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Advocacy
We work to represent and resource evangelical Christians in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Politics affects every aspect of our lives and Jesus calls us to care for our society and those in our communities. As a team, we engage across a wide range of public policy issues, advocating…
The Public Leader programme
Leadership is not just about influence; it’s about transformation. Yet at times, the pressures can feel overwhelming – whether trying to find personal transformation, staying faithful in the storm, or bringing meaningful change to your context. The Public Leader programme is a 12-month…
What kind of society?
This is the Evangelical Alliance’s vision for the kind of society we want the UK to become. We believe that the Christian faith has provided the foundations for flourishing in the past and we are confident and hopeful that it can for the future. As evangelicals we are committed to engaging in…
idea
idea is the Evangelical Alliance's quarterly magazine which keeps members up to date with what evangelical Christians around the UK are doing to make Jesus known and provides a platform for us to share solutions to some of the challenges we face. Underpinned by theological reflections written by…
The Evangelical Alliance asks, What kind of society?
The Evangelical Alliance's new resource What kind of society? calls on Christians to provide a new vision and hope for our society. The Alliance wants Christians to speak and work for a society which is built on four principles: love, freedom, justice and truth. What kind of society? explores the…
Dave Cave, first co-ordinator of ACUTE, passes away
Dave Cave, the first co-ordinator of the Alliance's theology commission, has passed away. Dave's influence as the first co-ordinator, in 1993, of the newly founded Alliance Commission on Unity and Truth among Evangelicals (ACUTE) was considerable. ACUTE was established to provide a theological…
Alexandra Davis
Above & Beyond - churches and charities run well for the glory of God
Above and Beyond - churches and charities run well for the glory of God. Tuesday, 20 February 2018 9.30am-4pm St Mary's London, W1H 1PQ Hosted by the Evangelical Alliance Do not miss this opportunity to connect with the latest thinking and leading experts on good governance, legal matters and…
Alexandra Davis
Movement Day: seeking peace and prosperity for our towns and cities
Hundreds of Christians gathered at Westminster Central Hall on 6 and 7 October to seek the peace and prosperity of their towns, cities and places. Movement Day UK saw leaders from across the country meet together to seek the cultural, social and spiritual transformation of their communities. Hosted…
A vision of hope for the future of our society
Whether this was campaigning against the transatlantic slave trade, improving working conditions or renewing civil society, evangelicals are, and always will be, activists. The good news of salvation in Jesus is at the heart of our message and motivation, and as John Stott observed, the gospel has…
Danny Webster
The truth about fake news
Over the past couple of years two trends have developed that have challenged our relationship with truth, and truthiness is the corrosive bond that links them. Post-truth is the idea that evidence about a situation takes second place to our feelings. For example we might think that leaving the EU…
Danny Webster
Running for justice, receiving hope
A Muskathlon is a week-long adventure, culminating with a run, trek or ride through the communities that the Muskathletes are fundraising for. While she was there, Amaris and many of the other European Muskathletes on the trip met their sponsored child. Shema Prince is three years old and lives in…
Amaris Cole
Risk and relationship: partnering up with the Human Rights Commission in Northern Ireland
Protecting the right to freedom of conscience, thought and religion goes right to the heart of the kind of society that we all want to live in. That is the message from the launch of a joint project by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland. The…
David Smyth
Ealing Council’s decision to institute a censorship zone is a brazen attack on civil liberties
On Tuesday, 10 April, Ealing Council’s cabinet voted to introduce a ‘safe zone’ outside of the Marie Stopes abortion centre on Mattock Lane. Ealing Council said that it was an “absolutely necessary” move to combat rife “harassment and intimidation” occurring outside the centre. Council leader…
Guest writer
The plight of knife crime – time to stop and search?
During the spring months, London saw an astronomical increase in knife crime resulting in more than 30 deaths since the beginning of the year and more than 14 during April and May. This by no means considers the numerous amounts of people who have been injured by these crimes. The victims have more…
Guest writer
Is there a relationship between politics and biblical love?
In order to address these questions, I’m drawing from Martin Luther King Jr., who is known to have talked and written a lot about biblical love. He famously followed a version of the classical distinctions between different kinds of love. Eros, which he understood as romantic love, philia, the love…
