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The generosity of God’s people
As I write this Last Word, I realise I've been general director of the Evangelical Alliance for more than eight years. I remember well my first day as Ann and I arrived at Whitfield House (our old resource centre), welcomed by the whole staff team with a large cake to celebrate. These last years…
Steve Clifford
Welcome the stranger as if they’re royalty
In the midst of this grand reception of Prince William, the Jordan government announced that it would not take in any more refugees. While it must be remembered that the Jordanian government's limits on refugees are an understandable responsibility of the state, as there are already more than…
Get excited about Jesus: in the beginning is awe
Looking at the church in the West today, one can hardly escape the impression that the church is preoccupied with itself. What new strategy for church growth will help? How can new structures be put in place? And how can the expectations of visitors be met more effectively? But what is it all…
Dr Johannes Hartl
Christian Vision for Men: The Ultimate Survival Guide
Christian Vision for Men’s (CVM’s) Demolition Squad was set up to make the complexity of Christian apologetics accessible for the bloke-on-the-street, by reducing the often complex arguments into easy to understand articles. The Demolition Squad’s book, the Ultimate Surival Guide, is the…
Abigail’s Court: “We try to reach them before it’s too late”
British Nigerian Stella Jackson, leader of the team of volunteers who make the work of Abigail’s Court possible, invited the Evangelical Alliance, of which Jesus House is a member, to its annual Celebrating Life event that took place on Saturday, 21 July. It was my pleasure to honour the…
Naomi Osinnowo
Diversity in leadership
I recently read an article discussing Clarks shoes. A girls’ range, which features hearts inside and is called Dolly Babe, has now been discontinued following complaints. The boy’s range, which features footballs inside, is named Leader and it remains in stock. Controversy over genderised…
Abi Jarvis
Key appointment to equip young adults for mission
The Evangelical Alliance has appointed Phil Knox as its first head of mission to young adults as part of its drive to position a passion for Jesus and making Him known at the heart of its mission work. Phil joins the Evangelical Alliance following 12 years working for Youth for Christ, where he has…
Statement in response to abortion referendum in Ireland
David Smyth, public policy officer at the Evangelical Alliance in Northern Ireland said: "Today many will mourn the loss of a vital protection for women and their unborn children from the Irish constitution."There are very strong feelings on all sides and we want to commend all those who advocated…
Christianity Explored Ministries: Discipleship Explored
Discipleship Explored helps followers of Jesus turn up the gospel soundtrack to their lives.
Love Island, Hugh Grant, and Jesus: Who does it better?
If you're looking to split a crowd as dramatically as the parting of the Red Sea, might I suggest bringing up Love Island?We've probably all witnessed a colleague innocently ask, "Has anyone been watching Love Island?". Given the pandemonium this causes in workplaces across the country, I'm rather…
Eve Paterson
New Team
New Team SCIO aims to support spiritual, emotional and social development, meeting young people where they hang out through street youth work (detached work) and build more youth work opportunities from those relationships. The areas of Govan New Team targets are in the most "deprived" five per…
Ten podcasts for public leaders
Cultural intelligence Q Podcast Q, a website of videos and articles, was birthed out of Gabe Lyons’ vision to see Christians, especially leaders, recover a vision for their historic responsibility to renew and restore cultures. The podcast (qpodcast.libsyn.com) covers a large subject-base…
Abi Jarvis
ChristChurch Fulham: stepping into the supernatural
Following a wonderful time of worship with members of her church and a powerful encounter with the Lord, wife and mother Amy went to meet relatives. “Oh, Amy, it’s you,” they exclaimed, surprised, as she got out of the car to walk across to greet them on the other side of the car park. They simply…
Stuart Lees
Lighting up the darkness with Compassion UK
When the sun sets in some of Nairobi’s slums, family life stops. No more cooking, cleaning, homework or playing till morning. Without electricity, it’s almost impossible to carry on after dark. Those hours of darkness matter, for a family to be productive and work themselves out of poverty.…
Andy Haddow
Refuel 2018 was a success. Bring on 2019!
“Then sings my soul, my saviour God to thee, how great thou art, how great thou art.” This was the first hymn that was sung at the opening of Refuel 18, and the voices of more than 800 people glorifying God together certainly set the tone for what was to come over the course of the week. The…
Andrea Carvalho
