Tag Archives: Prayer and worship
Dignity, Agency, Power and human worth
A reflection on Isaiah 1:12-20 by Hazel Palmer What does the Bible have to say about the value of people …
Humanity, dignity, poverty
Church Action on Poverty trustee Stef Benfield reflects on what scripture has to say about Christians campaigning for justice. Should Christians work for structural change? …
Dangerous Stories -‘a complex course for complex times and a complex faith’
We just received a wonderful review of Dangerous Stories, Church Action on Poverty’ series of Bible studies on Jesus’ parables. (more…)
The truth about poverty?
Last year, we took members of several Poverty Truth Commissions to the Greenbelt festival for the first time. It was …
One step at a time
Church Action on Poverty in Sheffield held their 10th annual Pilgrimage event on 20 October 2018, visiting the Wybourn area …
Different light: a sermon for Church Action on Poverty Sunday
Our Director Niall Cooper recently shared this sermon on a visit to a church in Birmingham. We invite you to …
Bringing our neighbourhoods into church
Revd Al Barrett is vicar at Hodge Hill Church in Birmingham, and a member of a collective which helps Church …
What does a ‘church of the poor’ look like?
Some inspiring thinkers have been helping us to develop our vision of how churches could engage better with poor communities. …
Poverty and the Passion
Director Niall Cooper shares an Easter message from all of us at Church Action on Poverty. Looking at the world …