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Will your church change the world?
‘God wants to save the world, but what if He also wants to transform it?’‘What if leadership is a gift from God to change the world around us?’‘How can I be a leader in the public square, speaking up for God and for the good of all?’These are the questions at the heart of the new small group course…
Abi Jarvis
How God set me free from my eating disorder
I’m 39 years old. I grew up in Belfast. I’m the eldest of three children. I’m married with a daughter and a cat. I like crosswords, but not cryptic ones. I watch too much TV. I’ve been a Christian for more than 20 years. And I’ve a long history of struggles with my mental health: lifethreatening…
Guest writer
The Evangelical Alliance’s work towards religious freedom for all
Resolutions passed at the founding conference in August 1846 and at the inaugural British conference in November 1846, the Alliance’s intention to support “those who may be engaged amidst peculiar difficulties and opposition” were declared. Sir Culling Eardley Smith was one of the key founders of…
Kim Walker
The truth about fake news
Over the past couple of years two trends have developed that have challenged our relationship with truth, and truthiness is the corrosive bond that links them. Post-truth is the idea that evidence about a situation takes second place to our feelings. For example we might think that leaving the EU…
Danny Webster
Andy Bannister
He says while sometimes it’s easier for Christians to believe it, we must be careful not to use it as an excuse. There are ‘green shoots’ of church growth everywhere and it’s exciting. But with a PhD in Islam and stories of being ‘demolished’ by Muslims who made him question his confidence in his…
Amaris Cole
Running for justice, receiving hope
A Muskathlon is a week-long adventure, culminating with a run, trek or ride through the communities that the Muskathletes are fundraising for. While she was there, Amaris and many of the other European Muskathletes on the trip met their sponsored child. Shema Prince is three years old and lives in…
Amaris Cole
How 'Discovering Jesus' is changing lives
Approximately 14,000 copies have been sold and in 2014, the Discovering Jesus through Asian eyes discussion course was launched to accompany the booklet and enable people to explore with their friends what the Bible says about these questions. Even in the early trials of the course, Muslim, Hindu…
Alexandra Davis
The silence of the lambs
Last week Ealing Council voted to introduce a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) in order to enforce a ‘buffer zone’ around a Marie Stopes abortion clinic. The PSPO was put place to stop a group of Christians (Roman Catholic) who, for more than 20 years, had stood in silent prayer near the…
Dr David Landrum
Civil society and the church: have your say
Civil society is a broad term, and is described in the consultation as ‘all those outside of the public sector, who share the mission of building a stronger society and improving lives.’ In the UK, the Christian church is right at the heart of this mission. Tracey Crouch, the minister for civil…
John Coleby
Risk and relationship: partnering up with the Human Rights Commission in Northern Ireland
Protecting the right to freedom of conscience, thought and religion goes right to the heart of the kind of society that we all want to live in. That is the message from the launch of a joint project by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland. The…
David Smyth
Ealing Council’s decision to institute a censorship zone is a brazen attack on civil liberties
On Tuesday, 10 April, Ealing Council’s cabinet voted to introduce a ‘safe zone’ outside of the Marie Stopes abortion centre on Mattock Lane. Ealing Council said that it was an “absolutely necessary” move to combat rife “harassment and intimidation” occurring outside the centre. Council leader…
Guest writer
The plight of knife crime – time to stop and search?
During the spring months, London saw an astronomical increase in knife crime resulting in more than 30 deaths since the beginning of the year and more than 14 during April and May. This by no means considers the numerous amounts of people who have been injured by these crimes. The victims have more…
Guest writer
Is there a relationship between politics and biblical love?
In order to address these questions, I’m drawing from Martin Luther King Jr., who is known to have talked and written a lot about biblical love. He famously followed a version of the classical distinctions between different kinds of love. Eros, which he understood as romantic love, philia, the love…
Do justice, love mercy, walk humbly… don’t gentrify?
The busy but previously neglected zone 2 enclave of Peckham is having its moment. Whether that moment is one of progress or destruction depends on your perspective. Hailed by publications as remote as American Vogue as a “cultural epicentre” after years of association with “Only Fools and Horses…
Guest writer
5 ways to show love in society today
1. Love your neighbour Jesus was very simple in his response to the strategy on how to love society: to love your neighbour. This love can show itself in a multitude of ways, but it’s probably best to think about what action or reaction is the most loving thing to do to the person who is my…
Roger Sutton
