Andy Bannister was interviewed on Premier Radio’s “The Leadership File” programme recently. In the programme which you can hear here, Andy talks in some detail about how he got involved in Christian ministry, and his particular interest in sharing his faith in Christ with Muslims – and how he picked up a PhD in Islamic Studies along the way.
Kwashi himself has had his churches and family home attacked, his wife brutally assaulted, and many parishoners killed. While he has led a global movement in Anglicanism (GAFCON), attended Lambeth Conferences, and spoken to Presidents – he seems far more moved when ordinary African folk respond to his preaching and put their faith in Jesus
It is 70 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations. Following his Big Conversation debate with Peter Singer, Andy Bannister says the document still poses a significant problem for atheists
The New Testament version of Jesus, according to Aslan, represents an almost total makeover of the real Jesus, arising out of two things, first the Christians’ claim that Jesus had risen from the dead, and second the fall of Jerusalem after the Jewish revolt of AD 66-70.
the BBC were looking for someone to speak on all the Sunday Morning BBC local radio shows across the UK. They particularly wanted to talk about Christianity and the environment, but the starting point was “The End of the World” and the family in Holland who had been living in a cellar for seven years, afraid that the end of the world was coming.
Rather than battening down the hatches, therefore, we need to go on an evangelism offensive. The secular consensus is crumbling, and we must humbly make the most of every opportunity—in the dorm room, at the bus stop, or by the water cooler. But we need to raise our game.
In the course of all that thinking, reading and debating, some of the things that I believe as a Christian have shifted and changed. Critically though, while I’ve heard every objection to God going, my faith is actually stronger.
Andy Bannister was on the speaking team at Minehead, and in this video-blog reports on a week of ministry and encouragement.
Relational, knowable, love, suffering. And here’s the problem: the Qur’an either ignores or directly denies each of those core aspects of God’s identity
It was great to see responses during the mission—some people giving their lives to Christ for the first time and about 40 people signed up for the Alpha Course
It was great to see the students really engaged, the lunch-bars full; and people coming to Christ – all the things we get really excited about.
The worldwide persecution of Christians escalates again as we enter 2019. New Research from Open Doors.
Andy Bannister recently appeared on Cameron Stout’s radio show, to talk about music, life, faith and meaning. Enjoy the show!
BY SARAH ALLEN – Harari’s rejection of meaning offers no hope for this chaos, but unintentionally points us in the right direction. We humans desperately need meaning because we are cooperating and communicating persons made in the image of the personal three-in-one God. We need to know that our values of love and justice and our feelings of pain and compassion are not part of a lifeless algorithm, or a convenient myth, but have significance beyond our brain chemistry
Mervyn Thomas has spent almost four decades in the fight for freedom of religion. He spoke to Solas about his work, his faith, and why as a Christian, he is motivated to serve people of all faiths and non
