How to grow

25/09/2015 | Reform

What makes one church increase in numbers while so many others are shrinking? 
It’s a matter of spiritual muscle, says Ashley Evans

My experience of church seems to be different to others’. I have grown up in the Church, and … Read More

Mission in cyberspace

28/08/2015 | Reform

How should churches be using new media? Geoff Felton surveys the opportunities and risks of electronic mission

Technology is something we cannot avoid and it is changing how we live our lives. A survey by Ofcom in 2014 found that … Read More

A site for sore eyes

28/08/2015 | Reform

A church’s website can be its noticeboard, its shop window, its communications hub, it’s mission field. How do you make sure it’s doing its job? We asked seven experts for their number one top tip in running an excellent church … Read More

Suffer the little children?

28/08/2015 | Reform

A changing mat, wipes and a box of toys… It’s a good start, says Aileen Few, but being a toddler-friendly church goes a bit deeper

On a successful Sunday morning – one where I have managed to get both myself … Read More

A Pope for the planet

28/08/2015 | Reform

David Coleman listens to the primate on the climate

Reading Laudato si in a sitting or two, you have to pinch yourself from time to time to be reminded that this is not actually George MacLeod, founder of the Iona … Read More

Serve those who served

26/06/2015 | Reform

Should those who spent their working lives helping others be left to struggle alone? Andy Bottomley shares stories of retired ministers

Let me tell you about a man, a respected minister in his day, who, since he became widowed, has … Read More