All UK Church articles – Page 20
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Magazine Features
Meet the experts helping your church navigate a PR crisis
How should churches respond when the press uncovers scandals about them? We speak to the PRs hired to help Christians cope with negative news coverage
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Testimonies
From drug-addicted bouncer to Jesus-loving youth worker
This self-described “tattooed freak” was addicted to cocaine and working as a nightclub bouncer when God kept putting Christians in his path…
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Interviews
Martin Smith: The former Delirious? frontman on how Covid-19 has changed him
Martin Smith opens up about his insecurities and explains how the pandemic has changed him for the better
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Opinion
Wrestling with biblical teaching on gender inspired my award-winning photograph
‘Wonder Boy’ has just been nominated for the prestigious Portrait of Britain award.
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Opinion
What your church can learn from Wetherspoons
How the popular pub chain will inspire your church to better reach your community
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Magazine Features
Van life: How Jesus’ counter-cultural lifestyle inspired me to quit my job and live on the road
Why would a married couple trade their comfortable careers for a year of wild camping in Europe? Oliver R Moore-Howells explains how following Jesus turned him into an eleutheromaniac
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Interviews
Jeffrey Donaldson: NI’s longest-serving MP on the faith that sustains him
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s Christian faith has sustained him throughout his political career. But with an impending appointment to the nation’s highest political office, Northern Ireland’s longest-serving MP may still have his biggest challenge ahead
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Reviews
2021 in numbers
Our small team has spent the past year writing, designing and editing 840 pages of this magazine and uploading more than 500 articles to our website. But here, in no particular order, are the most important numbers you need to know about
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Interviews
Carl Beech: 'There is endemic alcohol dependency in the Church'
The church planter explains why reaching the forgotten places of the UK has resulted in him giving up alcohol, and cancelling Sunday services
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Regular Columnists
Cathedrals are where heaven and earth meet. We must protect them
When I walked into Liverpool Cathedral a few weeks ago, I audibly gasped. Stepping inside the magnificent building, I was taken aback by its awesomeness. Built between 1904 and 1978, it is the largest cathedral in Britain and the eighth largest church in the world. I have ...
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News Analysis
Politics in the Church: Row breaks out over evangelical ‘elites’
Leaders are being accused of selling out their Christian beliefs in order to curry favour with the secular liberal majority
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Magazine Features
5 reasons why you need to read more Christian books
Reading has been in decline for decades, with social media, Netflix and video games competing for our attention. There’s also a gender divide. The Telegraph recently reported that men are twice as likely not to read books at all. Krish Kandiah explains why he believes reading good books should be a priority for every Christian
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Real Life
I would be imprisoned if I spoke about Jesus in Iran. Thank you for welcoming me to the UK
Ghazal is an Iranian convert to Christianity who recently received her ‘leave to remain’ from the Home Office. She explains why thousands of Iranians like her are turning to Christ
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News Analysis
Franklin Graham is back. But does the UK want him?
Those who believe the nation needs to hear a strong gospel message about repentance and faith in Jesus are excited to welcome the evangelist. But others aren’t so sure…
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Opinion
The Church has benefited from Facebook. But should we embrace Zuckerberg’s Metaverse?
Is the recent Facebook rebrand just a business decision? And what exactly is a metaverse anyway? Our head of digital theology answers your questions
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Interviews
Meet the Scottish church leader who wants to decriminalise drugs
Scotland has the highest drug death rate in Europe. The new Moderator of the Church of Scotland, Rev Iain Greenshields, tells us that ending the criminalisation of drug possession could help solve the problem
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Magazine Features
Inside the Christian campaign to end homelessness
During the first lockdown, thousands of rough sleepers were housed by a government scheme. But 20 months later, homelessness is back to pre-pandemic levels. We speak to the Christian charities who are working to end homelessness once and for all
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Opinion
We've stopped singing new worship songs by UK writers. Here's why that's a problem
There's nothing wrong with Bethel anthems, says Sam Simons, but we need to be singing the songs of Belfast and Birmingham too.
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Opinion
The Christian speaker circuit is broken. Here’s how we can fix it
It’s not just the world that has a professional speaker circuit, the Church does too. But in only hearing from the same high-profile leaders, we may be missing what God is doing, says Lee Jackson
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Reviews
The BBC’s ‘Godsquad’ mocks 4 kinds of Christian students. It’s a helpful exposé of our evangelistic errors
The BBC Radio 4 drama, Godsquad might poke fun at Christian Unions, but it actually contains valuable lessons for all of us in how we share the good news of Jesus, argues Naomi Sherwood