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How you really can do it...

God removed our stabilisers, and without our ‘stuff’ we have learned to focus on Jesus in lockdown, writes MPower’s Gordon Allan

Love thy neighbour!

As lockdown loomed, Elim’s Crewkerne Community Church predicted locals would need help... 1,380 shopping trips and 1,024 hot meals later, their Be A Good Neighbour scheme has become an essential support system for vulnerable people

Pastors driven by the Holy Spirit...

What did you do when Covid-19 forced your church to close? Elim pastors Brian Madden, Matt Timms and Paul Hobson felt God prompting them to take their churches outside and hold drive-in services in local car parks. The results have been incredible

How churches are ‘zooming' in on Alpha

Eight Elim churches have found an inventive way to connect with their Cornish communities via Alpha during lockdown

Back to (socially distanced) church!

It is vital to get back to physical church gatherings, explain two Elim pastors who decided to reopen their doors earlier than most

How Giroud Has Become An Alpha Male

Online Alpha courses have become quite a hit during lockdown. Chelsea striker Oliver Giroud was one of thousands who took part

3 Tools To Strengthen Your Connection With Spirit

CISSI Williams shares three effective tools for improving your connection with spirit, to be able to tap into its guidance.

5 Ways Churches And Parents Can Help Grow Children's Faith

Olly Goldenberg has spent the past three decades working with children and helping churches and families around the world disciple the next generation. Here, he shares his advice on how to develop faith in children

Bobbie bows out after 50 years of mission!

Service celebrates Bobbie Tinnion’s 50 years’ outstanding service with Missions

Digging deep to solve youth church problem

Starting them young is the key to Guernsey Elim’s future, says Matt Gregor. He spoke to Chris Rolfe about a new venture…

How I have changed focus as a leader!

The presence of God has become the main thing for Duncan Clark – but that wasn’t always the case...

Five words that made my head spin

Bible teaching about marriage shocked Sonia Harris when she first became a Christian. Now she’s written a book about it

I was struggling... I spent hours in the bath praying

Elim member Joel Fearon is running the race set before him – but it certainly has its ups and downs, he tells Direction

I'm up for the challenge...

Gavin Calver is following in his father and grandfather’s footsteps after being announced as the leader of the Evangelical Alliance. It’s a role he doesn’t take for granted

Learn to walk slowly with grief

How do Christians respond to grief? Malcolm Duncan is trying to find the answers

Mental health struggles are part of being human

There has historically been stigma around mental issues in the Church but it’s time for a change of view

My greatest title is Jesus' love

As Liverpool close in on the Premier League title, two of their star players are reaching for a higher prize

Thoughtful and selfless

Elim pastor Simon Whitley went home at the age of just 34. Simon’s widow Lisa leads tributes to an inspiring father and leader

The truth behind the persecuted Church

Believers across the world are increasingly facing discrimination

The Church should talk to young people about sex!

Elim Summit speaker Rachel Gardner looks at a difficult topic and explains why she wants the next Greta Thunberg to be a Christian

Sometimes I would cry myself to sleep

Sinéad Kennedy was ready for giving up but then God stepped in

I had no desire to be in ministry at all...

While Kensington Temple’s Ruthann Cannings had her reservations, she listened to the Holy Spirit and allowed God to steer her life

How we are serving our city

A USA mega church inspired Elim pastor Dave Ayling to bring about change in Derby

Day I sat face to face with church burglar

Pastor Michelle Nunn was shocked when asked to meet the man who raided her church

An oar-some way to spread the gospel...

Canoeing Christianity is making waves for Mike and Julie Ryder and the team at King’s Church, Warrington

Alisson wonder hand!

Shot-stopper praises God as he wins inaugural award for goalkeepers

Are The Ten Commandments Still Relevant Today?

Teaching on God’s Laws is urgently needed, argues evangelist J.John

Mother of Pentecost

David Littlewood looks at the life of Maria Woodworth-Etter

You're a member of the royal family

The origin of the oft-quoted words, ‘One picture is worth a thousand words’ is uncertain, though it has been attributed to the American journalist Fred R Barnard who used it in 1927 in a trade magazine when advocating the use of graphics in advertising.

Still bewildered!

We caught up with 24-7 Prayer’s Pete Greig, who is one of this year’s Elim Leadership Summit speakers