Moving church “online”
What if you opened your newspaper one day and read the following headlines? Success: NHS moves local hospital online. Fire station shuts its doors, but
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The risks of public worship
The UK government wants the church to fill out risk assessment forms for people coming to worship. Here’s my assessment of the risks of public
The best place to tackle racism is at the Lord’s Table
In 1857, the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa made a terrible decision. Some white members of the church requested permission to celebrate the
“Traditional” church
If we want people to come to our church, “traditional” is one of the last words any of us would use to describe us. Nowadays,
Ouch!
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor during the Third Reich in Germany, who refused to swear allegiance to Hitler. The Nazis imprisoned him for 2
God’s feet
Here’s a description of the church I expect you’ve never thought about. In Isaiah 60:13, God calls the church “the place of my feet”. Now
Thick or Thin?
One of my prayers for us as a church is to be a “thick” rather than a “thin” community. Here’s how David Brooks, writer for
Tax Collector Love
“If you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?” Matthew 5:46. In this
Which “news” matters more: Ariana Grande or the evangelical church?
If you open up the BBC website, or look at the news in your Facebook feeds, most of the headlines you see tell you about