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Stories of Christians in action, both at home and around the world
- The Real Easter Egg campaign has been running since 2010 and involves thousands of churches, schools and groups. It crosses all denominations and offers individuals a simple way to share the Easter Story while supporting Fairtrade and charitable projects. The idea began in 2008 when I was given a chocolate Easter Egg. On the side...Real Easter Eggs celebrate their 10th birthday!
- A new website has been launched which claims it is “going to make the easiest evangelism even easier.” It is also completely free to link to from church websites and materials. The website, www.christianity.org.uk, is the result of a complete rewrite and redesign of an older website, and is still owned by the Christian Enquiry...The new website that makes evangelism easier
- Have you noticed the spate of celebrity baptisms recently? Former football star David Beckham’s two youngest children were baptised at a church near their Cotswold home last December. Showbiz celebrity Kim Kardashian West and her youngest children Saint, three, Chicago, 20 months, and baby Psalm, were baptised last October in Armenia’s main cathedral. Liverpool Football...Hope for All – a great gift to give
- The Church is absolutely amazing! What started with a youth group of 12 is now the largest religion in the world and is still growing rapidly. Here in the UK we are making a huge impact through ministries such as Christians Against Poverty, Food Banks, Street Pastors and Street Angels. The Church runs the majority...‘Unleashing’ the church at Spring Harvest 2020 – how to make an impact today
- Biblica and Hodder have teamed up to launch a partnership that will help fund Biblica’s Bible translation efforts around the world. The Give to Translate campaign will encourage readers of the NIV across the UK to consider making a financial contribution to help fund new Bible translations and revisions around the world. This is in...Biblica and Hodder unite to launch fund-raising initiative for more Bibles
- “The eye of the storm is on us,” said a Barnabas Fund contact after three Christian teachers, all in their 20s, were murdered in an attack by Al Shabaab jihadists on a primary school compound in Kenya on 13th January. Another teacher was shot twice in the leg, and a fifth managed to escape when...Al Shabaab murders three Christian teachers in Kenyan school
- The long list of television programmes concerned with renovating, moving home, and celebrity homes shows how interested we are in other people’s homes, and how they live. The style and furnishings of the buildings vary considerably, and you can find out a great deal about the person by looking at what they have on display...Reflected Faith: the Altar
- The numbers of churchgoers in England who are under 45 will have shrunk from 44% in 2010 to 38% this year, 2020, and down to 31% by 2030, if present trends continue. In England in 2005, 39% of churches had no-one attending under 11 years of age, 49% no-one attending between the ages of 11...The age of English churchgoers keeps growing
- This year, you can either buy special gifts for your mother from Mothers’ Union, or else remember your mother by sending a gift to Mothers Union to help empower women around the world. More details at: https://www.mothersunion.org/mothering-sunday-resourcesGifts for mothers on Mothering Sunday
- Eight months since Asia Bibi fled Pakistan, blasphemy laws cause for concern Church ordered to replace name sign with political slogan Nigeria named as key Christian persecution hotspot in 2020 Church Action on Poverty Sunday – 23rd February Anxious and lonely? Come to church! How do you feel about sharing your faith? New research highlights...Looking at your Church (all articles) for February 2020
- New reports have highlighted continuing concern over Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, eight months after Asia Bibi was finally allowed to leave the country. The reports came from sources as diverse as the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCRIF) and Humanists International. The USCIRF reports there are still 80 people in Pakistan imprisoned on blasphemy charges....Eight months since Asia Bibi fled Pakistan, blasphemy laws still cause for concern
- Chinese authorities have forced a church in Jiangxi province to paint over its name and replace it with a communist slogan, “Follow the Party, Obey the Party, and Be Grateful to the Party,” amid increasing attempts by officials to ‘sinicise’ (make Chinese) Christianity. Late last year The True and Original Source of the Universe church...Church ordered to replace name sign with political slogan