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The UK arm of the Navigators turns 70 this year. It has been celebrating its work in the UK with a national roadshow that stretches from Glasgow to Southampton. The Navigators was first founded in 1933 by an American evangelist, Dawson Trotman, who ministered to sailors in the US Navy. Due to his efforts, 135...

The number of C of E ordination candidates entering residential training has fallen from 218 to 65 in the decade to 2024. Seven of the ten colleges had fewer than ten new students at the beginning of the last academic year.

Is Gen Z coming to church? Children’s Society gives an urgent warning 150 years of the Keswick Convention Premier Christian Radio – the first Christian broadcaster to Britain How do persecuted Christians cope with the stress? Danny Kruger’s extraordinary speech in the House of Commons Not leaving your dog on its own – even for...

Could it be true that a Quiet Revival (as the report is called) is taking place?  Another reasonably large survey commissioned by the Bible Society’s research team suggests it could be. In March 2025 Bible Society repeated a survey they had carried out in 2018, asking 13,000 people if they went to church (It was...

Thousands of children across the UK are being exploited to move money for criminals.  Some are only 15 years old. So warns the Children’s Society. In a recent report, it has highlighted what is going on behind closed doors. Young people “are being tricked, pressured and groomed into handing over their bank details, receiving transfer...

 An iconic Christian convention is celebrating 150 years this year. From the humble beginnings of a vicar holding a meeting on his vicarage lawn back in 1875, the Keswick Convention now runs a year-round Christian teaching ministry and attracts 15,000 to its annual three-week summer convention. The Keswick Convention was the brainchild of Canon Thomas...

Christian broadcasting was not always allowed in this country. As late as the mid-1980s, Christians were petitioning Parliament and the broadcast regulator to allow Christian broadcasting to begin in the UK. Finally, it happened, and in 1990 the law was changed. Five years later, in the summer of 1995, Premier Christian Radio was launched. The...

In the fourth of a series of articles, Kenneth Harrod, Head of Theology and Media at Release International, the voice of persecuted Christians, reflects on how Christians respond to being persecuted. None of us likes to read, or hear of, Christians suffering persecution. Stories of people being imprisoned, being forced to flee, or seeing loved...

What does the MP for Devizes in Wiltshire have in common with the Anglo-Saxon king Athelstan? It became clear this summer, during an extraordinary speech Danny Kruger MP gave to an all but empty House of Commons on the eve of the summer recess.   First, some background: this month (4th Sept) marks the 1100th anniversary...

My Father’s house has many rooms… I will come back and take you to be with Me that you also may be where I am.  John 14:2-3 There are some couples I see in church, but only rarely do they attend together. You may know them. The explanation is quite simple, and it is not...

Journalists urge the new Pope to take action on press freedom ‘Don’t forget the seafarers,’ says Christian mission agency Christian media owner calls on Elon Musk to become more accountable Will Christian movies ever make an impact in the UK? What does the modern persecution of Christians look like? Online Services Scottish Diaspora Churches New...

Campaigning journalists have called on Pope Leo XIV, to back up his recent words in support of press freedom with strong action. Reporters without Borders (RSF), an international non-profit organisation that lobbies on behalf of journalists worldwide, has called on the Pope “to maintain a strong, committed voice for press freedom and the protection of...