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A South American woman has made history as the MU’s first non-British Worldwide President.  Sheran Harper from Guyana is the new Worldwide President of the 142 year old movement’s four million members in 84 countries.  She takes over in January 2019 from Lynne Tembey. Born in the United Kingdom, Harper grew up in Guyana.  After...

If you are looking for something different for your children this Christmas, you could try a new film from Bible Society called ‘The Mystery of the New Noisy Neighbour’.  It places a mouse detective at the heart of the action – in the stable at Bethlehem, where he slowly discovers who Jesus really is… Emmanuel, Rescuer and...

How big are your debts? How long will it take you to repay them?  Christians Against Poverty has hundreds of low-income clients who are facing an average repayment term of more than 600 years. Despite sticking to their budgets with our support and advice, they will never, ever be able to pay off their debts....

Why do many Sunday schools and church groups for children falter, or even close down?  Scripture Union thinks it knows the answer. After conducting a recent poll of more than 1,500 ministries, Scripture Union says that people would be “amazed” by how many leaders and volunteers set aside “no or minimal” time for prayer. Hence,...

Netflix is off to Narnia.  The streaming service is to produce new Chronicles of Narnia projects for film and television. The streaming service has signed a multi-year deal with The C.S. Lewis Company to develop the classic stories.  This makes it the first time that rights to all seven books including The Lion, the Witch...

The Methodist Church is appealing for help in helping victims of the Indonesian tsunami. On Friday 28 September, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck just off the central island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, setting off a tsunami that engulfed the city of Palu.

Waves more than three metres high swept across the land destroying almost everything in...

A major new nationwide evangelism initiative for 2020 was recently launched at Lambeth Palace. The campaign, Advance 2020, is a unique initiative on the part of more than 100 evangelists and ministry leaders.  They have agreed to lead a major evangelistic thrust in 2020, and beforehand, to multiply the gift of younger evangelists, through mentoring...

Want to show support for the Persecuted Church?  Use the colour red Church parliamentarians call for next generation of women leaders Christian fair trade business Traidcraft could stop selling goods C of E warns: there is ‘no Planet B’ Universal Credit leaves people worse off, says Archbishop of Canterbury Muslim mobs force eight Egyptian churches...

This month you need to think about how you can use the colour red in order to support the Persecuted Church worldwide. For a second year running, Christian Solidarity Worldwide is partnering with Aid to the Church in Need for a second #RedWednesday, to be held on Wednesday 28th November. #RedWednesday will be a day...

Women who represent the Church of England in Parliament have spoken out about what it means to be a female leader, as part of an initiative to inspire the next generation to follow in their footsteps. In the 100th anniversary year of women’s votes, the three sitting women bishops in the House of Lords, together...

Traidcraft plc is in trouble.  With very poor recent trading figures and despite enormous efforts by the staff and management and Fair Traders, it warns that the present model for the company may be no longer viable. Traidcraft’s charity branch, Traidcraft Exchange, will continue to support farmers and lobby government through its charitable arm, and...

The Church of England is continuing to voice its concern over climate change. Following news that the summer of 2018 was the hottest on record in England, and the UK’s joint warmest overall, The Bishop of Salisbury, Nicholas Holtam, the Church of England’s lead bishop for Environmental Affairs, said: ‘It is becoming difficult for even...