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greatcommission.co.uk celebrates first anniversary
The Great Commission website is celebrating its first anniversary. The evangelism hub has shared more than 50 stories of how Jesus is changing lives across the UK since its launch in October 2016. greatcommission.co.uk was set up to help Christians and churches share their own stories of how Jesus…
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…
Our future hope
Hope is important to human flourishing. We can endure almost anything in the present if we have hope for the future. As long as we are persuaded that our present situation is not our ultimate destination we can endure the present as we hope for the future. Hope is not only important to human…
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Providing refuge for the Iraqi victims of IS
“They looked like me, they dressed like me,” Maran recalls. “They were doctors, nurses, well-educated people, who looked like my uncles, my aunts. They were on the floor, with nothing, traumatised. The kids couldn’t speak – they were in complete shock.” So she began taking beds, food and meeting…
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Hope in Northern Ireland: past, present and future
It may seem a strange time to write about ‘hope’ in relation to Northern Ireland. Despite a period of relative stability, in recent months the dominant media narrative has turned much more negative. At the time of writing, the Northern Ireland Assembly has not sat in Stormont for months, and…
Heather Tomlinson
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
Andy Bannister
He says while sometimes it’s easier for Christians to believe it, we must be careful not to use it as an excuse. There are ‘green shoots’ of church growth everywhere and it’s exciting. But with a PhD in Islam and stories of being ‘demolished’ by Muslims who made him question his confidence in his…
Amaris Cole
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
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…
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Transforming through the years
Today, Tearfund works in more than 50 countries and is known as one of the UK's top aid agencies. We celebrate its transforming impact to so many, and talk to chief executive Nigel Harris on Tearfund's legacy and what 2018 will bring. Linked with the Alliance over the years, Tearfund started out…
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Resurrection of hope
Fog hung over the city like the sorrow that hung over Leah's heart. As she walked through the city gate, she felt the mist run clammy fingers down her neck. She shivered, and pulled her headscarf tighter. It felt odd to be out of the house. For the past two days she had been shut up in it with all…
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Joining the movement - what next?
Concluding the day Roger Sutton, director of Movement Day UK gave a challenge: "What could your place look like in 15 years' time if we really got our act together? It's all about unity: working together in strategic and coordinated ways. About prayer and need for God's power in the social,…
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Establishing God’s kingdom in the next generation
"Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven (Matthew 6:9-13, KJV)." This manner in which Jesus taught us to pray inspires me to make my life count for the purposes of God. It inspires me to play my part in seeing churches…
Andy Frost
We want to see the kingdom of God break out across Scotland
More than 20 years after the revival of Whiteinch church, Shona Stirling, director of pastoral care at the church's charity, Whiteinch Transformation, tells the Evangelical Alliance's editorial content manager, Naomi Osinnowo, how the church and its charity are on a mission to see the kingdom of…
Naomi Osinnowo
