Church partnership in action on the ground
Could you take your church’s partnership with your mission partners one step further? Could your church send a small team out to serve short-term alongside your mission partners for a…
Cemeteries, celebrations and sins like scarlet
On Sunday 12 May, Sarah and I left our apartment to see a queue of six or seven buses blocking the bus lane on the main road out of the…
True treasure
‘The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he…
Catholic inclusivity challenges the evangelical church
Last summer, 1.5 million young people descended on Lisbon, Portugal to celebrate World Youth Day. This annual Roman Catholic event is headed up by Pope Francis who presides over masses,…
Which master will you serve?
As I write, our country goes to the polls tomorrow. We will vote to elect our leader who will determine how our taxes are spent, who will receive the brief…
Good news for the poor
What do sin and grace have to do with caring for the poor? What does the Lord Jesus mean when he says that he has come to proclaim good news…
Ministry in the slow lane
Slow. That’s the story of our lives at the moment. We moved to Mkushi in December 2023, from just outside Kitwe, where I was teaching Bible handling skills to mostly…
New look, same message
We have been working to improve the quality and clarity of our communications. Polly gives us an inside view into the work behind our new look and feel. Have you…
Keswick loves missionaries
This year we were back from west Africa with a bit more time than our usual home assignment, and so after visiting our partner churches, we decided to go to…
Gathering the Scattered
Evangelical Christians in Sweden could aptly be described as ‘God’s elect, exiles scattered’ (1 Peter 1:1). Sweden is a vast country. From the ‘Three Country Cairn’ in the north to…
