Credit where credit’s due

06/07/2016 | Reform

The Church, the fall of Wonga and the rise of credit unions. David Barclay sees how Christians are putting their money where their faith is

In the summer of 2013 the Church in the UK was front page news for … Read More

God’s work

06/07/2016 | Reform

Stan Hazell visits an award-winning community initiative focussed on jobseekers

The sale of some church land to Tesco left members of Glenorchy United Reformed Church in Exmouth wondering what they should do with the proceeds. The result is its work … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Could an android be baptised, or ordained?

06/07/2016 | Reform

When robots come to church

One of the great theological questions I never got answered when I was in Sunday school was: “How does Jesus get my collection money?” The question arose whenever I put a couple of warm pennies … Read More

A letter from… Idomeni, Greece

06/07/2016 | Reform

Dimitris Boukis reports on how Greek Christians are welcoming refugees

The Evangelical Church of Greece has been involved with refugees since February 2015. We’ve had a guest house and soup kitchen for immigrants since 1994. Two days a week we … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Luke 7:34

06/07/2016 | Reform

Jack Dyce enjoys table fellowship

The 1987 film Babette’s Feast, based on a short novel by Karen Blixen, is a visual delight. Babette, a former chef at the renowned Café Anglais in Paris, having taken refuge with two sisters in … Read More

Editorial: Scrap the Church?

06/07/2016 | Reform

There are two stories in the Gospels about Jesus visiting places of worship. In the first, they try to kill him; in the second, he trashes the place. What kind of relationship does that suggest between Christ and the Church?

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