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SHORT/ANSWERS video series
Why are so many Christians afraid of evangelism? Partly because we worry about what we'd say if our friend raised a challenge or a tough question about our faith.SHORT/ANSWERS videos were designed to help you in your evangelism: they take a tough question about faith and address it in a friendly,…
Top tips for doing church digitally
My past week has been a hive of activity resourcing the local church and working with other church communications teams, creating resources, learning from each other, and sharing best practice. Our desire has been to discover what God is making available to us all in this time, and through this I…
Mark Crosby
Faith in Later Life: helping Christians to reach and serve older people
To inspire and equip Christians to reach, serve and empower older people in every community during the pandemic, Faith in Later Life has a number of blog pieces on their website, which include reflections on what this current pandemic may mean for older people and how best to help them. Last week,…
John Coleby
Online church and safeguarding
This article covers online aspects of 'church in lockdown', but there are more areas we need to consider, so we feature more on our website Christian Safeguarding Services. Each church context is different, so it’s important leaders consider their own specific needs and challenges and assess the…
Paul & Sue Harrison
10 top tips for reopening church
The reopening of church buildings provides opportunities and challenges to be navigated with love, wisdom and grace.
Community matters
Beneath the surface, responding to urgent demands with limited resources has led to reprioritised needs, categorised people and social divisions in a way that subtly reshapes values and culture. These are community matters. Community matters to God. Community matters for the church. “Christianity…
Donna Jennings
Redeeming the time
In Ephesians 5, Paul, pretty much, does exactly that, as he encourages the church to “look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is” (Ephesians…
Chris Ringland
Why and how we do justice
The pandemic has exposed inequalities here in the UK with the coronavirus disproportionately affecting people from BAME communities, families being pushed into food poverty, and many struggling with mental health issues. The global picture is stark too: The World Bank defines extreme poverty as…
Catherine De Souza
Evangelical Alliance Leadership Conference 2021
Our first-ever leadership conference shared wisdom, vision and prayer, to encourage, strengthen and guide the church amid COVID-19
Conversion practices
Since 2018, we have appeared on mainstream and Christian media to set out our concerns to both the Scottish Government and UK Government on the harms a badly focused and poorly worded policy could have on personal choice and religious freedoms. In all of our discussions and meetings with ministers…
Kickstart Scheme
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on universal credit
Start up loans from British Business Bank
Designed to unlock the potential of those who have been made unemployed as a result of COVID-19
Wounded leadership series: Waiting on God
However, I have learned the hard way that in church leadership sometimes waiting is more important than moving. God doesn’t always work to our timescale. This can be difficult for the many activists in the church. Have you ever noticed how often the words wait, remain and stay appear in the Bible?…
Climate justice: a priority for young adults but not the church?
Draining fossil fuels reserves, paired with over consumption and disposability, we’ve stretched our planet to the point where we run into a planetary resource deficit every year, reaching into our earthly bank account at a rate which we cannot replenish. This isn't, however, just a creation issue.…
Laura Young
Remember When in lockdown
This special #RememberWhen session is designed to help you and your small group process what you’ve been through during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s an opportunity to share some of your experiences from lockdown, what you learnt about yourself and your faith, and begin to recognise moments of…
