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Barking Churches Unite: taking faith onto the streets
Michael, who has worked for many years as a teacher of special needs children, shared that around the time of his fiftieth birthday, and during a week at Spring Harvest, he had become convinced that God was calling him to begin a ministry leading and promoting joint church initiatives. When he…
Graham Hedges
Money and PPE boost for churches and ministries
As part of a new initiative called ‘This is Love’, Christian charity Samaritan’s Purse UK is partnering with churches and ministries as they seek to support those who are disadvantaged, suffering from the direct and indirect effects of coronavirus, during this time. Providing foodbanks and care…
Naomi Osinnowo
Gavin Calver and Phil Knox launch inspirational small group resource to accompany their new book, Good News People
Today, The Evangelical Alliance launches the Good News People small group resource – a guide for open conversation about what it means to be a good news person in a bad news world. Written by co-authors, long-time friends and passionate evangelists Gavin Calver (CEO) and Phil Knox (evangelism and…
Book review: Culture Making
Crouch argues that Christians have spent time and energy condemning, critiquing, copying and consuming culture, either in an effort to seem ‘relevant’ to the world, or in a failure to express any distinction from it. He suggests that “the only way to change culture is to create more of it… If…
Abi Jarvis
Above & Beyond - churches and charities run well for the glory of God
Above and Beyond - churches and charities run well for the glory of God. Tuesday, 20 February 2018 9.30am-4pm St Mary's London, W1H 1PQ Hosted by the Evangelical Alliance Do not miss this opportunity to connect with the latest thinking and leading experts on good governance, legal matters and…
Alexandra Davis
Christmas: Emmanuel, God is with us, changes everything
God being with us has changed everything. At Christmas, we remember that God doesn’t watch us from the sidelines with His fingers crossed, hoping we’ll sort it out before it’s too late. At Christmas, we remember that God saw us, a broken mess of humankind, and decided to do something about it.…
Alexandra Davis
Have a Flipping Marvellous Pancake Party with CAP
Answer: They all like pancakes. There aren’t many I’ve met who would refuse one, especially not on Shrove Tuesday. You can even make them gluten free or vegan so really no one has to feel left out! With this in mind, last year at Christians Against Poverty, we launched the Flipping Marvellous…
Marianne Clough
Steve Clifford to step down as general director
Steve has been at the helm of the Evangelical Alliance since April 2009 and over the past decade he has helped the church have confidence in the power of the gospel and develop a clear voice in public life. But, perhaps above all, the Bradford-born Christian leader has brought together the diverse…
Danny Webster
Looking back at a year of public leadership
But 16 inspiring public leaders, who are serving God in healthcare, law, filmmaking, the charity sector and other places in public life, responded to God’s prompting and decided to spend a year with us, to develop their leadership skills and dig deeper into God’s plans for them and their areas of…
The route out of lockdown: Scottish Government update
As part of the Scottish Government’s scheduled review of the lockdown measures, the First Minister outlined that restrictions would remain in place at least until March. The previous review of the restrictions was held in mid-January and decided to extend the restrictions until mid-February. These…
Giving to public life
Sometimes you can try too hard to crowbar an article into a theme, or force it to fit a topic, and I thought that might be the case on this occasion. How can I talk about politics and public life in a magazine focused around giving and generosity? Not exactly an obvious fit. But perhaps the fact…
Danny Webster
Love your political leaders
There have been more reminders this week of the sad reality of what our leaders, of all political persuasions, suffer all too often. Alongside the verbal abuse hurled at Anna Soubry MP during a television interview, last year MP Jacob Rees-Mogg and his family were harassed outside their home, and…
The cross is raised
I knew back then, as I listened to the gospel message for the umpteenth time, that in these moments there was a supernatural clearing and connection of God’s Spirit to mine. I knew then that when I departed this human body I would without a doubt be held to answer for life’s most important…
Ruthie Thomas
Further reflections on Colin Bloom’s faith engagement review
On 26 April 2023, Colin Bloom, the independent faith adviser to the government published the Does government do God? report; bringing together over 21,000 consultation responses from faith leaders, charities and academics from different religion or belief organisations. Before reading this…
Alicia Edmund
We need the whole church to encourage young adults in evangelism
If you have young adults in your congregation, you have a role to play in encouraging them in evangelism. I meet people my age all the time who are spiritually searching, but have never been to church, and in some cases, I am the first Christian they’ve ever met. When I was a student worker, I once…
Katherine Brown
