All Church articles – Page 3
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Opinion
Not everyone will have a happy Christmas this year and the Church must pay attention to those feeling isolated
Kat Osborn, CEO at Safe Families, reveals a new course to help Christians join the fight to end loneliness in our communities.
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The blessing of serving
Marcia Dixon highlights the servant heartedness of many women in the black Christian Church
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God has called women into every sphere of influence
Marcia Dixon explores how the black Pentecostal Church has encouraged women to step into all the roles God has for them
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Opinion
The CofE’s investigation into Mike Pilavachi has been concluded - church leaders will let you down, but Jesus won’t
Yesterday the Church of England published the results of their investigation confirming that accusations of inappropriate behaviour by Mike Pilavachi were substantiated.
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Article
Support for single mums
Marcia Dixon charts the complicated history the black Pentecostal Church has had with lone parents
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Opinion
Former Hillsong lead pastor shared what she would like to say to local churches everywhere… and it’s powerful reading
Julia A’Bell and her husband Joel left Hillsong in 2019 after 19 years at the Church.
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Opinion
At what point should we be worried about spiritual deliverance ministry?
Rev Dr Helen Hall explores some of the darker consequences of deliverance ministry and asks how we can keep each other safe.
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‘I’m glad that the prosperity gospel is on its way out’
Marcia Dixon charts the history of the black Pentecostal Church’s relationship with money
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Opinion
As a female preacher I was treated very differently to my male counterparts - in the end I left
Katherine Spearing worked in a church for years but was expected to take on more work than her male collegaues and her sermons were described as ‘cute’.
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Opinion
I suffered abuse in the Church, but we mustn’t confuse the acts of Christians with the acts of Christ
Writer Hope Bonarcher shares her experience of abuse in the Church and how she turns to Jesus for her faith rather than the example of flawed people.
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‘If you can’t write, read’
Marcia Dixon says the black Church has hugely benefitted from the people who lift the lid on taboo subjects by telling their stories.
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Opinion
It’s Learning Disability Week – why we need to do more to help Christians with additional needs grow in their faith
Author of new book Living Well With God, Jo Acharya explains why we all benefit from supporting those with additional needs.
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Article
Would it surprise you to learn 65 per cent of British black Caribbean women are single?
Marcia Dixon’s new book highlights the huge gender imbalance in the black Church, affecting a catch-all group of millennial, middle-aged and mature women who wish to be married
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Opinion
Churches can do damage by silencing doubt and not addressing toxic behaviour - but there's hope
Author of (Un)Certain: A Collective Memoir of Deconstructing Faith, Olivia Jackson gives an insight into her research and encourages us all to do better.
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Opinion
I had my last drink on Easter Monday 2014, and I wouldn’t have gotten sober without the Church
Writer and recovering alcoholic Lauren Windle shares the invaluable support she got from her church community in early sobriety.
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Opinion
'I’ve just started tithing again and here’s why I think you should too'
As Premier's end of financial year appeal begins, Woman Alive's editor Tola Doll Fisher tackles the tough topic of money, giving and tithe and explains why donating to the Church and Jesus-focused causes is so important to her.
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I grew up on a housing estate but that didn’t stop me becoming a vicar
Rev Tracy Marlow, lead evangelist at St Helier’s Centre of Mission, explains why she feels God handpicked her to take his hope to such a deprived neighbourhood
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Opinion
Should churches mark International Women’s Day or would it go against God’s teaching that we’re created equal?
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and here, writer Claudine Roberts, asks if it is an event we should be celebrating in the Church.
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Isn’t it time the world listened to women?
In her own unique way, Veronica Zundel celebrates women, but anguishes over the unequal way we can be treated
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Opinion
From the revival at Asbury: The God of all eternity is here
Kathleen Durham spoke to Madison, a senior at Asbury University, about her experience of the revival that started after a morning chapel service on the 8th February 2023