Alexandra Davis
Alexandra has been at Pilgrims’ Friend Society as Director of Marketing and Communications since September 2019. Previously she was part of the communications team at the Evangelical Alliance having worked for Release International in the supporter relations team. Alexandra has a Masters degree in Democracy and Democratisation from University College London and spent time with the Baptist Missionary Society in Kosovo. Alexandra is part of the leadership team at her church.
It's here! Your guide to the new Evangelical Alliance website
30 August 2018We hope that the changes we’ve made to design and navigation will mean that you’re able to find everything you need to support you and your church as you serve God in the UK today. What’s new? Resources - We want you to be equipped in your life with Jesus so we’ve created a space which gathers all Evangelical Alliance resources in one place – find everything you need to be equipped and inspired to share Jesus, and as you speak up for Him in society.
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Making church more accessible
1 July 2018The body of Christ is made up of people with a wide variety of abilities and needs. Consider how your church can accommodate every member of your congregation.Making church a time and place that's easy to access – physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually – often takes a conscious effort and a willingness to be flexible and creative. God puts no limits on us, and we want church to be a time and place that reflects this. Here are a few ideas to get you thinking about how you can make…
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Windrush 70th anniversary celebrates love, hope and unity
26 June 2018As the songs sung by the gospel choir filled Westminster Abbey, I found myself wondering whether recent migrants from the Caribbean would ever have imagined such a scene: a significant aspect of their cultural roots being celebrated in a royal church in the centre of London. It was a real privilege to attend the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the arrival in Britain of the Empire Windrush, carrying immigrants from the Caribbean. In attendance were UK prime minister Theresa May, London…
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Movement Day Doncaster: church unity for God’s kingdom
21 June 2018“The church is at is best when churches and Christians work together to make Jesus known.” Roger Sutton, director of Gather UK and Movement Day UK. Movement Day Doncaster, which took place on Wednesday, 19 June, brought together a community of church and civic leaders to seek continued unity in their city in the hope and expectation that God will transform Doncaster. As we had travelled from London to be part of the day, it was amazing to be welcomed into the middle of a community which has,…
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How 'Discovering Jesus' is changing lives
20 April 2018Approximately 14,000 copies have been sold and in 2014, the Discovering Jesus through Asian eyes discussion course was launched to accompany the booklet and enable people to explore with their friends what the Bible says about these questions. Even in the early trials of the course, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh participants professed faith in Christ. We talked with a Muslim man who came to faith through using the course.Where do you originally come from? I am from Kashmir in Pakistan where I didn't…
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Royalty and the upside down kingdom
13 April 2018Alexandra Davis is project and digital content lead at the Evangelical Alliance. How do you lead in times of chaos? We're watching a few different styles at the moment: leadership by Twitter from President Trump, leadership by threat from President Putin, leadership by default from Prime Minister Theresa May. As the world seems to totter from one crisis to another, we're watching a selection of leaders go their own way. But we have another world leader who this week was rumoured to be up for a…
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Unity in diversity
1 March 2018We have all heard the stories of division and partisanship in our culture at present. We hear them in the news, in our neighbourhoods, even in our churches. We know the division that exists in our own hearts - the division between what we want to do and what we actually do. The church in the UK has to ask itself: “Will we follow society and slip into division? Or will we seek out the counter-cultural unity that the family of Christ is called to?” For the last seven years, the Evangelical…
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This Lent, will you be Talking Jesus?
13 February 2018We all want to talk about Jesus. Some of us find it easy to drop Jesus into conversation and to help people understand who He is, while some of us just can't work out how to talk about Jesus and not sound totally crazy. But our Talking Jesus research showed that conversations with a Christian was one of the key things that influences people on their journey to faith. So talking about Jesus is a great way to show His love to those around us who don't know Him. When it comes to talking about…
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Dave Cave, first co-ordinator of ACUTE, passes away
22 November 2017Dave 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 impetus to the work of the Alliance in promoting unity in the truth among evangelicals and Dave helped to draw together a truly representative selection of UK evangelical theologians and thinkers who went…
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Above & Beyond - churches and charities run well for the glory of God
10 November 2017Above 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 charity regulations. This one-day conference is perfect for anyone involved in church or charity leadership or governance, ensuring you have all you need to run your church or charity well. Complying to…
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greatcommission.co.uk celebrates first anniversary
30 October 2017The 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 has changed lives, and become equipped to share Jesus in their communities. Lucy Olofinjana, unity programmes manager at the Evangelical Alliance, said: "Telling others the story of the impact Jesus…
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