Christian charity takes over Gaines Manor
Emily Pollok
Date posted: 23 Sep 2026
The Gaines Manor Activity Centre is changing hands after 60 years of running Christian camps on the site.
The large Georgian manor, set on ten acres of land, is being taken over by Yorkshire Camps – another Christian charity that runs 40 camps year-round for more than 1,500 young people.
Wales pauses gender reassignment surgeries
Emily Pollok
Date posted: 22 Sep 2026
All gender reassignment surgeries in Wales are on hold due to concerns over “disproportionately higher” referrals compared to the rest of the UK.
The NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) has instructed the Welsh Gender Service to pause referrals and scheduled surgeries due to “concerns regarding referral appropriateness” and has requested an independent clinical review.
Nearly a third of UK evangelicals are new, survey finds
en staff
Date posted: 22 Sep 2026
Nearly a third of UK evangelicals say they began attending Sunday services for the first time in the past one or two years, according to a major new piece of research.
The surprising findings come in the new UK State of Theology Survey which was organised by Reformed evangelical organisation Ligonier Ministries UK, in conjunction with Whitestone Insight, a specialist consultancy.
Conversion therapy: £71,000 helpline had four calls
Emily Pollok
Date posted: 21 Sep 2026
The Scottish government paid almost £72,000 of taxpayer money last year on a conversion therapy helpline that only received four calls over three months, official data has shown.
According to a Freedom of Information request made by The Christian Institute, the government paid £71,996 to LGBT Health and Wellbeing in 2025, to fund the helpline.
The EMW Aber Conference: A taste of heaven on the Welsh coast
John-Edward Funnell
Date posted: 20 Sep 2026
The Evangelical Movement of Wales' (EMW) Aber Conference is held every August on the Aberystwyth University campus. It has welcomed many well-known speakers in the past – including Joel Beeke, Don Carson, Dale Ralph Davis and Conrad Mbewe – yet has always managed to do so without overlooking the wealth of home-grown Welsh preaching talent. This year was no exception.
The roster for the evening sessions included well-known English evangelist Rico Tice from Christianity Explored, who spoke on two occasions – “Rico Twice”, as we affectionately called him (and “Rico Thrice” if you also made it to his seminar!).
Two Christian publishers unite under one umbrella
Emily Pollok
Date posted: 18 Sep 2026
Two major Christian publishing companies are coming under one umbrella to become "the world’s leading independent Christian publisher of theology, Biblical studies, and Christian trade books", according to a joint announcement.
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK Group), a London-based company founded in 1698, has acquired Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., a family business based in Michigan.
AI takeover: What do Christians make of the threat?
Milla Ling-Davies
Date posted: 15 Sep 2026
Can artificial intelligence (AI) bring humanity to an end? What once sounded like science fiction is now a serious question being debated by leading AI researchers, politicians and scientists. And now, Christians are beginning to weigh in.
In early September, warnings about the development of AI superintelligence exploded into the public consciousness after a top AI researcher at Anthropic (the company developing AI language model Claude) claimed that there was a greater than ten per cent chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade. This came after a swarm of AI agents launched an unauthorised attack on an AI development platform called Hugging Face in July.
Who are UK evangelicals? The facts may surprise you
Evangelical Alliance
Date posted: 14 Sep 2026
A landmark report released today from the Evangelical Alliance is providing the clearest picture yet of who evangelicals are in the UK.
The evangelical church in the UK is younger, more ethnically diverse and significantly larger than many people assume, according to the new research, which may surprise some.
MPs vote against assisted suicide bill
Milla Ling-Davies
Date posted: 11 Sep 2026
This afternoon, after five hours of debate, MPs voted against the assisted suicide bill. It was voted down by 286 to 270.
The bill was first introduced last year by MP Kim Leadbeater, and while MPs initially voted it through the House of Commons, it then ran out of time in the House of Lords. An almost identical bill was introduced by Lauren Edwards this June. Now that it has failed a second time, it is unlikely there will be any further attempts to introduce assisted suicide for several years.
London abortion march: ‘More opposition than ever’
Milla Ling-Davies
Date posted: 8 Sep 2026
More than 10,000 pro-lifers marched through Westminster on Saturday, where they faced an unusually robust counter-protest from pro-choice activists.
