Maria Millis: the definition of an unsung saint
Brian Maiden
Date posted: 1 Oct 2019
In a new series, Brian Maiden gives a short biography of some believers you may not have heard of...
Have you ever heard of Maria Millis? Probably not. But before I tell you about her, let me tell you about Lord Shaftesbury.
Eisteddfod outreach
Evangelical Movement of Wales
Date posted: 1 Oct 2019
News from the Eisteddfod Mission during August always shows that an eclectic group of people are reached by the missioners who speak to Welsh and English-speaking festival goers.
This year was no exception. The first day included a couple who had belonged to a sect. On the second day, a person said that after death she would return as a cat or dog. As with most times of mission, there can be the feeling that one is trying to sell umbrellas to people who are living in a dry desert. Most people just don’t see their need of Christ. In fact many people answering the question ‘describe your life in three words’, used happy and contented in their responses.
Slavic Gospel Association: 70 years young…
Mark Foster
Date posted: 1 Oct 2019
Next year, Slavic Gospel Association [UK] will celebrate its 70th birthday. In 1950, Peter Deyneka, the founder of the mission in the USA some 13 years earlier, visited churches in the south of England. Believers caught the vision for reaching Slavic peoples for Christ and the UK branch of SGA was formed in that year.
The initially small efforts to bring encouragement and help to Eastern European people displaced by the Second World War and living in camps in England, Germany and Austria, quickly blossomed. It then burgeoned into a ministry which took Christians through the Iron Curtain, and into situations where the churches were severely persecuted for their faithfulness to Christ and the gospel.
A tale of two cities: ten years on
Richard Hagan and Matthew Roberts
Date posted: 1 Oct 2019
en interviews Richard Hagan and Matthew Roberts who moved to Canterbury and York respectively to plant new churches
Ten years ago this month, Matthew Roberts and Richard Hagan moved with their young families to York and Canterbury them to plant new churches. en asked about the story of Trinity Church York and Emmanuel Church Canterbury.
Somalia: wife divorced after husband finds Bible
Morning Star News
Date posted: 1 Oct 2019
A woman was divorced by her Muslim hus-band after he discovered she owned a Bible, it was reported in August.
The husband of the 32-year-old mother of two children discovered that his wife was a Christian and owned a Bible. He demanded that she reveal who had given it to her.
Margaret Weston 1929–2019
Julia Cameron
Date posted: 1 Oct 2019
Generations of Christian Union members
will remember Margaret Weston with affec-tion and gratitude. Her husband, Canon
Keith Weston, was a widely-loved speaker
in CUs and Margaret often travelled with
him, making herself available to talk with
students.
From 1964 to 1985, Keith was Rector of St
Ebbe’s Church, Oxford. Margaret exercised a
pastoral ministry among
its
students, as
among members of the parish. The rectory
was then amid some of the most deprived
housing in the county.
Modern Foxe
Chris Sugden
Date posted: 1 Oct 2019
Book Review
HATED WITHOUT A REASON:
The remarkable story of Christian persecution
over the centuries
Read review
Crossing the Culture
Reaching the Sikh
community with the gospel
Jon Taylor
Date posted: 1 Oct 2019
Although Sikhism is a major world reli-gion and the fourth largest UK religion,
it is surprising that even in well-stocked
Christian bookstores
there
is very
little
material in the way of reaching out to the
Sikh community. Typically in the apolo-getic section there are many books regard-ing Islam, some on Hinduism and a few
on Judaism and Buddhism, though little if
anything on Sikhism.
In 1992 Josh McDowell and Don Stewart
wrote ‘Sikhism is a religion all but unknown
to Western civilization’1. Strangely, we are left
with the same conclusion today.
1,000 students equipped for witness
Harriet Delahoy
Date posted: 1 Oct 2019
In the last week of August 1,000 Christian Union leaders gathered at the Quinta Christian conference centre in North Shropshire for the 100th Forum conference.
Over the last century, 40,000 students have been equipped for witness in their universities through Forum, and it was a privilege to stand alongside students this year.
Free Church of Scotland: the next generation
Free Church of Scotland
Date posted: 1 Oct 2019
The Free Church of Scotland will facili-tate a focused outreach initiative called ‘Generation19’ which aims to encourage local churches to reach out to their com-munities with the gospel.
In 2017 a census of Scottish churches was carried out by Brierley Consultancy which indicated a sharp decline in church attendance and engagement. The report showed that ‘some 390,000 people regularly attended church, being 7.2% of the Scottish population, down from 17% in 1984.’ This decline was the equivalent of ‘losing ten congregations per month’.
Bahamas: on the front line
CBN news
Date posted: 1 Oct 2019
North Carolina-based global humanitarian organisation Operation Blessing sent a relief team on 4 September to Nassau, Bahamas, to bring emergency aid after Hurricane Dorian’s devastation.
Dorian ripped through the Bahamas destroying or severely damaging over 13,000 homes. The death toll is still unknown.