Open for service

27/03/2018 | Reform

Charissa King visits a bustling, church-based charity shop in Leeds

‘We had a lawnmower donated the other week,’ says Pauline Peacock, a volunteer at the community charity shop based at Beeston Hill United Free Church, Leeds. ‘We’ve had wheelchairs, a … Read More

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

Discovering empire

27/03/2018 | Reform

John Grundy reflects on his time with First Nations communities in Canada

I was sitting next to a fellow student at Northern College, Manchester, who was from the Democratic Republic of Congo, when he quietly said to me: ‘You do … Read More

The legacy of slavery

27/03/2018 | Reform

Alan Yates reflects on the long shadow of the slave trade and why we all need black role models

Recently, I heard an erudite black bishop lament about his schooling in England. ‘Whenever I saw a black person in a … Read More

A good question: What do you do about the bits of the Bible you don’t like?

23/02/2018 | Reform

One question, four answers

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Face the future now

23/02/2018 | Reform

Why are churches in decline? And why are some growing? Martin Camroux surveys a sobering landscape

Last Christmas it was good to get a letter from someone who had just stepped down from leading the junior church’s senior class in … Read More