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Where’s dad?
Dec 22nd, 2011

Absent dads

FIFTEEN per cent of UK babies are born into homes with no resident dad. Half of them have no registered father on their birth certificate.

Family breakdown affects many more children, spearheaded by rising numbers of unmarried parents. By a child's fifth birthday, a shocking 43 per cent of cohabiting parents ...

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Full colour church
Mar 15th, 2010

Jesus

“WE'RE 50/50 black and white in our church and look like dominoes on a Sunday" said Matthew Guest, leader of King's Church, Chatham.

He was speaking at a leaders' conference for Multiply - a network, started by the Jesus Army, for Christian churches of many different types.

"Church shouldn't be selective, but ...

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Thou shalt shoplift!
Feb 18th, 2010

Chain: poverty trap?

FATHER Tim Jones, a York vicar, recently told his congregation “My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift.”

He claimed that shoplifting from national chains was sometimes “the best option for the vulnerable”. UK society had failed many needy people, making it “far better that they shoplift than turn to ...

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Hope in Belfast
Dec 7th, 2009

Belfast boys: mJa friendship in Northern Ireland

IN BELFAST, the Jesus Army recently held a five day long outreach “campaign”, with lots of different people from around the UK getting involved.

In a city with a painful history of sectarian division the Jesus Army's “friends of all without prejudice” approach aims to bring healing and help bridge some ...

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Battered!
Nov 9th, 2009

An mJa street drama: Jesus takes a battering; we go free

WE SO easily feel pressurized by all the things that bombard us in life: broken relationships, money worries, empty sex, alcohol to “drown our sorrows”, despair. We can be left feeling empty and confused.

We need to stop and realise that Jesus has died on the cross for us. He frees ...

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Time of their life
Nov 6th, 2009

Forget empty ancient buildings or quietly dozing elderly ladies.

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