Unity service draws 400
FOUR HUNDRED church-goers from many Hastings and St Leonards churches gathered for their annual unity service on 26 January at Kings Church to be addressed on the theme “The Call…
Putting HEART into Herstmonceux
WHEN PASTOR JIM BEVERIDGE FOUND A COPY OF HEART OF SUSSEX at Crowhurst Christian Healing Centre, his first thought was that it would be perfect for his church’s monthly outreach…
Letters: April-May 2014
Are the recent floods a sign of God’s wrath? CLIFFORD HILL LINKED THE recent storms and floods in Britain to drought and heat waves in Australia, and to the record…
Destroying tradition
Our MPs have voted to remove “husband”, “wife”, “widow” and “widower” from all official documents WHEN I WAS AT A MEETING OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS FAMILY AND CHILD PROTECTION…
Who deceived the nation?
Did the Paralympic ceremonies bring a storm warning? In the last issue of this newspaper I wrote about the storms that battered the coasts of Britain earlier this year and…
World Vision US in a storm
In an extraordinary about turn World Vision USA made clear cut claims sanctioned by its board to accept employees in same sex marriages – and then reversed them 48 hours…
NATIONAL NEWS in brief April-May 2014
Man denied job for “being Christian” settles with hotel A Christian graphic designer, who sued a hotel claiming he was denied a job at the hotel because of his faith,…
WHAT KATY DOES
Long hours and an “eye-opening” time with Street Pastors are all part of the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner’s job. Halfway through her term in office, she tells HEART of…
INTERNATIONAL NEWS IN BRIEF April-May 2014
Prayer and the Ukraine crisis Ukraine’s new interim president is a Christian who warned his countrymen about “dangerous signs of separatism” before the Russians annexed Crimea, according to a Mission…
DONNA ANSWERS HER CRITICS
Another Christian candidate, Donna Edmunds, speaks of surviving a media storm – and how Richard Dawkins provoked her into becoming a Christian MEP CANDIDATE DONNA EDMUNDS HAS JUST BEEN THROUGH…
PASTOR’S BID TO BE MP
“I’m one of thousands called to politics” says Baptist minister A CHURCH PASTOR HAS BEEN SELECTED TO STAND FOR PARLIAMENT Rev Clive Hickman says the desire to serve as an…
PASTOR’S BID TO BE MP – full interview
Rev Clive R Hickman, Pastor of Coastlands (Baptist) Church, Peacehaven, E Sussex and Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, UKIP for Hove & Portslade, answers HEART OF SUSSEX’s questions. Click here for the…
What will you do this Christian Aid Week?
The Bible is unequivocal in its call to help the poor and suffering, and this season after Easter gives us opportunity to consider what it means to bring resurrection hope…
It’s time to get serious – business needs prayer
Over the last couple of years we have been running regular stories of how God has been at work in the business and work lives of Christians around Sussex. We…
Iranian to embrace Jews in Israel
Charles Gardner hails a unique Middle East conference A BRITISH-BASED IRANIAN PASTOR is planning to embrace the sworn enemies of his country when he visits Israel this spring.