households can meet in an indoor public place, such as a café.Fifteen people from 15 households can meet…
Kieran Turner
Job Creation Project: Supporting entrepreneurs in their non-traditional ministry
One night in university led Reuben’s perspective on God to change drastically. He was coming home one wet evening when he passed a homeless man sitting on the pavement. When Reuben leant down to give the man some money and ask him how he was doing, the man began weeping. He explained that people…
Jo Evans
Summary of response to the Climate Change Bill 2021
"The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it." Genesis 2:15 As Christians we believe that there is a clear biblical mandate to care for creation. God has given human beings a unique responsibility to act in a way that looks after and looks out for His…
Danielle McElhinney
Climate change: Gospel motivation for a global issue
The report (available on the IPCC website here) is said to be the most robust to date, presenting the thoroughly researched argument that climate change is already impacting the whole world. The University of Oxford's Dr Friederike Otto, one of the many authors of the report, says: "Climate change…
Jo Evans
Yorkshire puddings for breakfast: the importance of preparing our youth for university
Sunday, September 20th, 2015. With a car full of absolutely ridiculous items (seriously, why did I take a rolling pin to university?), my parents and I set off for Norwich to begin the next chapter of my life. I was 18 years old, straight out of school, and had signed up for three years at the…
Sam Brown
Motivating Mission
Starting to share your faith is a little like learning how to run regularly. The ‘Couch to 5k’ training programme has helped thousands of people get moving. The Church of England’s new resource Everyday Witness is based on the ‘Couch to 5K’ model, which we think is a great analogy for sharing faith…
Biblical unity, with diversity at its heart
I believe there are three theological ideas that can help us appreciate the kind of unity God spoke about the Bible. The first starts with creation. One crucial aspect of creation theology is what the biblical accounts of creation tell us about what it means to be human. Creation theology furnishes…
Rev Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana
High-impact church in a post-pandemic world
Ekklesia is an assembly of people united to impact their community, town or city. Paul tells us ‘the glue’ is a mindset of humility, gentleness and patience, bearing with one another in love. Love comes from deep relationship, passionately wanting each other to flourish. We find ways to serve…
Steve Botham
Our unity saves souls
There was one mission that was particularly special. We began the week by looking at John 17 with the team. We read the prayer of Jesus right before He was arrested: “I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the…
Gavin Calver
Pastor: "We're blessed to be a blessing"
Gateway Church stepped in, not knowing we’d end up running a large-scale operation that’d provide more than 12,000 cooked meals and food parcels over the year to students, vulnerable families, individuals in the community, and NHS night staff at Nevill Hall Hospital. Armed with a small team of…
Christopher Vaz
Evangelical Alliance launches new season of podcast on what it means to be human
Today, the Evangelical Alliance is launching the third season of the Being Human podcast, part of its project to inspire everyday Christians to understand, articulate and participate in the biblical vision of humanity. The podcast, hosted by Evangelical Alliance directors Jo Frost and Peter Lynas,…
Motivating Mission
Starting to share your faith is a little like learning how to run regularly. The ​‘Couch to 5k’ training programme has helped thousands of people get moving. The Church of England’s new resource Everyday Witness is based on the ‘Couch to 5K’ model, which we think is a great analogy for sharing…
