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5 major trends reshaping democratic engagement
Reflects technological evolution and growing expectation that governments create more inclusive, representative, continuous channels for civic input. Shifts from episodic participation to a systemic model.
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Behavioural nudges to improve parenting
A '5-a-day' campaign encourages people to eat 5 portions of fruit/veg daily. Why not do the same with parents to raise awareness of long-term harm some actions have and also good parenting practices. Some nudges..
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Hunger and thirst for righteousness
In the developed world, we have food and water to satisfy. By contrast, many in Jesus' world would have known both unrelenting hunger and life-threatening thirst. Do we deeply hunger and thirst for righteousness?
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History’s most remarkable transformation
In 1800, 90% of humanity lived in subsistence poverty. Today, that figure has flipped. But economic flourishing is a means to a greater end: the full, vibrant, God-honouring life of shalom.
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Combating loneliness with culture buddies
What if a ticket to the theatre could also be a prescription against loneliness? A non-profit is turning concert and museum visits into powerful social medicine.
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The most overlooked evangelistic tool?
Phil set to reading the Bible alone. Within just a few weeks, he understood how Jesus’ death and resurrection offered him the forgiveness and hope he was seeking. Many people are requesting Bibles...
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Trauma prevention and early intervention approaches with children and young people
Building supportive relationships, fostering open communication, providing parenting support are key strategies for reducing prevalence, impact of child abuse and neglect.
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Remote working’s hidden toll on young adults
Remote work has reshaped the workweek. But young adults spend more time alone, amplifying conditions affecting mental health. Also undermines development milestones like mentoring, romance, community.
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How to help a neighbour without making it weird
You see a neighbour who’s going through something. Maybe they’ve just had a baby, someone's unwell, they’re grieving. You want to help, but… what do you say? What if they don’t want help? What if..
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What happens when you give teens no-strings cash?
Transfers for 40 weeks to students from mostly disadvantaged families resulted in better attendance, higher nutrition, increased confidence and financial literacy, a savings habit but no improvement in...
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Events (4 found)

Online - Webinar: Forming a Microchurch Rule of Life
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How do we draw people into, capture, and articulate an expansive “life together” in our microchurches, that helps move us beyond the stagnating rut of a single two hour stale gathering each week? Join Underground Church for this 1 hour webinar for practical coaching and tools on forming a microchurch rule of life.

This 1 hr webinar is led by microchurch practitioners of 20 years. Certainly the whole life of God's people cannot be crammed into a single weekly gathering, but that's what the prevailing “event based” paradigm of the church has promised. We know this isn't quite right, but we struggle to disentangle from it, because that paradigm needs to be replaced by a viable alternative. A practice-based communal rule of life can be a transformative tool to guide a community into the rhythms of community, mission, formation and a better way to be “us”. 
06/08/2026
19:00
Online - Webinar: Discipleship for Microchurches & Networks
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How can microchurches and networks cultivate discipleship that is reproducible, relational, and deeply transformative? Join Underground Church for this 1-hour webinar conversation with Peyton Jones as we explore key themes from his recent book, Discipology, and unpack what they mean for microchurch leaders, practitioners, and networks today.

The modern church is facing a discipleship crisis. Research shows that only one-third of Christians in America are actively engaged in making disciples--leaving a massive gap in the mission Jesus gave us. Many churches struggle to move believers from passivity & consumerism to active participation in Kingdom mission. Let’s chat with Peyton Jones, author of Discipology and Church Plantology, about how microchurch leaders can defy that status quo. Whether you lead a microchurch, oversee a network, or are simply passionate about discipleship, this conversation will offer fresh insight, practical wisdom, and encouragement for the road ahead.
03/09/2026
19:00
In-Person - John Stott Lecture 2026: Cultural Witness in an Uncertain World - London
@St Michael's, Chester Square, London,
In a world marked by rapid technological change, social fragmentation, and spiritual hunger, how can Christians bear faithful and compelling witness in public life?

In this year’s John Stott London Lecture, Graham Tomlin will explore what it means to communicate and live out the Christian faith in a time of uncertainty and change, where many forces are shaping us in powerful ways. Together we will unpack how the gospel helps us live and speak wisely in every sphere of human life.

Drawing on the legacy of John Stott’s vision of ‘double listening’, attentive both to the word of God and to the realities of the contemporary world, Bishop Graham will consider how Christians can engage thoughtfully and courageously with the questions, anxieties, and hopes shaping modern society. What does cultural witness look like in an age of rapid change and competing narratives? How might ordinary disciples of Jesus live and speak faithfully in their workplaces, communities, and everyday relationships?
08/10/2026
19:00
Online - Staying Human: Finding Christ in Places Written Out of the Future
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The sixth in Together for the Common Good's Staying Human series, this will address what happened to communities that globalisation has written out of the future - and what it means for churches to find Christ already at work among them.

This series is exploring how to stay human as we live through a change of era. Amidst the unravelling of the old era - cultural confusion, fragmentation and the breakdown of trust – we see the limitations of government, the AI revolution, and we sense deep uncertainty ahead.

Our speaker John Clifton will open up a frank conversation about how globalisation reshaped not just our economy and our politics, but also how we treat people and places.

Drawing on his encounters with anger and grief in deindustrialised communities, and on signs of spiritual hunger in places where institutional Christianity has thinned, John will explore what these places reveal about the deeper moral and spiritual crisis of our time.

This talk is not just diagnosis but primarily constructive: inspired by Franciscan, Salvationist and Catholic Social Teaching traditions, John calls the churches back to proximity - to a way of following Christ that answers abandonment not with charity alone, but with humanising solidarity.
13/10/2026
18:30

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