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Focus, Focus, Focus. What's Your Mission?
Faithworks research reveals that there are already around 120,000 church-based welfare projects operating across the UK. In the fourth of his Faithworks series, Steve Chalke considers how local churches can grasp the opportunities ahead and build on that success.
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Jesus’ favourite talk topic
When Jesus told parables his favourite subject was money. Redina Kolaneci reveals how much money British Christians give away and offers a biblical overview on tithing plus quotes from church leaders who preach the need to tithe and those who believe this is not a New Testament concept.
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Faith & Politics Do Mix!
Prime Minister Tony Blair is the most high profile Christian in British politics. With a General Election looming, Hazel Southam interviewed three MPs about their faith and their politics Faith & Politics do mix!
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Exploding Healing Myths
In the concluding part of his article on healing - Rob Warner explodes the myth that everyone in the New Testament church got healed. And if you struggle with the dilemma of 'should I pray or take a pill first?' Rob insists it's sensible to do both, because the same healing power of God is at work through paracetamol and prayer.
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Using Tarot in Evangelism
Massive recent cultural changes have led many frontline workers in mission and evangelism to adopt new and sometimes startling methods. It may seem bizarre but Christians are using Tarot cards to share gospel truth with New Age seekers. John Drane explains how, why and addresses the big concern: Can Tarot with its strong occult links – really be used for good or is it not the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing?
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Social Entrepreneurship
Steve Chalke charts the progress of a Christian charity which is literally saving families!
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Enthusiast for evangelism
Andy Peck talks to Lee Strobel, former journalist with the Chicago Tribune, teaching pastor at the Willow Creek Community Church, Chicago and now serving at Saddleback Community Church, California, about keeping evangelism on the church's agenda.
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Emerging or Submerging?
Many people today find it difficult to relate what happens on a Sunday to the rest of their lives and are looking for ways to express their faith and explore spirituality in a manner that is more relevant to contemporary culture. Experiments with new expressions of church are exploding in the UK. Chris Stoddard investigates these emerging and mostly fragile congregations.
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Is Evangelicalism dying?
Dave Roberts is worried that our apparent evangelical health might mask a deadly sickness underneath.
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I Had a Dream
Julia Fisher tells the unfolding story of how one man had a dream and how another is making it a reality. I had a dream!
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Don’t Turn The Page - Do Something!
We know we should care about people persecuted for their faith – but in a world of information overload, many of us turn away and stifle our feelings of guilt. Dr Ian Dickson points to a better way.
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The Great Divide
Mark Greene on the sacred-secular divide – which according to him provides the greatest cultural challenge facing the church today.
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Sacred Secular Divide
Dividing life into two distinct camps - the church and the world - holds us back from knowing the true depth and richness of God. Gerard Kelly suggests ways to overcome this false dualism.
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Taking a Dive?
Mark Greene meets Anita Kapila, scientist, teacher, evangelist, and reflects on what 'successful' cultural engagement might look like at work.
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Spiritual Director
Selwyn Hughes, the founder of CWR and author of the influential 'Every Day With Jesus' Bible notes talks to Andy Peck about why he has become a fervent supporter of 'Spiritual Direction', what it takes to become a spiritual director and why he thinks every pastor could become one.
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Hope in the Desert
As Middle East peace talks flounder and the cycle of violence between Jew and Palestinian deepens, Catherine Butcher looks for signs of hope in the desert.
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Life in a Dead-End Town
Continuing our Living Churches series, Patrick Forbes visits a small church with a big heart and 'Chas and Dave' style worship location. St Andrews Community Church is in Tilbury, a town of around 11,000 people perched on the Essex coast. The original church was Methodist and built in 1928. When the Germans flew in to bomb the town’s docks, they damaged the church - the current building dates from 1966. There’s a hall and a manse behind, the whole site overlooked by a block of flats. The church is a joint ecumenical project of the Methodist and Baptist churches.
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Why Holocaust Day?
Mark Greene takes at the reasons why we have added a new day to the British calendar.
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On Patrol in Cyberspace
Many young people use internet chat rooms. The danger of predatory adults who seek to make contact with children online is well known. Catherine Butcher reports on one Christian who is actively involved in protecting kids online.
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Retrofuture: Table Turning in Cyberia
In the second of a series of articles, which consider the challenges of change, culture and new technology, Gerard Kelly clicks on what he describes as closest the 21st century comes to a cathedral.
