Opponents warned Sunday schools ‘desecrated the Sabbath’ and that teaching the common people to read risked stirring up a French-style revolution An early pioneer of Sunday schools was Hannah More. …
Robert Raikes – The man who ‘invented’ Sunday school
Sunday schools were certainly not original to Robert Raikes, but he put them on the map. Through his diligent promotion the movement took off until a quarter of all the …
‘Imagine everyone on this planet is your equal’
David Beasley, Executive Director of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN World Food Programme, reveals the words his work is founded on The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 has been awarded to …
Healing that changed whole families
Albert Hibbert experienced a remarkable healing miracle which happened nearly a century ago but whose effect is still being felt today. David Littlewood reports. As a young man I was …
Landmark to declare Jesus hears prayer and answers
Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer is a project to build a Christian landmark in a prominent location in the heart of the UK between the M6 and the M42 motorways …
How you can find true happiness
By the late great evangelist Billy Graham. One of the most frequent questions I get asked is, “How can I find happiness?” The fact is that Christ did promise personal …
Lockdown opens up opportunities for church
The pandemic has given Elim Church Northampton the chance to transform its relationship with the community. Chris Rolfe reports When a volunteer from Elim Church Northampton discovered a 90-year-old man …
Elisabeth Elliot on suffering for the gospel
Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) was a missionary whose first husband, Jim Elliot, was one of five missionaries killed in 1956 while attempting to make contact with the Auca Indians of eastern …
Simon Thomas – I prayed on my return to footy TV role
On a cold winter night last November, with just moments to go before he went live on air for the first time in three years, TV presenter Simon Thomas shot …
Lessons from Cornish tin miner Billy Bray
Billy Bray was born in 1794 in Cornwall, writes J.John. Born in poverty and barely educated, Billy became a tin miner. Despite growing up amongst a Christian faith, he soon …