Maria Mackay

Being the Good Samaritan

It’s the most wonderful time of the year but for Street Pastors, it’s also the toughest.

Taking Jesus into the community

One Newquay artist wants to make sure his local community meets Christ this Christmas.

The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees movingly captures the search of every human being for love and forgiveness.

RCCG leader speaks hope to 60,000 Christians

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God was in London last night to reinvigorate Christians for mission and cast off doom and gloom in the midst of the credit crunch.

Church encourages people to wait for what they want this Christmas

The Church of England has launched a new website encouraging people not only to reflect on what they truly want this Christmas but also to rediscover the joys of waiting for it.

Most Brits worried about financial cost of Christmas

More than three quarters of UK residents are worried about the financial cost of Christmas, reveals a new survey out today from debt counselling charity Christians Against Poverty.

Churches challenged to put children first in 2009

2009 is the year for the church to put children at the top of its agenda, says Alan Charter, head of Children Matter!.

Church leaders sense growing trust

Leaders of the major denominations that make up the global body of Christ have expressed their continued commitment to “a common journey of faith” in a final document released by delegates of the Global Christian Forum on Monday.

Orissa extremists are enjoying 'impunity' in India, says head of AICC

The national secretary of the All India Christian Council has condemned the Indian Government's lack of action to halt violence against Christians in Orissa state at Christian Solidarity Worldwide's annual conference on Saturday.

WEA GA closes with renewed commitment to global evangelisation

More than 500 senior evangelical leaders renewed their commitment to taking the Gospel to the ends of the earth after five days of intensive meetings and vision setting in Pattaya, Thailand.

World Evangelical Alliance makes strides in faithful witness to Gospel

The World Evangelical Alliance has excelled in the last six years in presenting the world with a credible and faithful witness of the Gospel, says its international director.

Christians urged to present supreme and universal God to pluralist world

In a world where secularism and mysticism are the new religion, the Christian faith must always challenge rather than be challenged by other faiths, world views and ideologies, says the head of the Asia Evangelical Alliance.

Joel Edwards commissioned as leader of anti-poverty movement

Former head of the Evangelical Alliance UK, Joel Edwards, has been commissioned as the new leader of Christian anti-poverty movement Micah Challenge.

Demonstrate God's grace to HIV sufferers, evangelicals told

When HIV sufferers turn to the evangelical church, they are looking to reconcile with God but instead find "closed doors and angry faces", says one Christian HIV sufferer.

Houses are homes, not assets - Housing Justice

The head of Christian housing charity, Housing Justice, has called on society to place a higher value on houses and flats.

Deposed bishop warns traditionalists against 'illiberal takeover'

The deposed Episcopal Bishop of Pittsburgh has warned that the "illiberal takeover" of the US Episcopal Church could also happen to the Church of England.