Are the government really about to make you report Sunday School Attendance?

Evangelicals Now reports that “parents could be forced to report Sunday School attendance” to the authorities.  This offers a helpful example of being careful about how we report and react to news stories.  The headline might give the impression that the state are about to start prying into all of our private and religious lives… Continue reading Are the government really about to make you report Sunday School Attendance?

Have we given up on children and Church?

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Matthew Roberts writes in The Critic Magazine “If there is one thing which has typified the collapse of confidence of Christian churches in Britain in the last century, it has been the strange assumption that Christian worship is not for children.” There are a few presumptions in that statement which I’m going to look at… Continue reading Have we given up on children and Church?

How do we disciple children and young people?

There’s been a bit of a discussion on social media about faith in kids and reaching younger generations with the Gospel.  First, there is this article by Ian Paul interviewing the CofE’s Youth Evangelism officer.  Can the church ever reach young people again? Then there were these tweets by Anthony B Bradley. I must admit… Continue reading How do we disciple children and young people?