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Church merger reaches wider community

Church merger reaches wider community

How do you successfully merge two churches? Trudi Smyth and Dan Bennett (inset, above, left and right) tell how they and their teams did just that to form Beacon Elim...

Church merger reaches wider community

How do you successfully merge two churches? Trudi Smyth and Dan Bennett (inset, above, left and right) tell how they and their teams did just that to form Beacon Elim...

Jesus cured my agonising disease

Jesus cured my agonising disease

Jesus was Vani Marshall’s last hope. A mysterious disease had baffled doctors in her native Malaysia, ravaging her with pain and causing her to randomly collapse, but nothing showed up...

Jesus cured my agonising disease

Jesus was Vani Marshall’s last hope. A mysterious disease had baffled doctors in her native Malaysia, ravaging her with pain and causing her to randomly collapse, but nothing showed up...

Self-destruct mode led to Israeli minefield

Self-destruct mode led to Israeli minefield

As Simon Williams (inset, above) drove across an Israeli minefield in a tractor with his drunken friends, he knew he was in self-destruct mode. Drugs, drink, theft and fraud had...

Self-destruct mode led to Israeli minefield

As Simon Williams (inset, above) drove across an Israeli minefield in a tractor with his drunken friends, he knew he was in self-destruct mode. Drugs, drink, theft and fraud had...

Regents breathes new LIFE into faith studies

Regents breathes new LIFE into faith studies

If you want to do faith-based study without going to college, Regents LIFE could be your answer. And with several new courses planned for 2024 it’s a great time to...

Regents breathes new LIFE into faith studies

If you want to do faith-based study without going to college, Regents LIFE could be your answer. And with several new courses planned for 2024 it’s a great time to...

Radio couple to keep working for Jesus

Radio couple to keep working for Jesus

A couple who’ve been serving God since the 1960s say Jesus loves them so much that they’ll shun retirement to stay working for him. Beryl and Norman Polden, both aged...

Radio couple to keep working for Jesus

A couple who’ve been serving God since the 1960s say Jesus loves them so much that they’ll shun retirement to stay working for him. Beryl and Norman Polden, both aged...

From "veneer" to vicar for beauty therapist

From "veneer" to vicar for beauty therapist

Kaye Gardiner had what looked like the perfect life, with a pristine house, flashy cars and horse shows. But when the front door shut on that shiny house, she retreated...

From "veneer" to vicar for beauty therapist

Kaye Gardiner had what looked like the perfect life, with a pristine house, flashy cars and horse shows. But when the front door shut on that shiny house, she retreated...