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Local churches are pioneering a new season for Alpha
What an incredible year it’s been for Alpha. At the start of 2020, Alpha online didn’t exist. In fact, it wasn’t even something we were developing. Even in early March, we could see a short lockdown coming, but thought we’d help churches finish current courses online and go back to in-person…
Marie-Louise Aitken
Job creation project: "Having the opportunity to create jobs is such an honour"
She 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…
Jo Evans
Exclusion in the name of inclusion
“We don’t do God” as Alistair Campbell put it was for several years the go-to reference point for any such discussion. Then Tim Farron resigned as leader of the Liberal Democrats because he felt unable to reconcile his faith with leading the party. And now, Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour…
Danny Webster
Starmer’s treatment of Jesus House is a “concerted attack” on freedom of religion
This comes just days after the senior pastor and his church, Jesus House in north-west London, were subjected to a “torrent of hate-filled, abusive and bullysome” messages after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his visit to the church’s pop-up vaccination centre on Good Friday was a mistake and…
Evangelical Alliance
2021 Scottish Parliament online hustings
Here are six of the major themes that we believe are integral to our vision of Scotland now and in the future: Rebuilding: How can we rebuild better after the pandemic?Freedom: How can we safeguard Christian liberty, protect freedom of expression, and cultivate better relationships between…
Letter of response from the Prime Minister regarding our calls to end conversion therapy
The Evangelical Alliance wrote to the prime minister on Monday, 15 March 2021 outlining how current proposals being considered by the Government on conversion therapy could pose a direct threat to religious liberty and restrict personal freedoms. The prime minister has responded, acknowledging our…
Mindfulness matters: connecting our wellbeing and witness
I came across secular mindfulness in my therapy training in 2006 when I was very anxious, stressed, and burnt out. Mindfulness helped me recover. I also met Simon Barrington-Ward, former Bishop of Coventry, who taught me the Jesus Prayer. As I researched the Jesus Prayer, I came across a phrase by…
Shaun Lambert
Older people and the emerging hybrid church
I recently had a video call with my friend Betty from church, who is 100 and lives in a care home. She was in good spirits and knows a closeness with the Lord that comes from many decades of following Him. Something she said really struck a chord with me: “there’s a difference between living and…
Carl Knightly
Job Creation Project: Matt Bird on entrepreneurship and what it means to be made in the likeness of a creative God
“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…
Jo Evans
Creative ministry: Capturing God’s generous creation
PB: God knows creation is a way for people to see and respond to Him. It’s around us all the time for us to experience and engages each of our five senses. God in His generosity makes Himself abundantly available all the time. He’s presenting Himself in all He’s made. It’s like saying, ‘Hey, what…
Helen Locke
Creative ministry: A gateway to the gospel
They’ve also produced regular broadcasts on BBC and RTE TV and Radio, often producing scripts for services as well as music. 'Patrick', the most recent of NIA’s concerts, was an evening of music and stories to celebrate Ireland’s patron saint, livestreamed from Belfast Cathedral. I spoke to…
Helen Locke
Time to Talk
Some form of relationships and sex/sexuality education (RSE) is taught in primary and secondary schools across the United Kingdom. While schools teach children and young people some things about relationships, sex, and sexuality our culture arguably teaches them more. The smart phone in their…
Race and ethnic disparities
Israel Olofinjana and Gavin Calver on the government's race report and envisioning a just society
