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I spent some time in the armpit of another man today. I had the pleasure of traveling on the London Underground. To distract myself from his fragrance I found myself studying the tube map. I was struck by how many places there are that I have never been to. Each place has a church. Each place has young people - lots...

Fusion Value: catalyst For decades the student numbers within the Universities of this nation have continued to grow. This process has opened up many new opportunities for the Church of Jesus Christ to reach students. These changes and opportunities have corresponded with a significant decline in national Church attendance within the University age range. The decades of greatest opportunity have coincided with...

Felix Baumgartner stands up out of his seat. He steps forward on to the capsule's platform. His toes, encased in the boots of his pressure suit, creep over the edge. Above him a monstrous high altitude balloon, 30 million cubic feet in volume, stretches out into the dark sky. 120,000 feet beneath him, he can see the curvature of the earth....

Fusion Value: biblical  “Churches live, grow and flourish with God’s word,but they languish and perish without it.” J. Stott Any healthy Christian spirituality will be anchored in a love of God’s written word, Old and New Testaments. The desire to explore and to engage with scripture should go hand in hand with the hunger to learn more. This hunger should be earthed...

I’m sure we’ve all been crippled by avoidance at times. It’s a paradox that sometimes when you know something really needs to be done, you find yourself incapable of starting down the path to doing it. I participated in this practice for the hour before I began writing this article. Even then the process of bashing out letters felt like starting...

The UK has around 2 million students. Just 2% are connected with Church - and that figure is decreasing. Our passion is to see that trend reversed in the UK and Europe. On 5th and 6th November 2010, St Thomas Church Philadelphia (Sheffield), will gather students from across the UK and abroad to engage with the issues that matter to them at...

Twenty years ago, to the exact day, I made the journey up the motorway with my dad to come to Loughborough Uni. I arrived feeling daunted, excited and praying hard that I'd meet some other christians who would help me hold onto God through the unknown. I did meet other christians and it's fair to say they changed my life. I really...