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What Lunar New Year could teach you about hospitality
In Chinese culture, this lasts for about two weeks. On the first night, we would have the reunion meal in which families would come together, travelling from far and wide to celebrate together. (It’s similar to Christmas in the UK – including the frenzied last-minute shopping!) In China, this…
Eunice Lee
Relationships Matter: We need to talk about sexuality
I grew up in an atheist household and same-sex attraction is part of my story. I came out as a teenager and dated women. In my second year of drama school, I started to explore faith and ended up giving my life to Jesus. As I read the Bible, I experienced something I couldn’t explain at the time:…
Katherine Brown
Why we engage on the issue of violence against women and girls
In the first chapter of the Bible, God creates women and men equally in His image. Therefore, men and women are inherently of equal worth, value and dignity. The implications of this truth extend to all aspects of our personal behaviour and how we relate to each other. This certainly means that…
Chris Ringland
How will children’s social care be impacted by the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill?
The anticipation for reform was heightened in recent years by the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, led by Josh MacAlister, now the Labour MP for Whitehaven and Workington. MacAlister’s review called for wide-scale reforms, advocating for a fundamental shift from crisis intervention to…
Sam Lomas
What will the new Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill mean for our education system?
The bill focuses on two key areas, with the first half concentrating on social care and the second half outlining education reforms. Sam Lomas, the Head of Advocacy at Safe Families and Home for Good, a member of the Evangelical Alliance, has written an article about the impact this bill will have…
Zanna Meynell
Hope in Ukraine: Svetlana and the bakery
Once the bread-making was in operation, word got out, which led to queues starting to form outside the bakery. The team at the mission centre in Lebedyn held services to share the gospel message and distribute the bread to those in need who attended. We were dedicated to letting the people know…
Peter Martin
Hope in Ukraine: Inna and the Bibles
Throughout the war, Hope Lebedyn has been blessed to have been able to distribute Bibles in partnership with Biblica, Ukraine Bible Society, Zondervan (Jesus Story Book Bible) and the Pocket Testament League, which we helped to produce the first gospel of John in Ukrainian (right at the start of…
Peter Martin
Hope in Ukraine: Margerite, her grandmother and youth camp
Our camps are for children and youth of all ages and run throughout the year, alongside weekend children’s clubs and youth groups. The biggest growth has been with the teenage group (between 40ؘ–80 young people attending). Many are coming to faith and are hungry to study the Bible and know more…
Peter Martin
Hope in Ukraine: The making of a pastor
In 2001, the new Centre Hope Lebedyn started running summer camps. His mother heard about it and enrolled eleven-year-old Bohdan. His mother made him go and his hesitation soon subsided when he saw they had football and games and his involvement was not based on his preconceived ideas about the…
Peter Martin
Hope in Ukraine: Larisa and the orphanage
Larisa committed to helping these children, to show them love and care resulting in her going part-time in her senior role within government. Larisa formed a bond with the Hope Lebedyn team at the centre who gave regular help and support. Every year, food and aid were given along with the usual…
Peter Martin
Education secretary outlines plans to restrict freedoms to home educate
Education policy is devolved in the UK meaning each parliament – Holyrood, Senedd, Stormont and Westminster each legislate, fund and implement policies affecting children from early years through to higher education. The Education Act 1996 states that it is the responsibility of parents to seek…
Alicia Edmund
Care for land is care for neighbour
I remember the frequent little lessons my dad in particular used to give whilst going about his daily farm chores: always close gates properly, leave things as you found them, don’t walk across land without first seeking permission. He repeated these things not to contain my natural curiosity as a…
Kathryn Gonzales
Public Leadership Resources
We serve the wider church. We recognise the vital role healthy churches play in equipping and sustaining public leaders for every walk of life. So we create resources to serve Christians in leadership and workplace contexts and to help churches equip their people – drawing on the richness and…
What does God say about my eating disorder?
Arianna Walker, CEO of Mercy UK, the Christian mental health and wellbeing charity puts it like this: “Eating disorders are not simply about food or weight; they are complex mental health conditions often rooted in deep emotional pain, perfectionism, or a need for control.” I almost lost my fight…
Kathryn Gonzales
