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Dating apps: love or loathe them?
The dating landscape has undergone something of a transformation in the last 20 years. With the creation of online dating websites in the early 2000s, the way people date changed forever and, today, meeting somebody on a dating app is the norm, especially if you are a millennial. Research even…
Lizzie Thomson
Church plant membership
With each church that decides to stand with the Evangelical Alliance, we become more effective in speaking and acting on your behalf. We can achieve so much more together than we ever can alone. Becoming a member of the Evangelical Alliance is easy: Make sure you meet our requirements for church…
Advantages of church plant membership
Advantages of church plant membership: Gain representation on a national and UK-wide scale as we speak up on behalf of the church and the vulnerable to government and the media. Children in your church may also benefit from priority admission to some Church of England schools.Be the first to hear…
Intercultural Church Conference 2022
Watch the inaugural Intercultural Church Conference. With insights from our keynote speakers, Kate Coleman and Steve Uppal as well as panel discussions and more.The inaugural Intercultural Church Conference is a mixture of talks, insights and panel discussions. Hear from Kate Coleman and Steve…
How can Christians respond to political chaos?
Liz Truss is leaving Downing Street as the shortest serving occupant behind that black door; her leadership campaign lasted longer than her premiership. We witnessed the ignominy of a lettuce on a live stream outlasting her. This followed the departure of her chancellor, purportedly for no greater…
Danny Webster
What do Rishi's policy promises mean for the UK?
In his first address to the nation he sought to unite and rally the Conservative party around its 2019 manifesto, but can he deliver, and in doing so will it serve the good of the whole country?
Alicia Edmund
Stories of Hope: Cost of Living
This year we have witnessed the cost of living grow exponentially. While rising bills have impacted most of us in some form, those on the lowest incomes have been hit the hardest. Many are having to make difficult decisions between heating their homes or putting food on the table. The situation…
Church and government need to work together to tackle cost of living crisis
The Evangelical Alliance and Christians Against Poverty call on the new prime minister to do more for the poorest households in our society. In this cost of living crisis thousands of churches across the UK are providing support for their communities in compassionate and creative ways. These…
I believe the church can restore hope in this crisis – here’s how
Over the last 10 to 15 years, we’ve seen a significant shift in church activities where ‘good works’ or ‘mercy ministries’ have become commonplace once again. I have the pleasure of working at Jubilee+, a Christian charity that equips churches to make a difference to the lives of those in poverty…
Natalie Williams
Church leaders, here's how to work with MPs, mayors and more
Churches in Greater Manchester are mapping food provision offered in every church in each of the ten boroughs of the region. Piloted in the summer, this is now being overlaid with a map of the postcodes of children on free school meals to reveal the “gaps” in our communities and is becoming the…
Mark Cowling
Hope for today: partnership response in times of crisis
It is a new week and the Faithworks team start the morning by gathering online from all over Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole (“BCP”) and East Dorset to pray. We celebrate the small victories of the past week and pray for God’s Kingdom to come this week. Afterwards, I look at my emails from…
Alistair Doxat-Purser
Church and policymakers unite in parliament to talk cost of living
More than 60 individuals representing government departments, parliamentarians and poverty relief organisations came together at Portcullis House, to hear about the compassionate and creative ways churches are providing support to those most in need. The night was a mix of presentations, opening…
Alicia Edmund
OIKOS Prayer App
The most effective context for OIKOS is a subgroup e.g. a local church who want to cover their community in prayer. A facilitator can create a group, share it with members who can then track their progress together. The OIKOS app is accompanied by resources to support people to use it in the form…
Jesus to the Rescue
Jesus to the Rescue is the Christmas story … with a difference. Jesus to the Rescue tells the story of how God sent Jesus into the world to rescue it and us. Part of the God’s Big Story series, which uses the Early Learning Centre’s Happyland toys and with free downloadable resources to help…
Prayer fuel pack
The UK is in an unemployment crisis. The church has always responded with compassion and conviction to help those in greatest need. As long-term unemployment affects so many, this is a powerful time for the church to step in – to pray, to create new jobs and to give hope to many. At the…
