All Covid-19 articles
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Opinion5 ways the European Church will change post Covid-19
Rich Martin articulates some of the ‘new things’ he believes the Church will move into once we are fully out of lockdown.
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Interviews
Tim Hughes: How Covid-19 is changing the way we worship
The songwriter says it's time to kill our "obsession with excellence"
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Magazine Features
Why Covid-19 is NOT God's judgement
Premier Christianity's resident Bible scholar David Instone-Brewer explains why he believes this pandemic is not a sign of God's anger
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Opinion
The Covid 'divorce boom' is a myth. Most couples will weather the storm
Recent media reports suggest Covid and the associated lockdowns are set to cause a large spike in the number of divorces. But Harry Benson from the Marriage Foundation is sceptical
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Opinion
Why the Covid-19 vaccine won’t save us
A vaccine is the beginning, not the end of what needs to be done, say Mario A. Russo and Jonty Langley
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Opinion
Why Christians need to say 'yes!' to a Covid vaccine
The UK has become the first nation to approve a Covid vaccine. But how can vaccines be safe, when they have been produced so quickly? Could they make you infertile? And haven't they been developed using cells from abortions? Immunologist and ordained minister in the Church of England Jocelyn Downey responds to the concerns he's seen on social media
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Magazine Features
Our official 2020 round up...without mentioning Covid-19
We set our news editor the challenge of rounding up 2020 without mentioning you-know-what. Here’s how he got on
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Opinion
I spoke to 80 Christians about their response to Covid. Here's what I discovered
Rev Dr Roger P. Abbott has been researching how Christians have coped in 2020. While pleased that fellow believers have largely resisted fear, he believes the pandemic proves we need to take our relationship with the natural world more seriously
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Opinion
Covid-19 is shifting the spiritual atmosphere
Following an in-depth survey into church activity during the pandemic, Peter Lynas from the Evangelical Alliance says there are positive signs that online church is attracting people who wouldn’t usually come to in-person services
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Opinion
Some Christians are sceptical of science. But Covid-19 is a challenge we must face together
The pandemic offers Christians an opportunity to embrace the gift of science, argue Professor Tom McLeish and Dr Anne Richards
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Magazine Features
The Shadow Pandemic: domestic violence and the Church during Covid-19
The coronavirus crisis has led to a substantial global rise in violence against women. While the Church hasn’t always been a safe place for survivors of domestic abuse, it now has an opportunity to be a light in these dark times. Megan Cornwell investigates
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Magazine Features
What if Covid-19 really is God’s judgement?
It isn’t a popular viewpoint…but could it be true? RT Kendall thinks so
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Opinion
Why the 'cure' for Covid is far worse than the disease
Gospel for Asia's K.P. Yohannan argues Government imposed lockdowns in nations such as India are catastrophic
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Magazine Features
How to have hope in the face of coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has led to an exponential rise in mental health conditions triggered by all-pervading death anxiety. Prof John Wyatt says Christians must daily rekindle biblical hope as an antidote to fear-driven government policies
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Opinion
7 ways to create an awesome Christmas event, even during Covid-19
The coronavirus crisis doesn’t have to mean Christmas is cancelled for Christians, says Chris Bright
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Opinion
Tim Farron: Slashing foreign aid to pay for Covid-19 is disgusting and unbiblical
With rumours circulating that the Government is considering cutting the UK's foreign aid budget to pay for some of the domestic debt incurred by the coronavirus crisis, the former Liberal Democrat leader asks: “Are we really ok with nicking from someone’s begging bowl in order to pay the restaurant bill?”
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Opinion
American evangelicals must stop spreading lies about Covid-19
Truth matters and lies kill, argues Christian doctor Adrian Warnock in this message to his social media followers who have been promoting conspiracy theories
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Opinion
Covid-19: Christians must be at the forefront when it comes to recovery and healing
Our communities are facing a tsunami of mental health problems exacerbated by lockdown and the pandemic, says Patrick Regan OBE, and it’s the job of Christians to provide a space for people to process their trauma
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Opinion
Covid-19 is an opportunity of a lifetime for the Church
There is going to be more pain in this nation than we have experienced for a very long time. The Church must rise to the challenge and serve like never before, says church leader David Stroud
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Opinion
3 prayers for America amid a Covid-19 surge
There are specific reasons coronavirus is spreading so rapidly in America, says Anna Townsend, and as Christians we have a duty to pray for our brothers and sisters in the US
