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Is there really a ministry recruitment crisis?

Is there really a ministry recruitment crisis?

Is there really a ministry recruitment crisis? en asked the principals and directors of some of the UK’s leading seminaries and colleges.


World
Iran: Jailed believer fractures spine

Iran: Jailed believer fractures spine

Aida Najaflou, an imprisoned Christian convert in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, Iran, recently fractured her spine after falling from her …

Features
Why do we love celebrities?

Why do we love celebrities?

Why do we love to watch celebrities appear on “reality tv”? The recent finale of The Celebrity Traitors, hosted …

Letter

Ryder’s Christian origin

Date posted: 22 Nov 2025

Dear Editor, I was delighted by Gavin Calver’s lovely article on what golf’s European Ryder Cup team teaches the …

Comment

Phil Moon

Is your preaching merely teaching?

Phil Moon
Pooyan Mehrshahi

Christ's words to weary pastors in hard places

Pooyan Mehrshahi
Graham Nicholls

Does the Bible need trigger warnings?

Graham Nicholls

Features

Features
Orthodoxy & evangelicals – what’s the appeal?

Orthodoxy & evangelicals – what’s the appeal?

The news that a church affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC) has become Orthodox (see this …

Features
Is it time to change what children are taught at church?

Is it time to change what children are taught at church?

Here’s a question: In your Sunday youth and children’s groups (assuming you have them), what do you teach? And how …

UK & Ireland

UK & Ireland
World Vision UK rejects allegations as ‘false’

World Vision UK rejects allegations as ‘false’

Christian charity World Vision UK has hit back following allegations of an allegedly “toxic” workplace culture.The allegations were initially …

UK & Ireland
Blackpool: FIEC leaders meet

Blackpool: FIEC leaders meet

More than 1,100 church leaders, missionaries, and gospel workers gathered in Blackpool for the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches' (FIEC) …

UK & Ireland
Safeguarding provider  responds to ‘Private Eye’

Safeguarding provider responds to ‘Private Eye’

Warning: the following content relates to crimes of abuse and could be both upsetting and triggering.A Christian safeguarding provider …

World

World
Screwtape takes to the stage in the US

Screwtape takes to the stage in the US

An American theatre company is bringing C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters to stages across the United States.Fellowship for Performing …

World
Nicea 1,700: Global leaders gather

Nicea 1,700: Global leaders gather

Istanbul, Turkey – Over four days, 22–25 October, more than 470 Christian leaders from around the world convened in Istanbul …

World
South Korea: Gospel work thrives

South Korea: Gospel work thrives

I recently returned from a wonderful trip to Seoul in South Korea, where I was asked to speak at the …

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People

People
Noted international art historian and author dies

Noted international art historian and author dies

Many of the international Christian arts community were saddened to learn that the art historian and author Dr Graham Birtwistle …

People
Mark Prentice - new minister of ANiE church

Mark Prentice - new minister of ANiE church

An independent Anglican church outside the Church of England has a new minister. St Thomas’s Church in Corstorphine, Edinburgh recently …

People
‘Mother of modern Bible translation’ dies

‘Mother of modern Bible translation’ dies

Wycliffe Bible Translators has paid tribute to one of its long-serving missionaries who has died at 87.Dr Katharine “Katy” …

Reviews

Reviews
Wise Biblical counselling for troubled times

Wise Biblical counselling for troubled times

“That was a traumatic experience.” In our culture, that short sentence can be used to describe everything from a stressful …

Reviews
Tell them the old, old story

Tell them the old, old story

So, I would like to introduce you to some children’s titles that tell the “old, old story of Jesus and …

Reviews
Stories of King Jesus

Stories of King Jesus

This beautifully illustrated children’s story Bible includes 70 Bible stories, tracing the theme of God the King and His kingdom …

Your views

Letter

Genetic fallacy

Date posted: 15 Nov 2025

Dear Editor, Paul Mills’ article on climate change was well-informed, and I do not doubt his sincerity. However I …

Letter

Labelling

Date posted: 9 Nov 2025

Dear Editor, In your recent questionnaire you had a question: “How would you describe your theological outlook?”, listing as …

Your Views
Dick Lucas

Dick Lucas

Date posted: 8 Nov 2025

Dear Editor, I enjoyed Robin Sydserff’s tribute to Dick Lucas. Where can one hear the preaching series he …

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