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The Lord God made them all
After this half-term a Forest Kindergarten that has been operating since 2014 in a National Trust forest in Kent will not be able to return to the woods. This news saddened me as I believe nature is the best teacher and that God wants children and all of us to appreciate His creation which points…
Kaiya Huleatt
Counties: Neighbourhood Chaplains
Our Neighbourhood Chaplains vision is to see churches connecting deeply with the lonely. We want to see hundreds of teams equipped to reach out, thousands of homes and communities connected every month, fresh opportunities for the gospel through word and action and lives transformed as people see…
Ashers Bakery – when the icing sugar has settled
On Wednesday, 10 October the Supreme Court in London delivered judgment in the now famous Ashers bakery case. It is the latest and perhaps final twist in the case, which began four-and-a-half years ago when a man walked into Daniel and Amy McArthur’s bakery and asked for a cake with the message…
David Smyth
Haters going to hate?
If you’ve been around Scotland in the last few weeks you may have seen one of the posters from the new One Scotland ‘Dear Haters’ anti-hate crime campaign funded by the Scottish Government and backed by Police Scotland. If you’ve seen one, you won’t forget it: they are punchy and hard-hitting,…
Kieran Turner
Praying for my family, the persecuted church
In prison. At work. In families. So many of those who have chosen to follow Jesus have chosen to do so at the cost of something else – community. Whether they love Jesus in secret because they are aware of the potential retribution of family and neighbours who are against their conversion, or…
Alexandra Davis
NOW CLOSED: Share your experience of life as a Christian in the UK
The inquiry into ‘Being a Christian in the UK Today’, led by the Christians in Parliament All-Party Parliamentary Group, seeks to explore the experience of Christians in the UK in 2018. In particular we are concerned with how living out Christian faith interacts with public institutions such as…
Firm Foundations: helping churches find places to call home.
Over the last few years the Evangelical Alliance has spoken to many churches that have experienced challenges finding properties to meet in and encountered hurdles relating to cost, bureaucracy and opposition. This resource is a starting point for churches grappling with property issues. It…
Firm Foundations – new resource from the Evangelical Alliance
Over the last few years the Evangelical Alliance has spoken to many churches that have experienced challenges finding properties to meet in and encountered hurdles relating to cost, bureaucracy and opposition. Churches that are part of our One People Commission, which represents churches from…
Danny Webster
Public Leader Scotland: weekend one
A dentist, lawyer, engineers, and a business owner, to name just a few, were among those in attendance, and each had the same intention: to step up, speak out and engage in public life in the area God has placed them. The PLS course’s vision is to see a new generation of Christians in their 20s and…
Bethany Macleod
Top tips to thrive on your leadership journey
Leadership is not simply a task: it’s a journey. Based on his doctoral research, podcast and other interviews with a series of leaders, Dr Alan Wilson shares five important lessons for any Christian leader whether in church ministry or public leadership) with public leadership coordinator Abi…
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Brexit, Herod and contemptuous politicians
The five-day debate on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement was always going to be tense, with predictions that the government could lose the vote on 11 December by a large margin – one tracker now has more than 100 Conservative MPs pledging to vote against it. But then there was the tricky matter of…
Danny Webster
Pressing into God’s calling
I’m just not very target-orientated. So new year’s resolutions are always a bit hit and miss for me. Last week I read back on my end-of-year reflection from 2017 and it turned out that I’d committed myself to some faith-related goals which I had promptly forgotten about. I did manage to get all the…
Alexandra Davis
This must be what family looks like
Liz Grier shares Unlimited Church's story of how food and faith can change lives in an extract from Simply Eat, a collection of stories about meeting Jesus around food. Food has always been central to our church. In fact, Unlimited Church in Exeter has never held any form of church service or…
Liz Grier
Simply Eat: Divine Fruit Salad
Nadina Mary Devabalan shares her story of how food and faith can change lives in an extract from Simply Eat, a collection of stories about meeting Jesus around food. I love making fruit salad for dessert. Sometimes I make it for my family when my dad comes home from work. Our neighbour often pops…
Nadina Mary Devabalan
A stepping stone to discipleship
Rodel Perez shares his story of how food and faith can change lives in an extract from Simply Eat, a collection of stories about meeting Jesus around food. In September 2016, a men’s small group from Kensington Temple church in Notting Hill organised a Curry Challenge in Bayswater. It’s an annual…
Rodel Perez
