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In parts of the UK, there is a kind of poverty more profound than in Uganda. This is the view of Rev Jenny Green, a missionary working with Church Mission Society on the Faxfleet estate in Bradford. Prior to being community chaplain in Bradford, Jenny Green spent 20 years with CMS in Kisoro, south west...

A former house church leader, prisoner of faith, and one of the leading voices for the persecuted Church in China, Bob Fu has recently warned that the persecution of Christians in China is worsening and is now as severe as at any time since the Cultural Revolution. Bob Fu was one of the original Chinese...

Are you a registered nurse? Parish Nursing Ministries is a Christian charity which helps local churches to appoint nurses, who in turn support people and communities towards whole person healthcare. This is care for the person’s overall well-being, incorporating body, mind and spirit.   More details at:  http://parishnursing.org.uk/

In 2017 there were £22 million worth of religious books sold in the UK, some 2.5 million copies if their average price is the same as non-religious books.  This was 1.4% of the total sales of books in the UK in 2017.  The largest growth area was in non-Christian books because the Oxford University Press...

Ever wondered about the ethics of having CCTV in church? Now a consistory court in the diocese of Canterbury has ruled that churches who install CCTV to protect their premises during the day, must switch off CCTV cameras during worship services, because prayer is private. Baptisms, wedding and funerals should also be free from CCTV,...

Therefore, do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day…. (Colossians 2:16)  There were Jewish public holidays in New Testament times such as Passover. As Palestine was also occupied by the Romans, there were festivals and public games...

The last 10 years have seen an upturn in the number of people reporting difficulties with emotional and mental health issues, particularly anxiety and depression. And, it is often the strongest who struggle under the weight of all they have nobly tried to shoulder. Turn to the Bible, and this truth is played out in...

Do you wear yoga leggings and crop tops to exercise?  Be careful if you wear them for too long.  They can give you eczema and acne. It seems that working out in tight-fitting gear, and then leaving it on you, traps the sweat and rubs it into your skin, which can aggravate skin conditions. Health...

This may sound unlikely, but the happiest teenagers are those who spend just under an hour a day on social and other digital media. A recent survey of more than a million children aged 13 to 18 found that their unhappiness began to increase after they had spent more than an hour looking at screens. ...

If you are retired, or about to retire, beware:  brain function declines rapidly as soon as people stop work and decide to put their feet up. Recent research that tracked 3,400 retired civil servants found that short-term memory declined nearly 40 per cent faster once employees become pensioners.  It seems that when you stop being...

When your children get hungry between meals, what do you do?  Public Health England (PHE) advises just two snacks a day, each of 100 calories or less. PHE points out that the erosion of meal times has meant that children are snacking throughout the day.  Each year, a child on average gets through 400 biscuits,...

Here’s a fairly easy way to diet – just eat more slowly, cut out after-meal snacks, and don’t eat for two hours before going to bed. Research has found that people who eat at a normal speed are 29 per cent less likely to be obese than those who eat quickly.  The research was done...