Evangelical Alliance

Rani Joshi is based in London and serves as interim intercultural lead. She was raised in a Hindu Gujarati family and came to faith in Jesus in 2012 following a life-changing encounter with the Holy Spirit. She spent over 15 years in marketing before joining the Evangelical Alliance. She became the first woman to lead our South Asian Forum network and re-launched the Discovering Jesus course, which helps people of Asian heritage explore faith, identity and culture.

If you had met Arthur White in the East End of London in the early 1990s, you would probably have given him a wide berth. You definitely wouldn’t have expected him to spend the next three decades as an evangelist. When Arthur cried out to God early one March morning in 1993, he had a 12-inch diver’s knife strapped to his arm and a gun in his pocket. That night, he had been working as an illegal debt collector and was hooked on drugs, but Jesus was about to turn his life around.

Becoming the carer to someone you love is not something that people imagine will happen to them. And yet it does, more frequently than you might expect – around 4.3 million people become carers each year, according to Carers UK. It happened to me just over twelve years ago.

The summer often marks a slower and more reflective time for the advocacy team. Parliament are on recess, so we temporarily stop monitoring debates, PMQs and select committees. Despite the chaos that comes with a change in prime minister and cabinet, I have found myself having time to reflect and look ahead to all that is to come in the autumn.

I grew up in church. I served on worship teams, sang in choirs, knew the scriptures and genuinely loved God. So when my marriage fell apart, I wasn’t just heartbroken, I was angry. I had spent years trying to do things God’s way. I had prayed, waited, served, and believed I was following His lead. Yet the marriage I thought had been blessed by God ended in divorce, leaving me navigating single motherhood, financial pressure and a life that looked nothing like the one I had imagined.

The UK welcomes its fifth prime minister in four years. We are living through a time of community division and political instability. It is important that those in high office understand the incredible ministry of churches and organisations across the country. Since the 2024 election, the Evangelical Alliance have sought to build constructive relationships with the Labour government.

What an incredible day of celebration, unity and God's transforming power! On Sunday 12 July, 20 churches from across Rotherham and the surrounding area gathered at Manvers Lake for our second annual public baptism celebration. Hosted by Liberty Church Rotherham and led by our pastor, Adrian Dexter, the event was a beautiful demonstration of what happens when churches come together with one heart and purpose to make Jesus known.

When was the last time you stepped away from everyday life to spend a weekend, a week or even just a few days focused on God? Perhaps it was a church weekend away, a youth holiday, a family conference or a retreat. If you’ve experienced one, chances are you can still remember it. Not necessarily every talk or seminar, but the conversations that carried on late into the evening, the friendships that were formed, the prayers that changed something, and the sense that God met you in a fresh way.

It has been a pleasure to serve the One People Commission (OPC) at the Evangelical Alliance for the past five years. As I prepare to leave, to lead Colchester Baptist Church, I have been reflecting on how the landscape around unity, integration and justice has shifted during those five years.

Ahead of the UK’s first-ever Christian grandparenting conference, Sarah Holmes, Scripture Union lead researcher, shares how grandparents are crucial to children’s faith and how churches can better support them Most people have fond memories and lots of nostalgia when it comes to grandparents and grandparent figures. Few would disagree that they are influential for the children and young people around them, .