Jo Frost
Jo is the director of communications and engagement at the Evangelical Alliance. She has been involved in local church and national ministry for over 20 years, serving on leadership teams as well as planting churches in London and France. With an MA in public relations and public communications, she teaches, writes and preaches regularly on communications, culture, whole-life discipleship, mission and leadership. Jo leads the Being Human project with Peter Lynas, co-authoring Being Human: A new lens for our cultural conversations and co-hosting the Being Human podcast.
President-Elect Trump: how we still haven’t learnt how to listen
7 November 2024The exiled pregnant slave girl Hagar is the only person in scripture to directly give God a name. As He comes near to her in the desert wilderness and talks to her about her future and the future of her unborn son, she names Him El Roi – the God who sees me (Genesis 16:13). To be seen is a powerful thing. To be recognised for who you are and what is happening in your life is something we all crave and when we feel seen, it can be transformative. We have just borne witness to a long and hard…
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President Biden: Laying down power
25 July 2024It took 24 days for President Biden to withdraw his candidacy after his disastrous live debate with republican nominee former President Trump. By the end, as an outsider, it was getting painful to watch. As each interview was scrutinised and every fumble was analysed, all public confidence eroded until we were each left saying, “Surely – he can’t carry on?!” But for 24 days – carry on he did. In a sit down with ABC News, he said only the Lord Almighty could convince him to quit. "If the Lord…
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Thank you Fred
24 July 2024His achievements are extensive, including pioneering Serve Scotland, serving on Transforming Scotland, engaging with Holyrood, and establishing the Public Leader programme. His treatise What kind of nation? ahead of the 2014 independence referendum – called the church to widen its horizons for the future of Scotland in terms of the economy, the family, civil society and the environment. What kind of church? and What kind of follower? both followed, calling on the evangelical community to…
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How extreme are you?
21 March 2024The presenting issue this week has been around the issue of extremism, as levelling up minister Michael Gove announced a new government definition of extremism designed to help government departments identify and exclude organisations that threaten the democratic stability of our country. But many people are deeply concerned about what Mr Gove is doing and the chilling effect it could have on us all. Mr Gove has defined extremism as “the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on…
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Fame, shame and the love of God: reflections on the passing of Matthew Perry
3 November 2023Beloved by millions, he was one of the six best Friends of a generation – multiple generations, in fact. And yet his insecurities and his self-doubt have been well documented, and in recent years he was incredibly open about his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction. Matthew Perry was not the TV show character he is most associated with, but it is hard for me to separate him from Chandler Bing, my favourite Friend. He supplied me with endless one-liners and sarcastic comments as I found…
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How to be human in a cost of living crisis
10 June 2022Today, with yet another crisis flooding our newsfeeds, as inflation soars and the cost of living ever-increases, we are once again seeing the poor disproportionately affected. Many of us are feeling the squeeze, reigning in our spending, forgoing luxuries and thinking twice about a longer car journey. But, for a sizable portion of our community, the effects are much more keenly and harshly felt. One in five of the UK population is currently living in poverty. The rate is even higher among…
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Dare to have the difficult conversations
11 June 2021Watching our words is a principle many of us take seriously, and with good reason. When it comes to difficult conversations, however, it can become something of an excuse to avoid speaking out or a shield to protect us from being misheard. This has been especially true when it comes to having conversations around sexuality and identity in the church. Over the last few years our cultural stories have shifted to embrace an LGBT-positive stance. Those of us who hold an orthodox biblical position…
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The good news of the God story
28 May 2021I always hated the idea of living in London. It seemed to me to be a place full of strangers. I love the experience of being known. Of walking down the street and stopping every few steps for a smile or a catch up. Of walking into a pub where my order’s ready on the bar before I’ve even crossed the hearth. I grew up in rural Dorset; I had only ever known what it was to be recognised and part of a community. Even when I moved away to Liverpool, I discovered that through the communities of…
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Channel 4's It's a Sin: stories of shame and mercy
17 March 2021From Bournemouth to Brighton to Canal Street in Manchester, my teenage and student years mirrored those of Nathan, Vince, Stuart and their friends: they were filled with rainbows and poppers, fairy wings and shared eyeliner. Even when I became a Christian, Canal Street on a Saturday night was where I could have beautiful, broken conversations with people, reminiscing about the church they knew as kids, the love they felt from Jesus, the hurt they’d received from Christians, and the acceptance…
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Getting started with social media
2 March 2021This article is part of our "Is the 'missing generation' still missing?” report to find out more click here.
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Prayer changes things
11 November 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has left no life unscathed in the UK. The national health crisis caused by the severity of illness for many has pushed our healthcare system and those who work within it to breaking point. The consequences of the resulting lockdowns are wide-ranging and, for many, catastrophic. Many businesses are unsustainable. Unemployment is booming. Children’s education has been severely impacted. Families have been separated. The vulnerable have been left exposed. For many,…
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