The Lord of the gift
13 May 2019 | St Albans, UK [Raafat Kamal] "Reflecting on God’s power to do the impossible, I love reading stories about missionaries who committed their lives to God’s service. During one of my readings, I came across this inspiring story," states Pastor Raafat Kamal, Trans-European Division president. This moving miracle story was originally part…
Read MoreThe eco-college in leafy Royal Berkshire
22 April 2019 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] In celebration of Earth day, 22 April 2019How do you heat a redbrick Jacobethan mansion built in 1864. That was the challenging question facing Governors at Newbold College of Higher Education. The boilers were ageing and running on a crude, thick black heating oil.
Read MoreDeath, Life and Easter
18 April 2019 | St Albans, United Kingdom [Article & Photos: Victor Hulbert] With the spring flowers out, leaves already on the trees, the woods filling with bluebells, and, at least in the UK, the sun warming up nicely for the Easter weekend, it is not a good time to talk about death – yet,…
Read MoreReal-life Forgiveness is more than just a word
4 April 2019 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson/tedNEWS] How do you forgive and build bridges with the man who murdered your father? That is the reality for Jo Berry, the daughter of British politician Sir Antony Berry who was one of five killed in the October 1984 Brighton bombing of the Conservative Party annual conference.
Read MoreUnderstanding the business of Church
1 April 2019 | St Albans, UK [David Keszeg] Church is about God, relationships and theology. But for Newbold Business students who visited the Trans-European Division Office on 19 March 2019, it is also a business. The Business Students’ Society visit aimed to help students understand Church operations and potential opportunities available for them.
Read MoreEnoch Kanageraj’s ‘One Vision’ earns him an Audentior award
26 March 2019 | Watford, United Kingdom [June Coombs] When a ball starts rolling it can sometimes end up somewhere unexpected. That was certainly the case for Enoch Kanageraj, a member of Stanborough Park Church, England, when he set up the Community Chaplaincy Service at his local church.
Read MoreSaving Planet Earth – Can we? Should we?
11 March 2019 | Bracknell, United Kingdom [Helen Pearson] There is one issue that affects everyone on the planet, whether or not we want to recognise it. Our attitude to general environmental breakdown and the multiple ecological crises which is affecting us all was the subject of the March Diversity Lecture at Newbold College of Higher…
Read MoreBreaking the Trend
11 March 2019 | London, United Kingdom [Onysha D Collins] On 23 February 2019 in London, the South England Conference (SEC) hosted their second ‘Breaking the Trend’ event; a day of celebration and fellowship. The programme was designed to incite newness and oneness and to provide remedial solutions around issues of isolation, exclusion, and shame.
Read MoreLearning to Love Difference
19 February 2019 | St Albans [Patrick Johnson] Also availble as Audio podcast. Many of the world’s problems come from fear of “the other.”
Read MoreBeing a black Christian woman in Brexit Britain
7 February 2019 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] The February Diversity lecture at Newbold College of Higher Education was a sober reminder of the dangers of partial story-telling in the country and in the churches.
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