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The roots of good leadership
With nominations closing on Monday, 10 June, 11 candidates have already announced that they will definitely run and at least half a dozen are thought to be considering entering the contest. It is likely the field will thin out by the time of the first votes of the parliamentary party in mid-June,…
Danny Webster
Compassion UK: campaigns that change lives
After David Lammy MP lambasted Comic Relief this year for continuously using “tired, unhelpful tropes” in its fundraising for African communities, the London-based politician renewed his plea for fresh imagery that celebrates the progress made within the continent, rather than marketing collateral…
Joanna Sopylo-Firrisa
Christian Music Ministries: Musicals for Mission
Sometimes it is difficult to invite your neighbour to come to a church service. But if you tell them you’re singing in a choir, the conversation is a lot easier. Over the last 40 years Christian Music Ministries has found using musicals is an excellent way to bring people to Jesus, and with…
Could the church end homelessness?
The founder and director of Green Pastures CBS Limited spoke with conviction about the plights of homeless people around the country and what his Christian organisation can do, with the support of the church, to make available much-needed adequate housing for those living in insecure accommodation…
Naomi Osinnowo
D-Day: preparing the way
What my grandad didn’t know was that his older brother, Ron, had been on the MMS28 in the preceding days, sweeping through those very same waters to check for Nazi minefields. Having had little to no contact during the war, the brothers couldn’t have known each other’s whereabouts, but as…
Eve Paterson
Barking Churches Unite: taking faith onto the streets
Michael, who has worked for many years as a teacher of special needs children, shared that around the time of his fiftieth birthday, and during a week at Spring Harvest, he had become convinced that God was calling him to begin a ministry leading and promoting joint church initiatives. When he…
Graham Hedges
A compelling theology for environmental responsibility
This question had been growing in my heart for some decades, and is becoming increasingly urgent. But where does my concern for climate change and environmental responsibility (‘creation care’) sit theologically? How far should it change my life? Other evangelical Christians are no doubt asking…
Andrew Basden
Welcome Churches
Welcome Churches are launching a Welcome Network, a national network of churches committed to welcoming refugees and asylum seekers into their communities, reducing the isolation of thousands of refugees each year: ‘Before I found the church I was really struggling. All my family was gone. I felt…
Welcoming the 'stranger'
There are 68 million refugees across the globe who are fleeing war, conflict and persecution today. Each one of these people represents a very personal story. Take Abbas, a young man from Iraq. He fled Iraq after ISIS killed every member of his family whilst he was away from his village. His life…
Emily Holden
A heritage from the Lord
I don’t have children, but I recognise the crucial role that early years child care provision can play. If I’m honest, my main memory from play school is being called Abigail and not recognising it as my own name (I was always Abi). What I only understand as an adult is that my time at play school…
Abi Jarvis
Through the Roof: painting a picture of a Church that Cares
The Christian pan-disability charity Through the Roof has just released its latest publication, A Church That Cares - What does good pastoral care look like for families affected by disability? A Church that Cares is full of concrete suggestions and examples to make the task seem less daunting.…
Open Doors’ pilgrimage: steps in the right direction
Jesus regularly took time out to pray. But in today’s world there seems to be an endless list of chores, admin and notification pings. And they’re not all superfluous. Instagram will certainly still be there tomorrow, but if you don’t put on a load of washing you will eventually have no clean…
Erin James
John Truscott: creative organisation consultant
John seeks to resource and encourage Christian leaders, managers, trustees, planners, communicators and administrators. He is passionate about helping the church to become effective for Christ in all is seeks to be and do. His website explains what he offers in consultancy and training for…
Protecting mother and child in Northern Ireland
As a devolved issue, the law on abortion in Northern Ireland is very different to the rest of the UK. in Northern Ireland abortion is permitted but in much more limited situations which relate back to the health and life of the mother rather than the wanted-ness or disability of the baby than is…
Dawn McAvoy
