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Helping the refugee feel at home
In April, the Evangelical Alliance wrote about the Government’s new plan for immigration and urged members to fill in a consultation opposing the two-tiered system which will grade people based on how they entered the UK, regardless of the complex experiences of people seeking asylum. These…
Jo Evans
Government’s plans for Troubles prosecutions deeply concerning
The five political parties which make up the Northern Ireland Executive, as well as many victims and survivors of The Troubles, have condemned this approach, which would also end current and future civil cases and inquests. Opposition comes from right across the political spectrum and from groups…
David Smyth
England football racism: Am I guilty of ‘othering’ too?
I was worried about my safety. Travelling home that evening meant riding the tube through central London, where angry, intimidating and drunk groups of male football fans would be unavoidable. As a young woman I carry many past experiences of unwanted harassment at the hands of football hooligans,…
Emma Sowden
Theos report: We have an opportunity to humanise work
In January 2021 Theos commissioned YouGov to carry out polling that found 33 per cent of “work is just a way of earning to provide for life’s necessities” and 45 per cent say they would retrain for a different career if given the opportunity. In a society that is generally dissatisfied with work,…
Jo Evans
Scotland: Emerging from Lockdown
Gatherings and activities The following rules apply in relation to gatherings and activities in Level 0: Eight people from four households can meet in a private home.Ten people from four households can meet in an indoor public place, such as a café.Fifteen people from 15 households can meet…
Kieran Turner
Job Creation Project: Supporting entrepreneurs in their non-traditional ministry
One night in university led Reuben’s perspective on God to change drastically. He was coming home one wet evening when he passed a homeless man sitting on the pavement. When Reuben leant down to give the man some money and ask him how he was doing, the man began weeping. He explained that people…
Jo Evans
Summary of response to the Climate Change Bill 2021
"The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it." Genesis 2:15 As Christians we believe that there is a clear biblical mandate to care for creation. God has given human beings a unique responsibility to act in a way that looks after and looks out for His…
Danielle McElhinney
Remember When in lockdown...
This special #RememberWhen session is designed to help you and your small group process what we’ve been through during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s an opportunity to share some of your experiences from lockdown, what you learnt about yourself and your faith, and begin to recognise moments of…
Churches in Scotland: Physical distancing ends but face masks remain
The First Minister has announced that Scotland will move beyond Level 0 on Monday and remove all but a few COVID-19 legal requirements that have been in place since the UK went into lockdown in March last year. In practice, this will mean that churches can hold worship services with unlimited…
Chris Ringland
Remember When in lockdown
This special #RememberWhen session is designed to help you and your small group process what you’ve been through during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s an opportunity to share some of your experiences from lockdown, what you learnt about yourself and your faith, and begin to recognise moments of…
Climate change: Gospel motivation for a global issue
The report (available on the IPCC website here) is said to be the most robust to date, presenting the thoroughly researched argument that climate change is already impacting the whole world. The University of Oxford's Dr Friederike Otto, one of the many authors of the report, says: "Climate change…
Jo Evans
Students, go and be the light!
One of the most memorable conversations I had about Jesus at university was with one of my second-year housemates. She was going through a time in her life where she was struggling with a lot of anxiety, and she asked me, “why are you not scared of death?” This question gave me a chance to share my…
Suzanna Ling
Yorkshire puddings for breakfast: the importance of preparing our youth for university
Sunday, September 20th, 2015. With a car full of absolutely ridiculous items (seriously, why did I take a rolling pin to university?), my parents and I set off for Norwich to begin the next chapter of my life. I was 18 years old, straight out of school, and had signed up for three years at the…
Sam Brown
A prayer for Afghanistan
Attention in the UK has in recent weeks been focused on granting asylum to those, such as interpreters, who worked with British forces and whose lives are likely to be at risk from the Taliban regime. Following the exit of US forces earlier in the summer, the advance of the Taliban against the…
Are you a mental health friendly church?
The state of the nation’s mental health doesn’t make for easy reading. Rates of depression have doubled since the beginning of the pandemic, one in six children between the ages of five and 16 are thought to have a mental illness, and suicide rates have been rising since 2018. Such stark and…
Rachael Newham
