Kay Morgan-Gurr
Kay Morgan-Gurr is chair of Children Matter and co-founder of the Additional Needs Alliance, part of the Evangelical Alliance Council. To find out more about Kay or to connect with her, visit www.kaymorgangurr.com or Twitter @kaymorgan_gurr.
Online church: a lifeline for Christians with disabilities
3 September 2020Pre-COVID-19, the church experience of those with disabilities and additional needs has not been good, and this has been for as many reasons as there are disabilities. Ask the inclusion question to disabled people now and you will find the percentage of those able to access and even be included in the ministry of a church has risen dramatically. The reason? The church moved online. Some have said that the significant increase in people connecting with churches online is mainly made up of that…
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Book review: Disability in Mission – The Church’s Hidden Treasure
8 January 2020The premise of the book is that disability should not be a barrier to mission. To quote the final chapter: “If we do exclude people with disability from missions, then the mission movement is missing part of the body. The mission is itself disabled. And that’s not God’s plan.”I was quite excited about this book coming out for many reasons, one being that I am a disabled person in ministry who is regularly faced with the biased opinion that disability excludes you from mission or service of any…
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Change at the Evangelical Alliance 'for such a time as this'
1 October 2019As a member of the Evangelical Alliance council, it was wonderful to be at the commissioning of Gavin as the new CEO. I didn't tweet about the moment because I wanted to reflect more than a tweet would allow. There is a need to look back with thanks and gratitude as well as celebrate what is to come.I've been a personal member for almost thirty years, so I've seen various leaders come and go. But as a council member, I have only known and served with Steve Clifford. My personal reflection of…
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Chosen by God to belong
1 July 2018God loved us before the creation of the world, and He called each and every one of us, by name, to belong to Him in Christ Jesus. Kay Morgan-Gurr, chair of Children Matter, considers this truth.If we read through different passages in the Bible, we will see many examples of God showing men, women and children that they belong to Him, despite how they may be treated by members of their communities. Take, for example, the woman who was caught in the act of adultery (John 8:1-11). The crowd wanted…
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