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Is this the biggest challenge for any Prime Minister?

Is this the biggest challenge for any Prime Minister?
Rhys Laverty
Rhys Laverty

What does it mean to be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2026?

At the time of writing, that post is still held by Sir Keir Starmer. For how much longer remains to be seen. If he resigns any time soon, his successor will be the United Kingdom’s seventh premier in just ten years.

Historical lessons for exiled evangelicals
migration & the Bible

Historical lessons for exiled evangelicals
Neil Robbie
Neil Robbie

The mass, inward, multinational migration experienced in the UK today is not a novel phenomenon.

Four hundred years ago, the Reformation caused large-scale, trans-European migration. The Calvinist Dutch Republic became an ark for refugees from all over the continent.

The UK as both mission field and mission force
updates from the mission field

The UK as both mission field and mission force
Pioneers

“Mission on our doorstep” is a phrase we’ve heard again and again over the last decade. The idea is simple and observable: record numbers of migrants (whatever their motivation – economic, educational, political, etc.) have been streaming into the United Kingdom, and we only need to step out our front gate to see that people from all over the world are choosing to make a life for themselves alongside ours.

Because of migration, cross-cultural mission has never been easier. The mission field is literally next door.

How do we preserve our identity if we're in exile?
migration & the Bible

How do we preserve our identity if we're in exile?
Neil Robbie
Neil Robbie

In my last article of this series (which you can read here), I considered how migration and exile are experienced by Christians in the UK in a variety of ways.

Whilst exile is usually associated with geographical displacement, exile can be experienced in various ways without ever leaving home. Cultural, economic, political and/or ecclesiastical exile can occur to any group of Christians, migrant or not. British evangelicals may be experiencing all kinds of exile, whether or not we have moved. When we find ourselves living in exile, how should we live?

Six ways people experience exile in the UK
migration & the Bible

Six ways people experience exile in the UK
Neil Robbie
Neil Robbie

"By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion."

The words of Psalm 137 are familiar to most Christians around the world. The sentiment, however, was largely unfamiliar to conservative evangelical Christians in Britain - mostly, though not exclusively, white - who until recently felt at home both in the church and in the nation.

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