A Passion for Life ignites church outreach

Lydia Houghton  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  23 Mar 2026
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A Passion for Life ignites church outreach

St Nicholas Church, Sevenoaks

More than 340 churches are taking part in a nationwide evangelistic mission around the Easter period.

Churches as far north as Thurso, Scotland and as far south as Jersey (plus a church in France, en has been told!) are participating in Life’26 – facilitated by outreach organisation A Passion for Life (APFL) and covered in detail in both the January and February print editions of en.

Alex Hillman, APFL’s Communications and Operations Lead, told that en participating churches have been filling in a communal “prayer calendar”, detailing events their fellowships are putting on. Events span ages and genders: Brookdale Church, Ilfracombe, has added its ladies’ spring craft event to the prayer calendar; and Mirfield Evangelical Church will run a men’s curry night.

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