‘On God's ground': Bradford church's creative solution to rough sleeping
St Stephen’s Church, Bradford, has found a creative and compassionate way to care for the homeless - by installing a lockable sleeping pod on its grounds. The initiative, in partnership with Shine and…
Migrants needing Christ’s compassion
Millions are fleeing tyranny of war, famine, and heartache in the largest movement of people in modern history since WWII. For most, Europe offers the only hope of safety, and many risk the…
Channel migrants: call for compassion
The bishop of Dover, Rt Rev Trevor Wilmott, has urged greater compassion in the migration debate as new figures revealed an influx of lone child refugees among the boatloads of people crossing the…
World: refugee children
Many refugee children are abandoned, abused, or lost to trafficking because of neglect or being orphaned. They are forced to work or beg for money on the streets where refugees currently live. One…
Archbishop criticises decision on refugee children
The Archbishop of Canterbury is ‘saddened and shocked’ by the Government’s decision to take only 350 unaccompanied refugee children. He said last week, ‘We believed that the Government was committed to welcoming up…
Sudan: three men found guilty
(Updating last week’s Prayer Alert article) On Sunday Judge Osama Ahmed Abdulla found Czech national Petr Jašek guilty of espionage. He was sentenced to life imprisonment plus a further three and a half…
Burundi: not despairing but desperate
A worker for Christ wanted to write about recent news, but didn’t. Firstly it was too depressing, and secondly there was a fear of information getting into the wrong hands with the possibility…
