Steaming on
EN
Date posted: 1 May 2021
A
new
chaplain
has
joined
the
Railway
Mission
–
an organisation
founded in 1881 to
provide pastoral care
and support for staff
on trains and in stations.
Helen Lewis (see photo) is the new Railway
and British Transport Police Chaplain
for
South and Mid-Wales. Helen came to faith in
Christ at the age of 14 and re-committed her
life to serving God while at university.
Mr Baker offers bread of life – and more!
Andrew Dalton
Date posted: 1 May 2021
An evangelical congregational church in West Yorkshire is offering two different kinds of bread to its neighbourhood – the Bread of Life, and ordinary bread as well!
Each week Morley Community Church receives (free of charge) supplies of bread, confectionery, vegetables, fruit and innumerable packets of food of all descriptions. Pictured here is Ray Baker with some of the provisions.
‘Get off your couch for the sake of Christ’
Jonny Reid
Date posted: 1 May 2021
Christians
in Sport (CiS)
is encouraging
Christians to return to their sports clubs as
lockdown measures ease across the UK.
Since March 2019 the majority of amateur
sport has been under restrictions and since
November 2020 all amateur sport clubs have
been banned
from
training or competing
together. With the stay-at-home order eased
on 29 March, outdoor sports facilities have
reopened and organised sports have been able
to
resume
in England. Similar
restrictions
have been eased in other countries within the
UK. Gyms and indoor sports facilities are all
planned to open again in the next few months.
Vaccine passports fear
EN
Date posted: 1 May 2021
Almost 1,000 church leaders have urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to impose controversial vaccine passports on churches in England.
In an open letter published a few days ago, the pastors and ministers say they are ‘are wholly opposed to this suggestion’ and say that to ‘deny people entry to hear this life-giving message and to receive this life-giving ministry would be a fundamental betrayal of Christ and the gospel.’
Fletcher and Smyth scandals: ‘who’ and ‘what’ – but not yet all the ‘whens’, ‘wheres’ or ‘whys’…
en staff
Date posted: 1 May 2021
en explains the latest developments – and what may come
What has happened?
First, independent Christian safeguarding charity Thirtyone:eight published a ‘lessons learnt’ report into disgraced former minister Jonathan Fletcher’s time at Emmanuel Church Wimbledon from 1982 and 2012. Previously it had emerged that Fletcher had engaged in naked massages with men as well as beatings on their bare backsides, among other things.
Newton is the
new Tyndale
Michael Reeves
Date posted: 1 May 2021
A new theological centre along the lines of
Tyndale House, Cambridge, is to open in
Oxford this September.
Professor Michael A.G. Haykin, a regular
contributor to en, will be serving as the
first Director of Newton House when it is
inaugurated.
New series on evangelism for every believer
FIEC
Date posted: 1 May 2021
Evangelism for Every Believer is the title of a
new series on the website of the Fellowship
of
Independent
Evangelical Churches
(FIEC).
FIEC Mission Director Andy Paterson
explains the background to the launch of this
new initiative: