Jesus for Jewish people
Christian Witness to Israel
Date posted: 1 Nov 2018
With anti-Semitism on the rise, Christian Witness to Israel reminds us of their work
Kyle was a homeless Jewish drug addict.
Believing in Barrow
Robin Ham
Date posted: 1 Oct 2018
A new Cumbrian church plant is giving thanks for six months of life and looking ahead to God’s provision as they face the future…
The joke is often made that Barrow-in-Furness is at the end of the longest cul-de-sac in the country!
To the ends of the earth
Mark Foster
Date posted: 1 Nov 2018
Mark Foster brings us news of how the gospel is being taken to the far east of Russia
They’ve been doing it for almost 70 years.
Chris Wright: a wee Belfast boy
Keswick Ministries
Date posted: 1 Aug 2018
My parents were missionaries for 20 years in Brazil before I was born.
Two of my older siblings were born there. I arrived after they returned to Belfast shortly after the Second World War. So I grew up in a home where Christian faith was inseparable from mission commitment and global interest (aided by a stamp-collecting hobby). I remember asking Jesus to come into my heart as a young child of five or six, when my brother Paul asked me if my name was in the Lamb’s Book of Life; and when I asked how I could be sure (probably not quite understanding which book he had in mind), he told me to do just that.
Culture watching
Where’s my super-suit?
Sarah Allen
Date posted: 1 Sep 2018
Superhero movies seem to be churned out by Hollywood every few months now.
We’ve had Wonder Woman and Black Panther, Iron Man, The Avengers and X-Men all saving the world and defeating evil in their different fashions. Those who enjoy these films (I have to say, they are not my cup of tea) know what to expect – dramatic action sequences; often ambiguous political scenarios; heroes who are like us, but better; heroes who come from another world; personal conflict as the hero accepts their mission, and evil which is a threat to human relationships as we know them.
Please fight for the unborn
Dave Brennan
Date posted: 1 Sep 2018
Dave Brennan with a biblical mandate to mobilise against abortion
As the 19th century draws to a close, English missionaries in King Leopold II’s Congo Free State face a heart-searching dilemma.
People come, people go
Linda Allcock
Date posted: 1 Aug 2018
Linda Allcock on the mixed emotions experienced in a mobile congregation
‘People come. People go.’ That was the phrase repeated in The Globe Church original promotional video at our launch in 2015.
Christopher Ash: ongoing surrender
Keswick Ministries
Date posted: 1 Aug 2018
I suppose most of us sometimes wish our stories were more exciting than they are.
That goes for the stories of how God first brought us to faith in Jesus Christ; we sometimes wish – foolishly – that the contrast with our pre-conversion life might be more dramatic because we had sunk into deeper depths of sinfulness before our conversions than we did.
Storm clouds over China’s church
Tony Lambert
Date posted: 1 Sep 2018
Tony Lambert gives his assessment of what is going on in the world’s most populous nation
Since the death of Mao in 1976, the church in China has enjoyed remarkable growth and revival.
Reformation worship
Jonny Gibson & Mark Earngey
Date posted: 1 Sep 2018
Have we drifted too far from the Reformers’ vision of church?
How do you structure your church services?
Sent right where you are
Martin Salter
Date posted: 1 Jun 2018
Martin Salter, speaker at this year’s Keswick Convention, on how good deeds should dovetail with evangelism
When we speak of ‘mission’ or ‘missionaries’ we tend to automatically think of those in far-off places.
Grenfell Tower: one year on
Graham Miller & Jackie Blanchflower
Date posted: 1 Jun 2018
Last June, the 24-storey tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington was engulfed in an horrific fire.
In the early hours of Wednesday, 14 June 2017, a fire broke out at Grenfell Tower in West London. 71 people lost their lives. The fire continues to impact the whole nation.
Evangelism that really works
Jeremy Marshall
Date posted: 1 Jul 2018
Imagine 12 people sitting in a pub chatting about John’s Gospel.
Nobody checks their phone, nobody needs to leave. This is despite the fact none of them has been in church for years (some never).
Gaines Manor – ten years on
Ben Putt
Date posted: 1 Jul 2018
Ben Putt tells the recent story of the well-known Christian youth centre
I had never planned to go into full-time gospel ministry.
Ministry training with a difference
Paul Brennan
Date posted: 1 Jul 2018
Paul Brennan tells us about the Cornhill Scotland approach
In the May edition of en the editorial raised some of weaknesses in traditional methods of ministry training.
The Third Degree
Student life & mental health
Ellie Cook
Date posted: 1 Jul 2018
A YouGov survey in 2016 found that one in four university students in the UK struggle with their mental health.
This ranges from those who have been diagnosed with a mental illness through to vast numbers who are battling with stress and worry: 63% of students say that they feel levels of stress that interfere with their day-to-day lives. Among those who identify as struggling with mental health problems, anxiety and depression are the most common, and often affect the same students (around 70% of sufferers).
‘Though the earth give way’
Chris Wright
Date posted: 1 May 2018
Chris Wright on how Christians should live in an age of growing international chaos.
I read in the New York Times some weeks ago that there are increasing numbers of young couples getting married with the intention of not having children.
The Third Degree
Storytelling
Kate Duncan
Date posted: 1 Apr 2018
‘It is amazing see God work in front of my eyes.
‘I brought my friend to the Story mission week and, despite personal struggles with suffering, she was able to start believing in God.’
Data protection: be ready!
Gemma Adam
Date posted: 1 May 2018
Gemma Adam with some advice for churches on getting ready for GDPR
From 25 May 2018 it is a legal requirement for every organisation (including churches and all charities) to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation.
Field of Dreams
The parents’ rollercoaster
Graham Daniels
Date posted: 1 Jun 2018
In previous columns, we have shared some of the ways we support Christians involved in elite sport.
But to make the grade as adults, these sports-people will have been identified and trained from a young age. Imagine the emotional involvement of parents… ‘She’s done it. She’s made the British team for the world junior championships. How amazing is that! All that sacrifice has paid off. We almost feel like we’ve been selected ourselves.’
defending our faith
When Billy met C.S. Lewis
Chris Sinkinson
Date posted: 1 Apr 2018
It has been striking to notice the high esteem in which Billy Graham has generally been held.
Despite a few vocal critics, there has been genuine affection evident in his passing.
Will the circle be unbroken?
Janice Pibworth
Date posted: 1 Apr 2018
Janice Pibworth tells the story of hymnwriter Ada Ruth Habershon (1861–1918)
Will the circle be unbroken is inscribed on the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Rotunda.
Priorities: God’s or ours
Steve Nation
Date posted: 1 Mar 2018
Looking at Acts 6.1-7, with Steve Nation
Thus far in the Book of Acts, it’s been quite a ride.
Billy Graham – living proclamation
Richard Bewes
Date posted: 1 Apr 2018
Richard Bewes, former rector of All Souls, Langham Place, recalls his meetings with the great evangelist
The first time I ever heard him, it was like a drumbeat in my head: You are going to be doing this for the rest of your life.