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In all four Gospels there is only one thing the disciples ask Jesus to teach them - ‘One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray”’ - Luke 11:1. The reason the disciples asked Jesus about prayer is because he modelled it. He would pray in...

I’ve put community first and mission last in this five part series because often that’s how we disciple non-christians. We take them to church, try and get them to understand everything and follow Jesus properly and then, when they’ve been doing that for a while, we suggest that sharing their faith with others might also be a good idea.  Jesus didn’t...

In Loughborough, students are getting creative in mission and evangelism.  At the beginning of the year, several students at Open Heaven Church formed a small group with a specific vision to grow their confidence in mission and to reach their town.  On their first small group session these students decided to write down every crazy missional idea they could think of no...

Student mission is important because the university years are hugely catalytic and formative when it comes to students’ worldviews, relationships and future life trajectories. The stories we hear of students exploring faith and discovering Jesus at uni are exciting and, it seems, only on the increase! These are not just stories for the present, though. So often, when speaking to...

As you approach the Christmas holidays you might be processing lots of different things. You might be finishing 2023 with a sense of joy as you reflect on some of the wins and celebrations that happened this year. It might be a different story and you feel relieved that this year is finishing.  If you’re a student you might have just...

This term the Student community at Vinelife Church in Manchester has set out to bring the awe of God back to University. Taking inspiration from Habakkuk 2:14, they have sought for students in Manchester to be ‘filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord’ by creating spaces where they can encounter Him, ask big questions, build community, and...

Hey! We're Olli and Jo, and we're the Fusion Spain team. We're a married couple from England and we've been pioneering and trying to get Fusion off the ground in Spain for the last three years now.   What's the reality? There are 1.7 million students in Spain, including international and post-grad students. It is far more common here to go to uni...