The long read: ‘We lost everything, but we found God’
What happens when you give money for someone to have a Bible? It helps people and changes lives. This is Andriy and Yana’s story.
James Whitney kick-starts Bike for Bibles 2022
Our first rider for 2022 is James Whitney, who completed his ride in February! This wasn’t the ideal time to be riding close to 200 miles, and James was often caught in some miserable weather.
Bible story dramatisations thrill children in Ghanaian schools
Children are thrilled to attend Open the Book Bible dramatisations in Ghana.
Gardening teaches us how to relate to others, summit told
In a moving end to the Gather Movement Summit, Dr Natan Mladin from Theos, actor Cathy Morling and Dr Girma Bishaw of the Gratitude Initiative, spoke of how we can all be gardeners in the way we live out our Christian life.
‘Seek and pray’ for God, justice and flourishing says Paul Williams
Seeking God, his justice, and the flourishing of our communities should lie at the heart of our lives as Christians. Prayer is the central way that we seek it. That was the message today from Paul Williams, at the Gather Movement Summit.
Confidence in the Bible could change Britain
Confidence in the Bible could ‘spring clean the country’ said Dr Andrew Ollerton today.
Andy Burnham: ‘everyday support’ needs to come from churches and charities
Churches and community groups need to provide ‘everyday support’ for people as they await help from either the health service, mental health or other government service, said Andy Burnham yesterday.
‘We need to understand the hopes and dreams of our communities’
‘We need to understand the hopes, fears and dreams of the people that we are with,’ said Bible Society’s director of mission, Nigel Langford yesterday. He was speaking at the Gather Movement Summit in Manchester, where the focus is on transform...
Prayer and the Bible will help transform our cities
Prayer and reading scripture, both individually and together are the key to making us people who can transform cities. So said Paul Williams in Manchester today. He was speaking at a masterclass on the theology of the city ahead of the Gather Movemen...
Where does God want us to be city or country?
The countryside – a safe haven for the soul? writes Michael Pfunder. After all, didn’t Babel rise against God, Lot flee Sodom and Jesus weep over Jerusalem?
Galilee teenager tells how he was saved from suicide at Scripture workshop
A teenager tells how he was saved from suicide at a Scripture workshop run by Bible Society in the Galilee region of northern Israel.
Joshva Raja explains how Bible Twinning can transform communities
Find out how you can twin your Bible with a new translation and see lives changed on an enormous scale
Ukrainian soldiers treat Bible like ‘a life-saver’
A Ukrainian military commander has said that his troops treat the Bible like ‘a life-saver’.
Christians in Middle East need our support, conference told
Magi Initiative 2022 conference
