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Third of UK Adults Pray And Attend Church Regularly

7th October 20217th October 2021 Shirley McGreal 193 Views 0 Comments Attend Church, church, pray, prayer, Savanta Comres, Spirituality, spiritually engaged

A new survey has found that one-third of UK adults pray and attend church at least once a month. The

Coronavirus Editors' Picks Lifestyle News

India’s Devastating ‘Second Wave’ Requires ‘Third Wave’ of Compassion

9th May 20218th May 2021 Josie McFarlane 273 Views 0 Comments community, Compassion, Coronavirus, COVID19, crisis, Death, Faith, government, help, India, Oxygen, pray, The Bible

India is literally choking to death. In my lifetime, I’ve never seen anything that compares with this tsunami of suffering.

Editors' Picks Lifestyle

Pray in May with Mary’s Meals

7th May 20218th May 2021 Josie McFarlane 287 Views 0 Comments Africa, BAME, BME, charity, children, community, Families, food, human rights, Life, Mary's meals, Poverty, pray, World Hunger

This month the charity Mary’s Meals is inviting individuals, churches and faith groups to pray for its work feeding hungry children in some of the world’s poorest countries and to ask for God’s continued blessing for its mission, as part of a new campaign called Pray In May.

Lifestyle

Pray for Nature – Kenyan Artists Release Music Video To Stop Deforestation

12th January 202111th January 2021 Josie McFarlane 310 Views 0 Comments Christianity, Environment, Faith, God, nature, pray, The Bible

Kenya’s rising rap stars, Anderson Mwakazi (aka Harshkid Luckystah) and fellow artists Benard Kaisa (aka Benkaizah) and Simon Mwanjala (aka

News

Pray For Nigeria

24th October 202022nd October 2020 Josie McFarlane 423 Views 0 Comments church, Church news, community, God, government, Jesus, Nigeria, pray, protests, violence, Youth

Churches Together in England (CTE) Pentecostal President, Pastor Agu Irukwu, calls for the international community and the Church to stand

Lifestyle News

Pray For Leah – Two years Held Captive: Leah Sharibu Turns 17

14th May 202013th May 2020 Josie McFarlane 1197 Views 0 Comments captive, Church news, Leah, Leah Sharibu, pray, prayer request, The Bible

On 14 May, 2020, Leah Sharibu will have her 17th birthday, still in captivity, after ISWAP (an offshoot of Boko

Coronavirus Lifestyle News

Lightening the Load on Lockdown

4th April 20203rd April 2020 Josie McFarlane 701 Views 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID19, Faith, God, Jesus, pray, Religion, The Bible

Unless you are working on the frontline in the present crisis – and in which case may you be both

Coronavirus Lifestyle News

Coronavirus: A Call to Pray

3rd April 20203rd April 2020 Josie McFarlane 1696 Views 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID19, deaths, God, Ireland, Jesus, pray, prayer, The Bible

A Call to Pray Ireland’ unites church leaders and churches across Ireland to pray for all those impacted by the

Lifestyle News

Thy Kingdom Come 2020 international launch, with Archbishop Justin Welby and Pete Greig, live streamed as millions prepare to pray

3rd March 20203rd March 2020 Josie McFarlane 1358 Views 0 Comments Archbishop Justin Welby, Christianity, Church news, Faith, Pete Greig, pray, Thy Kingdom Come

Church leaders and representatives from various denominations and para church organisations gathered for the international launch of Thy Kingdom Come

Lifestyle News

Mother of schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram: “I pray for them… they don’t know what they’re doing.”

23rd February 202020th February 2020 Josie McFarlane 1448 Views 0 Comments Boko Haram, Church news, crime, Faith, kidnap, pray, Religion, Young girls

The mother of Leah Sharibu, the Nigerian schoolgirl held hostage for two years by Boko Haram, says she prays every

Inspiration Lifestyle

KTF REWIND:Let’s get the saints out and get them into circulation

16th February 202013th February 2020 Josie McFarlane 6065 Views 0 Comments Belief, Bishop, black, Brexit, christian, church, community, Faith, God, help, inspiration, pray, Saints, Support, Troubled times

We seem increasingly to be living in ‘interesting times’ where our society is torn by division, instability and polarisation. It’s

Feature

Vulnerability – and men by Gary Clayton

29th November 201828th November 2018 Becky Wybrow 1265 Views 0 Comments awareness, BAME, Belief, black, Christ, community, emotions, Faith, God, Jesus, life struggles, men, mental health, pray, stress, Support

MAF Copywriter and Editor Gary Clayton wonders whether men should take their cue from Jesus – or Henry Paget. Satan,

Feature Joy Roxborough

The Child at Christmas by Joy Roxborough

26th November 201823rd November 2018 Becky Wybrow 7297 Views 0 Comments #Joy Roxborough, Abarim Publications, children, Christ, christian, Christmas, community, Faith, God, Lord, Nigeria, pray

After several decades of being on this planet and seeing – and even performing in – more than a few

News

“You are the heart and love of the church” Archbishop of Canterbury tells Mothers’ union Sudan at new Province Inauguration

3rd August 2017 Mariah 1931 Views 0 Comments Archbishop, Canterbury, capacity, Christ, church, communities, God, hopes, humbled, importance, inspired, leadership, literacy, membership, Motehrs union, peace, pray, prayers, President, skills, Social Media, Sudan, training

The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Revd Justin Welby, commended Sudan’s Mothers’ Union on Sunday, saying, “I recognise the importance

News

MOSUL: Military campaign may be over but thousands still in need

17th July 2017 Mariah 1821 Views 0 Comments campaign, camps, city, civilians, destroyed, emergency, fled, grants, humanitarian, Iraqis, Military, Mosul, organisations, pray, psycholosocial, reality, safe, salesmen, Support, Tearfund, violent

The violent recapturing of Mosul may have come to its gritty conclusion, but for hundreds of thousands of Iraqis the