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Media group aims to reach Gen Z with 'Fount Sessions'

Media group aims to reach Gen Z with 'Fount Sessions'

Lydia Houghton
Lydia Houghton

A creative media organisation is hoping to reach Gen Z with a five-part evangelistic documentary series.

Fount Sessions has been created by UK-based Christian charity The Stream Collective. Jake Marthinet-Glover, Creative Lead, told en: “Reaching [UK young adults] with the gospel in a way that connects with their worldviews, and shows Jesus to be real, relevant and relatable when most have next-to-no understanding of the Bible, or a Christian worldview, is challenging.

One child, one prayer, one miracle

One child, one prayer, one miracle

Anna-Claire Cusick
Anna-Claire Cusick

I’ll never forget the day I met Baby JS. He had been born just two months earlier in Kurintza, a tiny Amazon community in Pastaza, Ecuador, which can only be reached by a flight in a small Cessna plane. His mother has severe intellectual disabilities, and he had come into the world with only his grandmother to care for him.

When we arrived on our medical outreach, Baby JS was severely malnourished, surviving on nothing but oats mixed with water. There was no formula milk; that was far too expensive for a family with no income, and unreachable without a costly plane journey.

New life in Christ for Sally, one of London’s many homeless

New life in Christ for Sally, one of London’s many homeless

London City Mission

New data from the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) shows a sharp rise in street homelessness in London.

There were 3,028 people living on the streets between April 2024 and March 2025 – a 27% increase from the previous year and a 90% rise over the past decade.

Lily's testimony: Amazed by the heart of Jesus
PfE women

Lily's testimony: Amazed by the heart of Jesus

Sharon Coates
Sharon Coates

I first met Lily 17 years ago when she joined our toddler group. We chatted occasionally, and her children took part in our church's kids clubs and activities. Over time, we lost touch except through Facebook. I had no idea then that the safe space we offered - through friendship and community - would later become a vital part of Lily’s spiritual journey. It’s a beautiful reminder that God is always at work, even when we don’t see it. I’ll let Lily share the rest in her own words.

Lily's story *

I was raised within the Catholic Church, and often felt confused and unworthy. As a child, I was told that being born to unmarried parents made me a product of sin and destined for hell. That message of shame and fear shaped my early view of God. Church became a place of kneeling, confessing, and never feeling forgiven. That sense of never being “good enough” drove me away from both church and God altogether.

Ex-Mafia boss: ‘I’m asking for redemption’

Ex-Mafia boss: ‘I’m asking for redemption’

Lydia Houghton
Lydia Houghton

A self-confessed former “underboss of the most powerful organised crime family in the country”[US] has been baptised.

Salvatore Gravano – widely known as “Sammy the Bull” Gravano – underwent water baptism, declaring he’s asking for forgiveness “not from a judge or jury, but from God.”

From jail to Jesus: Ex-addict’s transformative journey

From jail to Jesus: Ex-addict’s transformative journey

Emily Pollok
Emily Pollok

Just before he received his last prison sentence in 2019, Lewis Gibson was living in a homeless hostel. He’d been warned that he would end up in jail again if he continued on his drug-fuelled lifestyle.

‘I was in despair, because I knew I was going back to prison,’ Lewis explained. At a crisis point, Gibson turned to a United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) devotional he’d picked up during a previous stint in prison. In it, he read Romans 10:13: ‘Whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.’

‘I was born with no eyes and my husband is blind too’

‘I was born with no eyes and my husband is blind too’

Philippa Lomas

Philippa Lomas shares her journey of faith and discipleship:

I was born without any eyes and am completely blind. As you can probably imagine, this was a great shock to my parents, who had other, fully sighted, children. My parents are both Christians, but they really wondered what good God could bring out of the situation.