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Thy Kingdom Come celebrates 10 years Christian Aid Week – 11th to 17th May Farewell to George Foreman – boxer and preacher Third Most Dangerous Country in the World for Christians Must a church keep moving or can we rest? Send a Bible a month US Evangelicals not happy with Trump ** Editor: If your...

Thy Kingdom Come (TKC), to be held this year 29th May to 8th June, is a global ecumenical prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray, from Ascension to Pentecost, for more people to come to know Jesus. “This year we’re very excited to be celebrating the 10th year of Thy Kingdom Come!”...

For more than 75 years, Christian Aid has been working with some of the world’s most vulnerable communities in 29 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. This annual week invites Christians in the UK to help fundraise for the work by holding community events and taking on individual challenges....

Warm tributes were paid to the Christian US heavyweight boxing legend George Foreman, who died aged 76 on 21st of March. The two-time heavyweight champion of the world became a Christian in 1977, three years after his famous match with Muhammad Ali, known as the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’. Born into a poor single-parent family...

After North Korea and Somalia, where in the world is it most dangerous to be a Christian? The World Watch List puts Yemen in third place. Yemen lies just south of Saudi Arabia and just east of Ethiopia. Torn apart by civil war, the extremist Islamist Houthi group are increasing in power, and both they...

There is a healthy tension at the heart of the Christian journey. It’s the push and pull of staying, or of getting up and going. And the Bible speaks of both as part of the normal Christian life. In 1 Corinthians 15:58 Paul seems to be spurring his readers on to do even more, “Therefore,...

By regularly giving £10, you can put a Bible into a needy stranger’s hands each month. What kind of stranger? Someone like Anatoliy, a Christian in Ukraine who can reach soldiers on the frontlines. Two weeks after he gave a Bible to a soldier called Kyrylo, Anatoliy met him again and heard about the difference...

US President Donald Trump has angered some US evangelicals because of his recent cutbacks on foreign aid. Now the humanitarian branch of the US National Association of Evangelicals is urging the government to reinstate funding grants lost in the recent executive order cuts on USAID. Although other US Christians are also critical of Trump, the...

Sharing the Easter story – with the help of an egg Ukrainians in desperate need of help Being children in church Could older people hold the key to church growth? Second Most Dangerous Country in the World for Christians Who are the most generous Christians? Spring Harvest – more than 10,000 expected this year Bishop...

There are 80 million Easter eggs being sold in the UK this year, but The Real Easter Egg is unique. It is the only one which has a copy of the Easter story in the box, is made of Fairtrade chocolate and which supports charitable projects. There are six types of eggs to choose from....

As Ukraine recently marked the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, charities have warned of the desperate need for humanitarian aid for the country. An estimated one in three people in Ukraine have been displaced by the war. Roughly 3.6 million have been internally displaced, while 6.5 million have fled the country.  90 per cent...

We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority. Instead, we were like young children among you. (1 Thessalonians 2 6-7) I came across this passage recently and it struck me as relevant for now. It is one of the earliest...