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Leadership in crisis
Join Gavin Calver, CEO, and Jo Frost, director of communications and engagement, as they delve into the complexities of leadership during crises. Drawing from their own experiences at the Evangelical Alliance, they discuss six essential principles for effectively managing crises, restoring trust…
Are you a good news person?
Nicola: Today, you are here to talk about your new book, Good News People: Hopeful Evangelicals Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Gavin, in short, what’s the premise of the book? Gavin: The premise of the book is that we are gospel people; we are good news people in a bad news world, and throughout…
Nicola Morrison
About us
The Evangelical Alliance is made up of hundreds of organisations, thousands of churches and tens of thousands of individuals, joined together for the sake of the gospel. Representing our members since 1846, the Evangelical Alliance is the oldest and largest evangelical unity movement in the UK.…
England
We serve and represent churches, organisations and individuals across England, encouraging churches, organisations and individuals to work together in evangelism and social action. We believe that together, we can see England transformed with the good news of Jesus Christ.
greatcommission.co.uk celebrates first anniversary
The Great Commission website is celebrating its first anniversary. The evangelism hub has shared more than 50 stories of how Jesus is changing lives across the UK since its launch in October 2016. greatcommission.co.uk was set up to help Christians and churches share their own stories of how Jesus…
Alexandra Davis
Help equip the church to share the gospel
Though 57% of people in England call themselves Christians, just 9% are what we might call "practising Christians". That's fewer than 1 in 10 people who know Jesus and live out their faith in their daily lives. Perhaps more worrying still, 54% of non-Christians who know a Christian have never had a…
TBN: Gamechangers
One such programme is Gamechangers hosted by Gavin Calver, director of mission at the Evangelical Alliance, and Anne Calver, an author and Baptist minister. Each week, Gavin and Anne invite you to encounter Jesus and become all you can be in Him, empowering you to be a Game Changer in the world we…
The generosity of God’s people
As I write this Last Word, I realise I've been general director of the Evangelical Alliance for more than eight years. I remember well my first day as Ann and I arrived at Whitfield House (our old resource centre), welcomed by the whole staff team with a large cake to celebrate. These last years…
Steve Clifford
1846
Throughout our history, the Holy Spirit has united and led us as a membership organisation. For some this has meant serving a foundational role providing financial and prayer support. We cannot serve and strengthen the UK church without the help of our generous supporters. In 1 Chronicles, we see…
Mercy Ships: How will your church make history?
For 2000 years, the Church has followed the model of Jesus, by loving the poor and serving the sick. Christians founded the first hospitals, pioneered colleges of nursing, and established schools for deaf and blind children. We follow in the footsteps of Church heroes and history makers; legendary…
Are Christians able to live out the gospel in our culture?
Premier Drive teamed up with Evangelical Alliance directors Gavin Calver and Dr Dave Landrum to tackle some of the biggest questions on evangelism – has the Church lost its way or has it simply just lost touch with how things should be done?
Are Christians still free to share the gospel in our society?
Premier Drive teamed up with Evangelical Alliance directors Gavin Calver and Dr Dave Landrum to tackle some of the biggest questions on evangelism – has the Church lost its way or has it simply just lost touch with how things should be done?
Christmas leaders pack 2019
This year, we want to focus on the fact that Christmas is God with us. We're looking to Matthew 1:23 for our inspiration: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel’, which means ‘God is with us’." To help you on your way, we've got a sermon outline from…
How to Simply Eat
Just a few months after its release, it’s amazing to be able to see the path that Simply Eat is already carving, and the legacy it is leaving. If you’ve not got your copy yet, or you've had a read and want to know how you could put it into practice, here are some of my tips and reflections:Change…
Eve Paterson
