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Get excited about Jesus: in the beginning is awe
Looking at the church in the West today, one can hardly escape the impression that the church is preoccupied with itself. What new strategy for church growth will help? How can new structures be put in place? And how can the expectations of visitors be met more effectively? But what is it all…
Dr Johannes Hartl
Key appointment to equip young adults for mission
The Evangelical Alliance has appointed Phil Knox as its first head of mission to young adults as part of its drive to position a passion for Jesus and making Him known at the heart of its mission work. Phil joins the Evangelical Alliance following 12 years working for Youth for Christ, where he has…
Girls’ Brigade Ministries: here’s to another 125 years of mission
To mark the 125th anniversary of Girls’ Brigade Ministries, Naomi Osinnowo, editorial content manager at the Evangelical Alliance, caught up with Catherine Burt, media coordinator and group leader, to talk about the the charity’s past, present and future. This year, Girls’ Brigade Ministries (GB)…
Naomi Osinnowo
In the heart of the inner city
Ivy Church in Manchester has been around for 125 years, but in the past decade since Anthony Delaney became church leader it has started to expand and reflect the diverse community it serves more and more. Ivy Cottage, as it was formerly known, was a "well-known church, with a focus on prayer and…
Naomi Osinnowo
Neighbourhood Chaplains – helping churches to heal their communities
Over the years, readers of idea magazine will have encountered numerous stories which describe how the Evangelical Alliance and its members are moved by the Spirit of God to be bold, brave, steadfast and pioneering in the UK, to make the sacrificial love of Jesus Christ known in the midst of an…
Naomi Osinnowo
Relational Mission: Courage conference
The church is called to serve that broken world, but in such a climate God’s people can also become fearful and try to hide in the shadows. God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but a Spirit of boldness and courage. Our leadership conference in 2018 explored what this might look like for…
Community Bible Study
We live to see people transformed and grow in Jesus through the Word and the Spirit!We offer support, training and materials to make this work for you. Our approach is flexible, proven and works with groups of any size. We span the ages from preschool to adult and include people with disability.…
HOPE: Talking Jesus - the course
The goal is to equip you to make the most of every opportunity to help friends, colleagues and family members to consider Jesus for themselves and to become his followers. The pack includes a DVD or USB with six training videos, plus parable-style films and an accompanying 44-page course booklet.…
Counties: Neighbourhood Chaplains
Our Neighbourhood Chaplains vision is to see churches connecting deeply with the lonely. We want to see hundreds of teams equipped to reach out, thousands of homes and communities connected every month, fresh opportunities for the gospel through word and action and lives transformed as people see…
Climate change: the devil isn't in the detail but many key issues are
It was announced recently that summer 2018 has been the warmest on record in England. Weather and climate are not equivalent, so weather extremes do not necessarily indicate climate change. But, in this case, meteorologists state that this summer’s heat supports evidence of a long-term warming…
Nick Holloway
Our lives as new creations
Earlier this year a woman who’d joined our church through our coffee shop, who had lived for years under domestic violence but was now free, bounded up to me and said, “It’s incredible! – I’ve just been activated in Christ.” It was a great way of describing the Jesus she’d experienced, and her…
Dr Deirdre Brower-Latz
What John Lewis tells us about the gift of the gospel
So far, the feedback for John Lewis’ 2018 campaign has been overwhelmingly positive. Entitled ‘The Boy and the Piano’, the advert is a short film starring Elton John. The viewer is taken on a journey with Elton, looking back through the years at stadium tours, playing in pubs, and school concerts.…
Bethany Macleod
Rescue and set free
There was a sense of awe in the room, both by the amount of work still to do in this area and by what these various organisations manage to achieve. Perhaps the most powerful part of the conference was the testimony of two men whose lives had been transformed by the work of Lighthouse Yorkshire.…
John Coleby
Praying for our leaders
Join with us as we pray for our political leaders and civil servants as they navigate the course to our future relationship with the EU. "I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people – for kings and all those in authority, that we may…
John Coleby
