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Do justice, love mercy, walk humbly… don’t gentrify?
The busy but previously neglected zone 2 enclave of Peckham is having its moment. Whether that moment is one of progress or destruction depends on your perspective. Hailed by publications as remote as American Vogue as a “cultural epicentre” after years of association with “Only Fools and Horses…
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5 ways to show love in society today
1. Love your neighbour Jesus was very simple in his response to the strategy on how to love society: to love your neighbour. This love can show itself in a multitude of ways, but it’s probably best to think about what action or reaction is the most loving thing to do to the person who is my…
Roger Sutton
The hallmark of those who follow Jesus
The Talking Jesus research is a major survey conducted by the Barna Group on behalf of the church of England, Hope and the Evangelical Alliance, which explores perceptions of Jesus, Christians and evangelism in the adult population across England. One of the most fascinating findings coming out of…
Stopping chaos and building a future
Estimating that the charity's work with more than 3,000 volunteers could reduce children going into care by 15 per cent*, the DfE report said the work had: "Potential to support several thousand of England's neediest children; to greatly reduce the numbers of children in care, and to demonstrably…
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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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Flying the gospel to the ends of the earth
The developing world has seen no shortage of calamity, conflict, instability and suffering over the past century. Folk just have to turn on the news to see communities torn apart by war, battered by floods or stifled by insufficient medical care. So frequent are these types of news stories, that…
Naomi Osinnowo
Home is where the heart is in the kingdom of God
As I put my fingers to the keyboard to write this article, I'm still struck by my interview with Pete Cunningham, director of Green Pastures CBS Limited. Pastor Pete, as he is known, insisted that we meet face to face at the Evangelical Alliance's head office in London for the interview; and if we…
Naomi Osinnowo
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
The last word: Developing resilience
It has been a wonderful privilege over the years to become close friends with some amazing men and women of God. I have made it a habit to observe their lives and learn as much as I possibly can. I not only study how they go about their work or ministry, but how they conduct themselves behind the…
The kingdom of the Father’s love
Perhaps the most basic but clearest description of what the kingdom means comes from pastor and author John Piper on his website Desiring God:
Heavenly citizenship and earthly justice
The Prime Minister and Home Secretary have both faced difficult questions from MPs, as it has been revealed that migrants from the Caribbean who have lived in the UK for decades have been asked to prove their right to be here. Some have lost the benefits they need to live on, others have been…
John Coleby
Help equip the church to share the gospel
Though 57% of people in England call themselves Christians, just 9% are what we might call "practising Christians". That's fewer than 1 in 10 people who know Jesus and live out their faith in their daily lives. Perhaps more worrying still, 54% of non-Christians who know a Christian have never had a…
Why I'm leaving a legacy
"My wife and I recently wrote our first will. Our lives are centred around the gospel and we were passionate that the resources God has given us be used when we die for His glory. It was an easy decision to choose to leave a percentage of our estate to the Evangelical Alliance: because the…
Protecting religious belief and observance in Scottish schools
Last week the SNP MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch Kate Forbes asked the Scottish Government, “what its position is on protecting young people’s right to religious observance, education and freedom of religious belief in schools?” This question was asked after constituents raised concerns with…
Education? Education? Education?
The Government is asking a lot of questions about education at the moment. This includes the consultation on relationships and sex education (see our response and poll results here); the Government’s response to the out-of-schools consultation (see our press release here); the integrated…
Peter Mitchell
