• Revival is coming - but is the Church ready?

  • New Wine trustee Bishop Jill Duff: ‘I’m sad Mike Pilavachi hasn’t apologised’

  • Conclave: This enthralling papal thriller is a must-watch

  • Kristie Higgs was sacked for questioning sex education. Her legal victory is good news for all Christians

  • ‘It’s time to step aside’ - an open letter to the Archbishop of York

  • The co-founder of Wikipedia has become a Christian. Here’s what convinced him

  • Russell Brand objectified women. Now he’s sharing the gospel with an OnlyFans star

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Revival is coming - but is the Church ready?

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Paul Williams has always been wary of claims of revival, but he believes that God is on the move. When revival comes, it is not for the Christians, but for those far away, he says. It’s time for the Church to open its doors wide

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Sandie Peggie is standing up to gender ideology. Christians must do the same

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Christians in the US have applauded Donald Trump for reversing state support for gender ideology. But in the UK, a nurse is in court after being dismissed for objecting to sharing a changing room with doctor who was born male. Miriam Cates urges Christians to stand firm in the truth and reject fear-driven silence 

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The CofE cannot mark its own homework when it comes to safeguarding

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To the bewilderment of many, the General Synod has voted against transferring oversight of its safeguarding to an independent body, a decision that George Pitcher says has shown it is well past time to purge the CofE of its hypocrisy

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Russell Brand objectified women. Now he’s sharing the gospel with an OnlyFans star

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Russell Brand has interviewed OnlyFans creator, Lily Phillips, about her sexploitations. There are serious allegations against him, but their conversation was full of Christian truth, says Eliza Bailey

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Calling all Christian singles! Choose your fave worship artist, and I’ll tell you what you’re looking for in a partner

2025-02-13T15:53:00+00:00By

Listen to a lot of Rend Collective? Or maybe Maverick City or Lauren Daigle are more your bag. Whatever your taste in worship music, it might reveal something about the characteristics you most value in a romantic partner. SALT’s Sarah Paxton reveals all this Valentines Day

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‘It’s time to step aside’ - an open letter to the Archbishop of York

2025-02-13T15:36:00+00:00By 3 comments

If the Church of England is to see real change, it needs leaders to be accountable for when things go wrong, says Rev Dr Ian Paul in an open letter to Most Rev Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York

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Kristie Higgs was sacked for questioning sex education. Her legal victory is good news for all Christians

2025-02-12T17:17:00+00:00By

Christian school worker Kristie Higgs was sacked after criticising plans to teach about LGBT relationships in primary schools. Today, the Court of Appeal said Kristie should not have been dismissed for expressing her Christian views. Tim Dieppe from Christian Concern says the ruling demonstrates Christian beliefs must never be a barrier to employment

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Explainer: What Christians need to know about the Assisted Suicide Bill

2025-02-12T13:02:00+00:00By

The committee scrutinising Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill have heard evidence from more than 50 experts and is now debating amendments - including that cases would no longer have to be signed off by a High Court judge. If just 28 MPs switch to oppose the bill when it returns to parliament, it would be defeated, says Catherine Robinson 

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New Wine trustee Bishop Jill Duff: ‘I’m sad Mike Pilavachi hasn’t apologised’

2025-02-14T16:32:00+00:00By 1 comments

An independent review into the links between Mike Pilavachi and New Wine has found that senior leaders at New Wine failed to ensure that Pilavachi was fit for youth ministry. Premier’s Kelly Valencia speaks to Rt Rev Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster and chair of trustees of New Wine, about the findings

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Glyn Barrett: The !Audacious Church leader causing traffic jams in Manchester

2025-01-29T08:38:00+00:00By

!Audacious has grown from nothing to become one of the largest churches in the country. But is bigger always better? The church’s senior pastor and national leader of Assemblies of God in the UK tells all 

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Lucian Mustata: The Romanian evangelist reaching thousands for Christ

2025-01-27T12:09:00+00:00By

Abandoned as a baby and raised in an orphanage, Lucian Mustata is now a successful entrepreneur and founder of Eastern Europe’s largest Christian music festival. Lucian is carrying a vision to see 1 million lives transformed. Tony Cummings met him

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Franklin Graham: ‘Trump didn’t intentionally snub the Bible during inauguration oath’

2025-01-22T12:25:00+00:00By 2 comments

There wasn’t time to get the Bible to President Trump before he was sworn in, says Rev Franklin Graham in a frank interview with Premier. And yes, Trump feels God saved him for a purpose. But if America is to be great again, its people must turn back to Jesus, he says 

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Why Sean McDowell’s new book will help you defend biblical truth

2025-02-14T15:54:00+00:00By

In Apologetics for an Ever-Changing Culture, Sean McDowell and a team of other authors explore creative and compassionate ways to engage with the toughest objections to the Christian faith. This book will equip you to share truth with wisdom, grace and conviction, says Paul Valler

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The Museum of the Bible was conned into displaying fake artefacts. This BBC podcast tells the story

2025-02-12T10:57:00+00:00By

A new BBC podcast catalogues the “turbulent rise” of Washington DC’s Museum of the Bible “from looted treasures to uncovering fakes”. Christian leader and archaeologist Chris Sinkinson previews the first two episodes

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How a youth group can change the world

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Miracle encounter transforms mother’s life

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Premier Praise’s Craig Wakeling is about to become the eyes and ears of Premier listeners, embarking on an amazing journey to Pajule, Uganda. This is the place where Premier readers and listeners are empowering children through Chosen Child Sponsorship – as well as those wonderful school desks you all helped fund. 

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Steven Nelson didn’t deserve to die, even if he did kill a pastor

Rev Dr Jeff Hood met Steven Nelson, convicted for the murder of a church pastor, on death row in Texas. Steven protested his innocence until the end, but whatever the truth of his case, he should not have been executed, says Hood. We are not righteous enough to judge someone else in that way

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‘I thought Christians were fooling themselves, until I came out of that baptismal water’

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A whirlwind of loss and lament was set in motion the day Mike Wallbridge’s then-wife left him for his best friend. But it was also the day that God’s transformative work in his life began. Although Mike was initially resistant to God’s calls to come home, God’s persistence proved greater

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‘My husband abused me. The church told me to forgive him’

Jill was told by church leaders to “forgive” her abusive husband. She explains why such advice amounted to spiritual abuse

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I help drug addicts get clean…but they often relapse. Here’s what it’s teaching me about God’s grace

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Working at a drug detox centre certainly has it’s challenges, says DB Ryen. But it’s taught him more about forgiveness and second chances than he ever thought possible 

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How fighting cancer strengthened my faith

On World Cancer Day, Heather Tomlinson reflects on the gifts that emerged from her battle with cancer, revealing the profound blessings and insights she never anticipated would come from such a trying time

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‘We only had sex three times in the first three years of our marriage’

As a Christian couple, Hannah and Ben Tarbuck thought they were doing everything right by saving sex for marriage. But it didn’t result in the passionate wedding night they were expecting

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The musician: ‘I begin every project with prayer’

The Church is made up of Christians from a myriad of different professions, and yet their ordinary tales of God at work rarely get told. In this series, we bring you stories of faith on the frontline

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What climbing Kilimanjaro taught the viral vicar about justice

Much like climbing a mountain, working for justice and freedom requires commitment, endurance and community, says Rev Chris Lee. He reflects on what he learned on Africa’s highest peak