NEW IN CULTURE

  • ‘I am a missionary to my own country – England’

  • How dwelling on scripture ‘flicks off the worry-switch’

  • ‘Domestic abuse can be a difficult subject for the church, and I am trying to change that'

  • ‘God led me to give up my secure job of 24 years, to run a school on a ship for missionary kids!’

  • GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: How can I be a good step-mum and relate to a toxic ex partner?

Real life

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‘I hated being called Joy but now I love it’

2024-09-23T09:46:00+01:00By

Nigerian-born comedian Joy Carter was abandoned at birth, lost her twin and then raised by a white British couple. She spoke with Alex Noel about infant trauma and learning to navigate the sexist and racist world of comedy

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Lord, send me!

2024-09-23T09:40:00+01:00By Ruth Cox

For years, Ruth Cox felt called to serve overseas but it was a number of years before she was able to, and there was much heartache as well as joy along the way

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‘Do not suffer alone’

2024-09-23T09:39:00+01:00By

Evangelical Alliance editor and former BBC broadcast journalist Nicola Morrison opened up to Premier Unbelievable’s Ruth Jackson about her professional and personal journeys, including her struggle with self-harming 

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Fostering is a calling for the whole Church

2024-09-23T09:39:00+01:00By

From 2018 to 2021 Jo and Steve Squires, along with their three children, fostered multiple babies in quick succession. Jo shares the unexpected realities of responding to God’s call upon their family, and the need for the entire body of Christ to play a part in supporting and raising children in care

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‘Blood ties are not always the most important’

2024-09-23T09:37:00+01:00By

Veronica Zundel shares the personal impact of her mother’s fostering and adoption story

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BIBLE

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How God uses adoption to forward his plan

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Elaine Storkey looks at the stories of Moses and Esther, explaining how they both were instrumental in Israel’s deliverance from its enemies, as well as revealing God’s heart to care for orphans throughout scripture

Book Club

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Wendy Grisham's books that kick up the dirt

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Wendy Grisham, deputy CEO of SPCK Publishing (and sister to author John Grisham), gives us insight into her progressive, radically inclusive faith, which fuels her passion for non-fiction books that bridge gaps and widen our conversations to reflect the expansiveness of God 

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‘Reading is a kind of magic’

By Jane Walters

Jane Walters is the chair of the Association of Christian Writers (ACW). Here she talks about her own journey of becoming a writer and why she feels Christian literature is so important

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‘Domestic abuse can be a difficult subject for the church, and I am trying to change that'

2024-10-09T08:00:00+01:00By

Having grown up in the church as a pastor’s daughter, Lauren Seager-Smith, CEO of The For Baby’s Sake Trust, a charity that aims to break cycles of domestic abuse and give babies the best start in life, says, ’it felt and continues to feel like marriage difficulties and harm in relationships were difficult secrets.’

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God taught me to see the gold in the women I visit in prison

2024-10-16T08:00:00+01:00By

Bex Roberts from charity Junction 42 explains why she has hope for the female prisoners she works with, regardless of whether they fit neatly into our often man-made Christian boxes.

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‘Domestic abuse can be a difficult subject for the church, and I am trying to change that'

2024-10-09T08:00:00+01:00By

Having grown up in the church as a pastor’s daughter, Lauren Seager-Smith, CEO of The For Baby’s Sake Trust, a charity that aims to break cycles of domestic abuse and give babies the best start in life, says, ’it felt and continues to feel like marriage difficulties and harm in relationships were difficult secrets.’

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Church life should be about learning

2024-08-21T08:02:00+01:00By

Veronica Zundel believes the Montessori method provides a good example of education for adults as well as children