British Isles
Friday, 21 July 2017 09:32
Intercessor Focus: children’s holiday clubs
Schools are shutting for the summer vacation, and hundreds of children’s holiday clubs and schemes will be starting - most of them run by local churches. Pray for God to give energy, wisdom and strength to…
Friday, 21 July 2017 09:27
Debt - a never-ending battle
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that the proportion of UK residents' disposable income that goes into savings has fallen to a record low. The general secretary of the TUC said, ‘The figures make grim…
Friday, 21 July 2017 09:25
The Bible’s authority: the General Synod
The Church of England's General Synod recently took place. On 7 July, the Archbishop of York John Sentamu rejected the authority of the Bible in response to an amendment proposed by Andrea Williams, to insert the…
Friday, 21 July 2017 09:22
Is Christianity in crisis?
93% of the 12,000 Christians who took part in a State of Faith survey feel that their faith is being marginalised by society. Tim Dieppe of Christian Concern - which offers legal support to Christians who…
Friday, 21 July 2017 09:20
Autism / MMR vaccine debate continues
The father of an autistic child, who is also a GP administering MMR vaccine to babies, reports that outbreaks of measles in France and Italy have prompted the authorities to make childhood immunisation compulsory. Now a…
Friday, 14 July 2017 11:02
Friday Focus: loving our communities
We are all very grateful for the loving relationships we experience yet we also need to ask the question: ‘Who is my neighbour?’ When Jesus was asked, he responded with the story of a beaten man,…