Marching under the theme "abortion hurts the family", Orthodox Christians, Catholics, Anglicans and many evangelicals were among those who gathered at the Emmanuel Centre. As they made their way to the Houses of Parliament, singing Christian hymns, they were joined by a chanting pro-choice presence, many of whom were part of a counter-protest organised by Abortion Rights UK.
Christian Concern CEO at Reform conference: Mixed reactions
Lydia Houghton
Date posted: 7 Sep 2026
The appearance of a Christian advocacy group's CEO at the Reform UK Conference is sparking mixed reactions.
Andrea Williams, CEO of Christian Concern (CC), gave an address at the Christian Fellowship for Reform fringe event at the party's conference, which took place from 3–5 September at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham.
Grace Baptists gather
Ryan Burton King
Date posted: 28 Aug 2026
Nearly 200 people gathered at Highgate House, Northampton, for Grace Baptist Partnership’s annual residential conference this summer. The multigenerational, multicultural gathering was drawn from churches in a variety of contexts across the UK and Europe with a shared heart for seeing the gospel advance through leadership training, church planting and revitalisation.
This year’s theme was Titus for Today: Zealous for Good Works. Brian Croft was a returning guest. Croft is the founder of Practical Shepherding, a ministry serving pastors in the trenches of pastoral ministry. He covered the book of Titus across three teaching sessions.
letter from Dublin
Sunny beaches but few gospel churches
Lois McCrea
Date posted: 28 Aug 2026
With the glorious weather we’re currently experiencing in Ireland, many people are flocking to the stunning west coast.
The west coast of Ireland has beautiful beaches, welcoming communities and a variety of outdoor pursuits to enjoy. The west coast has very few evangelical churches though. The majority of Bible-believing churches in the Republic of Ireland are situated in the main cities, along the east coast and in the counties bordering Northern Ireland. Those living along the west coast may have to travel miles to attend a Bible teaching church, naturally making it difficult to be involved in their church communities. When there are few evangelical churches, it also results in fewer outreach efforts into the towns and villages along the west coast.
Court questions: Treatment of incapacitated patients
Nicola Laver
Date posted: 27 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court is to decide whether an NHS commissioning body has a legal duty to ask the Court of Protection to resolve disputes around treatment of an incapacitated patient, where doctors decide it is clinically inappropriate.
Earlier this year, the Court of Appeal ruled it was for the court to decide whether it was in the patient’s best interests for treatment to continue. It also declined to order interim relief, including dialysis, under section 48 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Mike’s on a bike for ‘Tour de Tyndale’
en staff
Date posted: 27 Aug 2026
A passionate Scripture-lover is undertaking what he calls a “Tour de Tyndale” to “encourage people to read, know, and love the Bible”.
Michael Smith regularly shares the Bible at his local community hub near Bath each Wednesday morning at a gathering called “Bread and Bread”. Every week, a meal is provided and then a Scripture passage discussed.
US commission critiques UK religious freedom
Emily Pollok
Date posted: 26 Aug 2026
The UK has “heavy-handed” policies affecting religious freedom, a US report claims.
The criticism comes from the Religious Liberty Commission, established by President Donald Trump last May, which has published a draft report, highlighting Britain and several other countries.
Murdered Christian had ‘big passion for missions’
Nicola Laver
Date posted: 25 Aug 2026
The pastor at City on a Hill church in Edinburgh has paid tribute to one of its members, Elisabeth-Jane Ross (“Lisa”), who was found dead in a suitcase in Greece on 18 July.
Lead pastor Peter Anderson, speaking at a live “Church Online” on Sunday 2 August, said it’s been “a really tough week for our church” with the loss of Lisa, who was 38.
Passion wanes for Passion ‘translation’
Nicola Laver
Date posted: 25 Aug 2026
High-profile support for The Passion Translation (TPT) is waning, following mounting concerns about the book and its author, Brian Simmons.
And the publisher, BroadStreet Publishing (London) is reportedly “conducting an expanded scholarly review of the text”. Bible Gateway has now removed TPT from its offerings.
