Bognor’s permanent night shelter
A PERMANENT NIGHT SHELTER for homeless people is ‘becoming firmly established’ according to Derek Hogg, chairman of Churches Together in Bognor.
Holland Road’s young souls survived festival
YOUNG PEOPLE at Holland Road Baptist Church in Hove enjoyed a special time of ‘fun and unity’ at the Soul Survivor festival in Somerset.
Terry Virgo: The US has a serious spiritual battle
TERRY VIRGO, the founder of the New Frontiers international network of churches, now living in London but originally from Hastings and Brighton, has recently returned from an exhausting but thrilling…
£3,000 GRANTS FOR CHURCH PROJECTS AVAILABLE
GRANTS OF UP TO £3,000 are now available for Sussex churches thanks to Sussex Police wanting to help local churches serve those most at need in the community.
How the Church uncircumcised Jesus
Christian Friends of Israel conference, Eastbourne “Jesus was a Jew, but the Church uncircumcised him” was the challenging title of the last message of this excellent teaching day.
As Scotland has voted to stay British… IS IT JUDGEMENT DAY REPRIEVE?
THE SCOTTISH REFERENDUM HAS BEEN HAILED as a triumph of common sense. But I believe it was a triumph of prayer! Forty-five per cent of the people of Scotland were…
ISHMAEL CHEATS DEATH AND SINGS TO JESUS AGAIN
Did you spot this popular singing star on page 3 of our last issue? You’d be forgiven for not recognising the Christian rock singer of the 1970s and 80s as…
‘Greater love’ exhibition put on by Worthing couple – World War I provides the most poignant ‘If you weren’t there’ reminiscences
There are some incredible testimonies of the heroic deeds of men and women of Christian faith during the First World War. Chris and Linda McCanna of Worthing were so inspired…
Surprise legacy for local charity
A SURPRISE LEGACY OF £100,000 HAS LET RETIRED BUSINESSMAN MIKE TYLER continue to help Christians in developing countries. Since founding his charity, Aid for Trade, in 2008, he has worked…
Farmfest! Mission and charity workers have fun on the farm
Despite the dull weather, mission and charity workers homed in on farmer Ben van Nes’s field in West Chiltington for a fun social afternoon organised by Mike and Wanda Tyler…
What a pain that was! Healings in church
Fresh from two dates at Bath City Church and en route to Europe, John Mellor arrived in Coastlands Church, Worthing reporting of God’s latest healing miracles. Bath had seen a…
Church show helps hospice kids
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SANG, danced and acted their hearts out to raise much-needed funds for 300 youngsters suffering life-limiting illnesses supported by the Chestnut Tree House Hospice. King’s Church in…
Thousands cram into David’s Tent
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE joined together to worship Jesus in a field near a village in West Sussex – and they didn’t stop for three days!
A Jackie Pullinger for the Philippines
How Pastor Peter and Lesley Gomez founded Life and More Abundant Ministries (LAMA) to rescue damaged and abused children ‘Have a Little Faith’ – Fixing broken childhoods in the Philippines…
Reader recommendation: ‘Blasphemy – Asia Bibi’
(with Anne-Isabelle Tollet), Virago, 2012 Irene Howell writes: “This book is the true, heartbreaking story of a woman sentenced to death over a cup of water. Asia Bibi needs our…