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Tim Rowlands joins the Evangelical Alliance as head of Wales
Tim, can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I’m married to Emily, and we have four children between the ages of 17 and 22. I was born and raised in North Wales and am excited by the opportunity to relocate back to Wales for this new role, having lived in Chester for four years. I studied…
Nicola Morrison
How might churches mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement?
Monday, 10 April 2023 is the 25th anniversary of the Agreement and some local churches might want to appropriately make mention of this in the weeks ahead. So below are some words and prayers which might be helpful. We recognise that various church traditions and expressions will take different…
The cross is for daily life, not just for Easter
This reflective meditation includes the repeated prayer, "Come Lord Jesus, 'Easter' us anew", inspired by the prayers of theologian Walter Breuggemann. It expresses a longing for the ongoing renewal and restoration of our daily human lives that is possible because of the first Easter event. It's…
Donna Jennings
30 years on from the death of Stephen Lawrence - there is still much work to do
On 22 April 1993, Stephen Lawrence was murdered in Eltham, South London. The ensuing investigation, failed prosecutions, both public and private, exposed failings in the police. There was widespread concern that the racially motivated killing of Stephen was met with racially prejudiced policing…
Danny Webster
Maternity care for Black and Asian women deemed "appalling" by MPs
The difference in health outcomes during pregnancy and following childbirth based on ethnicity is well documented in medical journals and parliamentary inquiries. Since 1995, it has been government policy for hospitals in England and Wales to collect patient’s ethnicity data with the view that…
Alicia Edmund
Cost of living crisis: we need to be in this together
On one occasion I was stood in a carpark outside our foodbank whilst a woman broke down right in front of me. It was the second time that morning she had been reduced to tears. The first was after coming into our building, a nervous first-time foodbank user. Her tears were of relief, when she saw…
Chris Leech
The Illegal Migration Bill has been passed through the House of Commons – what happens now?
The Illegal Migration Bill is the government’s attempt to reduce the high number of people who cross the Channel on a small boat in order to seek asylum in the UK. The bill will result in anyone arriving in the UK through unauthorised means being prevented from claiming asylum. Those who arrive…
Nicola Martin
Police have new powers to arrest, but will this lead to law and order in society?
The final verse in Judges 21 paints an unsettling image where poor leadership and corrupt authority leads to chaos and disorder in society. The verse reads: ‘In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes’. Without agreement between authority and the…
Alicia Edmund
Hope in anxiety: a pastoral perspective
The trouble is that it can be hard to admit to feeling anxious. Often we feel a pressure to “just cope”. We frequently ignore the desperately hard experiences, the biological complexity and, sometimes, the life choices that fuel our anxiety. We live in a fallen world, so it should be no surprise…
Helen Thorne
550,000 people were given a Warm Welcome in churches and community spaces across the UK this winter
At the beginning of the current cost of living crisis, the ChurchWorks commission recognised the need for a collective response from churches to the crisis. Conversations were held between the different organisations and denominations that make up the commission (including the Evangelical Alliance)…
Nicola Martin
From little acorns… Mighty oaks do grow
I had a second vision (in the same sitting) where I saw a map with lots of dots on it. I realised that these were multiple street worship groups across the globe that God was showing me. I heard the phrase ‘Worship on every street corner.’ I knew God was speaking to me and calling me to do this. My…
Storm Cecile
Outreach and evangelism: lessons in sharing Jesus with strangers
With the eyes of the world on London around the time of the Coronation, we at the Luis Palau Association, and youth mission movement Circuit Riders, wanted to bring Christ to the city streets. So we came together to create ‘Carry the Love Festival: London’, a week of evangelistic outreach – and saw…
Vickie Price
Time to Talk: Talking about our bodies webinar series
Time to Talk is a guide designed for Christian parents and carers to better understand the different Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) curriculums taught across the UK. The resource offers case studies on some of the difficult and contested issues in our culture, such as pornography, gender and…
Spotlight: our unity team
It’s been a lively time for our recently formed team, having just returned from having undertaken tours of north and southwest England. With growing representation across regions, our team travelled more than 1,300 miles (ranging from Lancaster to Truro), gathering more than 400 leaders together…
Emily Hooper
Homeshare
When Marion and her husband were blessed with a gift in her dad’s will, she knew she wanted to do something amazing with it. And when the war in Ukraine broke out, it seemed like a “no brainer” to use it to provide hospitality to those coming to the UK as refugees. Brought up in a Christian family…
Nicola Morrison
