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Prayer, faith and witness
Driving back from speaking at Gold Hill Baptist Church on Sunday, 15 March, there was a strange sense in my gut that things were about to change. The media stories were growing and the idea that things were about to become less free was increasingly clear. Within days, everything was being live…
Gavin Calver
Free to lead
Yet one Tuesday night we found ourselves sitting in our lounge with our pastors, who told us they were leaving in five months and asked if my wife Helen and I would lead the 60 or so people in our congregation. They gave us three days to make a prayerful decision. We prayed; we said no. We prayed…
Tim Roberts
Sharing your faith – getting started is one of the hardest steps
I struggle with imposter syndrome. My job title at the Evangelical Alliance is ‘evangelism and theology officer’. Now besides the fact that my job title makes me sound like a law enforcement officer, the title might lead people to think I find it easy to tell people about Jesus. However, that is…
Richard Powney
The media have it wrong. Churches are not rushing to open their doors
This growing wave of opinion is missing one vital component: churches do not wish to reopen just yet. Don’t get me wrong, churches of every stripe are desperate to be able to meet again, to be able to congregate in a room and worship God, to grow as a body and be a visible witness to their…
Danny Webster
Prayer walking on campus
God made us in His image (Genesis 1:27), then put humans in the Garden of Eden, which He planted for them so they could steward that land (Genesis 2:8-15). As a child of God, a core part of our identity is to partner and be co-rulers with Him over creation, to nourish the place we have been given…
Ed Earnshaw
Living the prayer
In the famous Morecambe and Wise sketch with Andre Previn, Morecambe utters the brilliant line, “I’m playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order.” So it is with those Isaiah challenges: they are doing a lot of the right things but not necessarily with the right motive.…
Fred Drummond
“Being a witness”: how sharing the good news is not just about what we do, but who we are
I’ve been reflecting recently about this verse from Acts 1:8 and how for many years I concentrated on why I was supposed to witness or share the message of salvation with others. Reasons that come to mind might be because of all that Jesus has done for me or because it was command language in the…
Rob Burns
Are We Still Waiting for Reformation in Ireland?
The Reformation was a rediscovery of Bible truth. Centuries of spiritual darkness were dispelled by the light of God’s Word. However, the progress of the Reformation varied across the British Isles. In England and Wales, Henry VIII’s need to secure a male heir led to the Reformation being…
How the Reformation Changed Society
If we believe that all human beings are created equal, that they are free to act according to conscience, to speak freely, to be treated fairly before the law; if we believe that rulers should obey the same laws as their subjects, that oppression should be resisted; that leaders should be held…
Church, stand up and stand out this Christmas
As we reach the end of a difficult year, uncertain of what lies ahead, I can think of few better ways to call us to press on this Christmas than the emboldening words of the prophet Isaiah: “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the…
Dayalan Mahesan
Considering Transgender
Transgender is regularly on the media, is becoming a more contentious issue in sport and schools are scrambling to draft policies to cover it. In the midst of the cultural conversations, those struggling with gender dysphoria often get lost. The Evangelical Alliance has launched its resource…
Trans - Education Authority Guidance
Last month, the Education Authority released guidance on supporting transgender pupils. The pdf document in the link below is our analysis and summary of this Guidance. This should be read alongside the Guidance itself and our Transformed resource www.eauk.org/trans which we released earlier this…
Let hope rise again
Yes, the first half of this pandemic has been extremely challenging on so many levels, but the time is now to dust ourselves down, refocus and be prepared to go again. My wife Anne supports Liverpool and went to the 2005 Champions League Final against AC Milan in Istanbul. At half-time her team was…
Gavin Calver
Oh come, let's sing to the Lord
The Lord Himself expresses delight over His people in song (Zephaniah 3:17) and Jesus sang hymns with His disciples (Matthew 26:30). The whole of creation bursts forth in song to the glory of God, from the mountains, fields and trees on the earth (Isaiah 55:12; Psalm 65:13; 1 Chronicles 16:33) to…
Dr Rebecca Uberoi
Church and the new lockdown: Evangelical Alliance Scotland response
Our gathering demonstrates our love for one another and opens a window on the new reality of the kingdom of God. We pray and share sacraments together and we remember the Lord together. The gathering of believers is not just about the growth of our faith but also about spiritual and emotional…
Fred Drummond
