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Ekklesia 2019: church leaders' conference
As the body of Christ in a country that is presently trying to break through a whole host of challenges, including those around uncertainty and division, Evangelical Alliance member Share Jesus International (SJI) has sensed that it’s the right time to hold the Ekklesia conference. It is SJI’s…
Naomi Osinnowo
A force for good
The police force is one section of society that is, perhaps, feeling the heat more than most, as it endeavours to respond to the increasing demands of the people it serves with fewer officers and support staff to share the workload. In a bid to meet the needs of communities in spite of the…
Naomi Osinnowo
Are you up for the 40acts challenge?
In an interview with Naomi Osinnowo, the Evangelical Alliance’s editorial content manager, Kezia Owusu-Yianoma, social media and digital content executive at Stewardship, shares why the drive continues to attract thousands of participants each year, and urges others to get on board. For those who…
Naomi Osinnowo
SENT: “Profound insight made simple”
It’s easy in our busy lives to consider passing up on anything that we perceive as eating into our precious time. So when opportunities arise to help us grow and get equipped as leaders, and especially where such opportunities do not infringe too much on our busy schedules, we tend to grab hold of…
Born in the age of the internet
Ronald Reagan was handing over to George H. W. Bush, the UK had its first female Prime Minister, and Trump was hosting the Tour de Trump – America’s response to the Tour de France. We can all recognise that the world has changed dramatically in the last thirty years, and not just politically, and…
Eve Paterson
Public Leader: England and Wales
Both England and Wales face significant challenges over the coming years, whether it’s closing the north-south divide and levelling up, the energy transition to net zero or rebuilding communities, arts and culture, leadership is required at all levels of society. Join us for a 10-month leadership…
Public Leader: Scotland
Scotland faces huge challenges over the coming years. Whether it’s the energy transition to net zero, rebuilding communities, arts and culture, addressing the drug deaths crisis, or the continuing debate over independence, leadership is required at all levels of society. Join us for a 10-month…
Public Leader: Northern Ireland
This is a 10-month leadership development journey that equips and encourages Christians like you to intentionally and strategically take the lead so that you can make a difference wherever you are. We have all experienced the shaking our society has suffered over the past few years. But in this…
Turning the tide on youth-related violence
On Saturday I was part of a crowd at Trafalgar Square, London, that had come out to show locals and tourists from around the world that the church stands against knife crime. That evening I went to the cinema and a request that some people stop talking during the film resulted in a young woman…
Abi Jarvis
Reclaiming the holistic view of human identity in Christ
All I felt was good and to be affirmed. I was content to be Sisyphus pushing the boulder up the proverbial hill of western secularism. When I became a Christian in a pub after a radical love-encounter with God, I did not have the luxury to absent myself from the question of identity. I wasn’t able…
David Bennett
Call to pray for Muslims this Ramadan
Over the years, a growing number of churches around the UK have been welcoming new believers from Muslim backgrounds. A few years back, Dr David Garrison, who has spent much of his life studying the interrelationship of Christianity and Islam, attributed this shift to a combination of factors. He…
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Changes to gender recognition in Scotland challenged by the Evangelical Alliance
The Evangelical Alliance has called on the Scottish government to provide greater clarity in their planned reform of the Gender Recognition Act. The changes announced reduce the period someone has to have lived in their new gender from the current two years, to six months, with three of those as a…
Why SENT is exactly what your community needs
But, have you ever looked at your local Christian community and asked yourself, “Are there Christians here leading in in their workplaces or communities?” In churches up and down the UK, there are leaders in every sector of society, whether that’s in healthcare, arts and media, business, law,…
The ultimate greatest of all time is Jesus
Just over the weekend, Lewis Hamilton won a record 6th British Grand Prix; Djokovic beat his rival Federer in the second longest Wimbledon men’s singles final in history; the England and Wales cricket team won the Cricket World Cup Final in spectacular fashion; not to mention the ongoing Netball…
