Drop the pedalo!

30/04/2018 | Reform

What makes a church grow significantly in size in three years? The answer is not ‘Holding on to its traditions’. Ashley Evans shares his experience

A few years ago, my family went out on a pedalo which had a crack … Read More

Fruits of the spirit

30/04/2018 | Reform

How a village church turned scarcity into abundance. Charissa King reports

It didn’t have a minister. It’s the second smallest church in a country village of five. Yet, two years ago, it won a £2,500 prize for outstanding community engagement. … Read More

The challenge of change

30/04/2018 | Reform

How can Christians live faithfully in times of rapid change? Labour MP Stella Creasy and journalist Peter Oborne discussed the issue in Manchester in March. Simeon Mitchell reports

‘I have jumpers older than the internet,’ declared Stella Creasy MP, to … Read More

God’s Selfie

30/04/2018 | Reform

Kim Fabricius contemplates an icon of the Trinity

How on earth – how on earth – can you picture the Trinity? Well, you can have a go at the Son – at least he becomes incarnate in the man Jesus. … Read More

A good question: Do you have to believe in the resurrection to be a Christian?

27/03/2018 | Reform 1

One question, four answers

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These are extracts from an article that was published in the April 2018 edition of  Reform

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Paul versus religion

27/03/2018 | Reform

Jesus meant everything to Paul, says the theologian Tom Wright, but religion meant nothing

I was having a drink with a friend when the waiter stopped for a chat. ‘What takes you to London?’ he asked. My friend explained: ‘Tom … Read More