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Domestic abuse law hijacked by abortion amendments
UPDATE: The Speaker of the House of Commons has not selected the amendment to decriminalise abortion for debate and vote. MPs will however still vote on a proposed amendment to allow women in abusive relationships access to home abortion kits throughout the first 24 weeks of their pregnancy.
Danny Webster
TAG Talk: Worship
In this TAG Talk live from Tuesday 30th June, we were be joined Dr Jeremy Perigo Lecturer in Worship Studies at Regent University, Virginia and Dr Helen Morris Acting Director of Studies and Lecturer in NT at Moorlands College. Together with Host Revd Dr David Hilborn Principal of Moorlands…
TAG Talk: Pastoral Theology and Ethics
In this TAG Talk live from Tuesday 30th June, we were be joined Dr Philippa Taylor, Consultant on Family and Bioethics, CARE and Revd Mia Hilborn Head of Chaplaincy at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. You must be a member of the Evangelical Alliance, and logged in to view this video.
God, the heart of our unity and mission
I have been heartened and encouraged by the steps that I, as membership team leader at the Evangelical Alliance, have seen or heard our members – churches, organisations and individuals alike – take in order to serve communities and the body of Christ. Permit me to spotlight a couple of these acts…
Location, proximity and tracking apps
It is important that evangelicals are aware of the potential impacts of these technologies. With the lockdown now easing the deployment of this technology may appear innocuous or a non-starter. However, having already spent £11.8m million trying to develop its own app, on 18 June 2020, the UK…
COVID-19 and the challenge of discipling young people
Young people have long been labelled screen junkies, constantly glued to their smartphones, 24-hour gaming, YouTube and Twitch, or dancing away to the latest TikTok trend. So it came as a bit of a shock that, when the world moved online due to the lockdown restrictions, the young people we had…
Mat Walls
The transformative power of imagination
The Oxford Dictionary defines imagination as “mental faculty for forming images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses,” and “the ability of the mind to be creative and resourceful.” Imagination involves taking time to be creative, to develop unknown worlds. It is forming in our…
Living in liminal leadership
We are living through a very interesting time. Many of the things we previously took for granted as ‘normal’ have been swept away. This pandemic, and the future beyond it, has thrust us into uncharted territory. Huge changes can lead us into periods of doubt and inertia, or we can choose to view…
Walk, Pray, Talk
Through each of the five sessions you will explore prayer through themes of being people of God, present to God and people, participation, and caring for a place. We really want to encourage you to get out and about praying for your local community. We believe you will thrive as God’s people,…
Taking good care of yourself
Many of us are exhausted. We have faced challenges that we never expected to face, and without warning or preparation, we were thrown into a blizzard of change. It has been draining. Leaders across the country are starting to feel the strain. There are times when the calling of leadership can leave…
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
Changing Church Toolkit: Transforming communities
A series of resources for your leadership team on how to seek the peace and prosperity for your community
10 top tips for community engagement
Download our 10 top tips for your leadership team to explore community engagement and transformation
Five key questions for community engagement
Check out our 5 key questions for your leadership team to help explore how to engage with your local community
Five inescapable tensions of COVID-19
All of us are getting used to new ways of doing things, new habits and new ways of seeing the world. Let’s begin with the superficial changes. Before COVID, I had never elbow-bumped anyone; now, extending my arm joint seems as natural as a handshake. Before COVID, coughs used to be background…
Phil Knox
