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Is your church ready to welcome the new young adults that are having dreams about Jesus?
People have been having dreams throughout the course of human history and will most likely continue to have them until the end of humanity. But if God is in our waking and in our sleeping, then we need to be open to the possibility that He may be speaking through our dreams. There are 21 dreams in…
Luke Smith
How does the Bible tell us to treat immigrants?
It consistently ranks among the public’s top concerns, often above the economy or the NHS. The pressure for reform is constant. The Bible is not silent on immigration, and challenges us no matter where we stand on this issue. Applying biblical examples to modern Britain is far from a simple…
Mark Gilmore
Grace’s Story – Medical diagnosis
It was at the 20-week scan, when all had seemed fairly routine at the start. Up to that point, this pregnancy had been the best of the three so far; with the previous two, I had been extremely sick and even hospitalised with hyperemesis. Given our excitement, we barely noticed that the scan was…
Have your say on a £20 million fund in your community
In September the government announced their Pride in Place programme, wherein 244 “left behind neighbourhoods” in England, Scotland and Wales would each receive up to £20 million in funding across ten years to invest in local communities and tackle deprivation. By investing in public and community…
Beth's story - Lack of support
I found out that I was pregnant when he was away. I recall calling him and telling him that I was pregnant. He was very adamant that he was going to support me and that there was absolutely no option of me having an abortion: “My mum will help us with looking after the baby.” I was very sick during…
UK politics: year in review
As the body of Christ our collective purpose is to be Jesus’ hands and feet to the world, both in social action and in proclamation of the gospel; seeking to reconcile people and politics with the love of their Heavenly Father and bringing the light of Christ to every community and situation. The…
Alicia Edmund