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Haiti Earthquake Relief

January 15, 2010

The world is still reeling in shock at what happened to Haiti. The acute crisis will give way to long term-problems, and so this weekend churches have the perfect opportunity to collect funds to help.
What is needed is for resources to be delivered to people on the ground who will know how best to [...]

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2008 Top Posts Numbers 15 and 16

August 26, 2008

The 16th most read post is my interview with Terry Virgo from 2007, which also has a link to my 2008 interview.
In 15th place is a post that marked the closest I have come to being a true journalist on the blog. I had an exclusive story but, I must say I was taken back [...]

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Bilingual ESV Bibles Provided Free During Olympic Games

August 7, 2008

This press release was just sent out from Crossway. It is great news and reminds us of the need to pray during these Olympic games.
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Wheaton, IL— China will provide 10,000 free Chinese-English bilingual Bibles to be distributed in the Olympic Village where the Olympic athletes and media are housed, as reported by the China [...]

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Joel Edwards Takes New Roles With Faith Foundation and Micah Challenge

June 13, 2008

The Evangelical Alliance released this announcement last week:
“The retiring General Director of the Evangelical Alliance will bring his passion for justice for the poor to two new roles as he joins Tony Blair’s Faith Foundation and becomes the first International Director of Micah Challenge . . .”
Mr Edwards, a British immigrant from Jamaica, is an [...]

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Christian Candidate for London Mayor Gains Broad Support From Churches

April 21, 2008

This is not really a political blog. And I am not a campaigner for any one political party. Nor have I ever even been a member of a party. Nothing in this post should be taken as a personal endorsement of any candidate or even as a suggestion that I have already cast my own [...]

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Evangelical Alliance Leader to Leave After Eleven Years as General Director

March 6, 2008

PRESS RELEASE
6 March 2008
One of the UK’s most senior Christian leaders, the Reverend Joel Edwards, will be leaving his post as General Director of the Evangelical Alliance UK after more than a decade of valued service.
Mr. Edwards completed two five-year terms as General Director for the Alliance last year, but wanted to stay on until [...]

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My "Christianity Today" News Debut

January 11, 2008

Christianity Today has published online a short news item about the UK which I wrote for them. The article, entitled Surprise Appointment, begins as follows:
The appointment of Joel Edwards, general director of the U.K.’s Evangelical Alliance, as a commissioner to the nation’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has drawn complaints from gay activists.
Formed to [...]

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New Legal Structure for Churches That Employ Their Leader and/or Do Not Vote

December 5, 2007

The UK EA has freely released some legal framework documents that may be of particular interest to you if your church is in Britain and is led by one of its employees and/or decisions are not taken by a vote of the full membership. Legal changes have led to the following announcement:
“The Evangelical Alliance and [...]

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Time to Put a Stop to Brown?

December 1, 2007

I should say before I start—there is a reason why I don’t usually blog about politics. It’s not normally something I feel strongly about. But right now a thought is welling up within me—something I suspect many people are feeling and few are willing to ask:
Is it time for the Labour Party to fire their [...]

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Rob Frost, Leading UK Evangelical Methodist Dies

November 14, 2007

My friend, Tony Miles, reports on the death of Rob Frost. More information is available at Share Jesus International, where reflections from his family are also available. I found this passage striking:
On the last evening of Easter People this year Rob preached, and as he left the platform he was sad that this would be [...]

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The Beginning of the End for Gordon Brown?

October 6, 2007

I don’t often mention politics on this blog. But today I simply can’t resist. This weekend, election fever was rife in the UK. One of the many oddities of our UK political system is that, right now, a man who was never directly elected by the population to be Prime Minister has the power to [...]

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Persecution in India

September 23, 2007

My buddy, Mark Moore, has asked us to pray for a friend of his who is a pastor facing persecution in India. See Mark’s blog for the full story:
“One of our international pastors in Acts 29, Pastor Sudhakar in India, is facing tremendous persecution, having been drug out of his church on a Sunday [...]

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Al Mohler’s Tribute to Dr. D. James Kennedy

September 6, 2007

As many of you may already know, Dr. D. James Kennedy, well-known pastor, teacher, and evangelist died September 5th at his home in Florida after having suffered a cardiac arrest last December.
Many Christians world-wide have been influenced by Dr. Kennedy, not the least of whom is Dr. Albert Mohler, who remembered Kennedy in this personal [...]

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