Jo Evans
Jo was part of the Evangelical Alliance advocacy team from 2020-2023 and did project management, writing and resource creation for the UK church. Having grown up in Dubai, Jo moved to the UK to study English and Film in Exeter, before being an assistant youth worker for her church. She is passionate about equipping young people to enter conversations about contemporary issues, and ultimately speak of Jesus, and in her time here she was also the host of the advocacy team's podcast, Cross Section. Jo loves the beach, music, art and food, and is married to Tom.
Job Creation Project: Matt Bird on entrepreneurship and what it means to be made in the likeness of a creative God
15 April 2021“Some of those things are explicitly Christian; some of those have Christian values embedded in them,” he explains. It is through starting businesses and creating jobs that Matt believes the UK will re-emerge from the unemployment crisis it now faces. Matt on his businesses Matt runs a business called Relationology which seeks to help leaders and their organisations build effective, rewarding and profitable relationships. He has worked for many years with institutions in the financial and…
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Job creation project: "Having the opportunity to create jobs is such an honour"
8 April 2021She has a brilliant understanding of relating the Christian faith to today’s culture, and with this, brings great wisdom to our Job Creation Project, as she shares her experiences both as an employer, as well as a jobseeker. Ruth is based in London, where she’s been spending lockdown for the last year. Ruth on the creation of Magnify Ruth created the organisation when she was in her first year studying politics at Durham University, initially as a series of events. “Having discovered a personal…
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Job Creation Project: A conversation with Dave Linton, founder of Madlug
1 April 2021I spoke with business founder Dave Linton, to find out how his Christian faith has shaped his approach to business. He was excited to partner with the Evangelical Alliance in our Job Creation Project and share his story. A passion for people and social change led him from church ministry to the world of business. He cares deeply about helping people find the dignity and worth bestowed on them as image-bearers of God. One way Dave expresses this is through job creation, the need for which has…
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Job creation: our Christian witness
1 March 2021When it’s not us, it’s easy to say the right thing, offer prayer, shake our head at the situation and yet stay personally uninvolved. But we cannot stay uninvolved – this is not God’s nature, and it’s not how He’d want His people to act. It is right that we mourn with those who have lost jobs, those who seem to be on a never-ending hunt for employment. It is right that we pray with and for them too. Much like Nehemiah, who when told God’s people were in “trouble and disgrace”, initially…
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Open Doors UK World Watch List 2021: a proactive and prayerful response
20 January 2021Some of the facts revealed in this year’s report This year, for the first time ever, all top 50 countries score levels of at least very high persecution, while the top 12 score extreme levels of persecution;there was a 60 per cent increase over the previous year in the number of Christians killed for their faith. More than nine out of 10 of the global total of 4,761 deaths were in Africa;persecution of Christians around the world has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, with followers being…
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The Ockenden Review
15 December 2020The review, chaired by senior midwife Donna Ockenden, uncovered a pattern of repeated serious harm to mothers and babies. The report looked into 250 cases – out of nearly 2,000 identified between 2000-2019 – and has called for urgent and sweeping changes to improve safety in maternity services for the trust and across England. Here are some of the report’s key findings: Lack of kindness and compassion The review found the “lack of kindness and compassion” displayed by members of the maternity…
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COVID-19, unemployment and our response
25 November 2020Redundancies are at their highest level in eight years, the rate of unemployment is the highest it has been in three years, and the Government's Job Retention Scheme is committed to last only until the end of March 2021. At the Evangelical Alliance we want to both face up to the realities of the current state our country is in and seek the wisdom and will of God as we strive to bring hope and practical responses to that picture, glorifying Jesus as we do so. What is the current picture? These…
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Councils and faith communities working together during the pandemic
18 November 2020Keeping the Faith seeks to provide comprehensive analysis of how local authorities and faith-based groups and organisations have been working in partnership in the light of the ongoing pandemic. The Faiths and Civil Society Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London, in partnership with the APPG on Faith and Society, in July and August invited all 408 local authorities to respond to a survey which set out to examine the variety and quantity of collaboration between faith-based organisations and…
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New government safeguarding guidance: Keeping Children Safe
28 October 2020Keeping Children Safe consolidates all legislation and best practice that has come before from the government and informs safeguarding in churches and other faith-based organisations. For this reason, Paul Harrison of Christian Safeguarding Services (CSS), states this guidance will be a "significant reference point for those seeking to keep children safe". The guidance arrives as the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse continues and displays the Government’s proactive desire to change…
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