Opinion

Baptists - 'An apology for the Transatlantic Slave Trade'

The full statement of the Baptist Union of Great Britain's apology for the transatlantic slave trade.

Interview: President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches

Rev Clifton Kirkpatrick, President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), on the Alliance and prospects for global Christian unity.

Businessmen bringing new strength to spreading gospel in China

God is using Christian businessmen to bring the gospel to areas without churches and full-time ministers.

Postal strikes: One person's rights can be another's difficulties

When postal strikes hit charities they hit them hard.

Joyce Meyer: Learning to fly

I'd like for you to use your imagination for a moment. Imagine a chicken in a chicken yard. She's scratching in the dirt looking for something to eat.

Rick Warren: Four ways to be a better listener

Good leaders are good listeners. If you want to be effective in ministry, you'll need to be a good listener first. Probably the greatest reason people fail in ministry is not immorality, a lack of intelligence, or poor planning. It's insensitivity.

Toll of divorce on children, Lindsay Lohan

With divorce no longer the shocking reality it once was decades ago, even within the Christian community, a pro-family ministry dedicated to restoring marriages is drawing attention to the children affected by separated parents and the negative toll it could have on them.

Think again, think tank

Alex Haxton, Director of Operations at World Emergency Relief, tells us why Christmas is anything but a barrier to community relations.

Baptist Union: Praying for the Church's children

When the Baptist Union of Great Britain discovered it was losing children at an alarming rate, it knew that prayer would be vital to reversing the decline.

Mal Fletcher: Abortion - This generation's 'slavery'

Having recently celebrated the life and work of William Wilberforce, some religious leaders have called abortion-on-demand the 'new slavery'; the human rights issue that will define our generation's place in history.

Don't tell them my age!

How God has used one woman to save the lives of countless street children in Kenya.

To All People of Conscience Worldwide: End Violent Oppression in Burma

World Evangelical Alliance condemns violent suppression of peaceful protesters in Burma.

The Dawkins Delusion

"I do not, by nature, thrive on confrontation," declares Richard Dawkins, the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University and one of the world's leading skeptics concerning Christianity and belief in God.

Compassionate alternatives to abortion must start with the church

With the 40th anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act in Parliament this Saturday, the church must tell the world once again that every life is precious in the eyes of God and that abortion is not the only answer to an unplanned pregnancy.

Personal Response from the BWA President to Letter from Muslim Scholars

The President of the Baptist World Alliance, the Rev David Coffey's response to the letter from Muslim scholars and leaders declaring the common ground between Islam and Christianity.

Open letter from Cardinals of England, Wales & Scotland on abortion

Open Letter on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act from the Presidents of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Scotland and England and Wales.