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Stories of Christians in action, both at home and around the world
- How are the refugees who have come to the UK getting along? Refugee Week, a UK-wide annual festival which celebrates the contributions and resilience of refugees, provides a programme of arts, cultural, educational and media events, though which refugees can find their voice in the UK. This year the refugees have chosen to share their...In celebration of Refugee Week, 23rd – 27th June
- Bible Society says it is “excited” to be sponsoring a garden based on Psalm 27 at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park in July. Psalm 27 is a profound meditation on loss, fear and faith. Inspired by designer Ollie Pike’s reflections on burial grounds – “scenes of sadness, but also of hope and spiritual refreshment”...Bible Society to sponsor a garden at RHS Tatton Park
- The growing death toll among Christians in Nigeria is now in the tens of thousands. Recent reports have put the number of Christians killed in attacks by terrorists and militants at between 30,000 and 50,000. And the violence continues unabated. The Stefanos Foundation, which has been working in Nigeria for 20 years to help victims...Nigeria: the slaughter of Christians continues
- An English vicar had a regular church attender who came to church on average twice a month, and who volunteered to keep the church hall tidy. He also frequently helped out by doing practical repairs or improvements. But – he didn’t believe in God, in Jesus or the Bible! In another church, while the PCC...‘Yes, I’m an atheist churchgoer’
- Each year, the Christian Police Association hosts an International Day of Prayer for the Emergency Services. This year it will be on Thursday, 22nd June. There are various ways to get involved. Watch the CPA YouTube channel “International Day of Prayer” playlist Use the Pray 4 Your Police (P4YP) material on our Publications page Engage in...International Day of Prayer for the Emergency Services
- In praise of passion Helping in the terrible aftermath of Cyclone Freddy Christians helping to clean up after the earthquake in Turkey CAP to launch ‘new money resource’ A new vision for Together Magazine If a vicar asks you for money… Worshipping online looks set to carry on Helping the Afghan refugeesTearfund does work of...Looking at the Church (all articles) for May 2023
- Enthusiasm – I love it. Give me passion, excitement, fascination and joy over calm detachment and a cool distance anytime. I see that passion at football matches when I support my Premier League team, and I see it when I visit a range of grassroots organisations thriving in the city where I live. Hopefully, you...In praise of passion
- Cyclone Freddy, which recently hit Malawi, Madagascar, and Mozambique is still causing widespread devastation. The Zambezia province in Mozambique remains pretty much underwater. The tropical storm has left thousands homeless and in need of aid. “We have experienced a situation that has never happened before in the country.” These words from Cedric Willie, Acting Executive Director,...Helping in the terrible aftermath of Cyclone Freddy
- More than 50,000 people were killed, and tens of thousands injured, when the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria struck on 6th February, causing thousands of homes and buildings to collapse across a vast area. Only a week later, on 13th February, the Christian aid agency Samaritan’s Purse opened an Emergency Field Hospital in Turkey,...Christians helping to clean up after the earthquake in Turkey
- Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is soon to launch what it calls a “fully refreshed and re-energised money coaching course.” The course aims to help people learn to manage their finances, and will include new teaching, a new online budgeting tool for use on a smartphone, and greater flexibility in how to use the content. The...CAP to launch ‘new money resource’
- Together is the UK trade magazine for Christian resources, distributed to almost every UK Christian publisher and retailer, as well as hundreds of churches and over 500 Christian authors. Published by Cedar Tree until the end of 2022, the magazine is relaunched this month (May) by Onwards and Upwards Publishers, a member of the Evangelical Alliance. Together has...A new vision for Together Magazine
- If you are contacted by a clergyman asking you for money, beware! It is a scammer. Scammers have been impersonating various clergy, including even the Archbishop of York, to ask priests and other church people to buy them Amazon vouchers and online gift cards. The scammers use either emails or texts, and their message is...If a vicar asks you for money…