No short cuts to beauty

“The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places,” says Suzy Wilson, amazed by falling in love with a place and people of great hardship and great beauty.

“The devil does not like people to build peace”

Thank you to all who gave to our Christmas appeal. You gave over £46,500 to help share the peace of Jesus even amid violent conflict.

A starter for 10

Meet some of the first students on CMS’s new MA pathway, focusing on the African Christian diaspora.

Video: If We Kept Silent the Stones Would Cry Out

Gospel artist and praise and worship minister Ahmed Conteh reflects on the spirituality and vibrancy of worship and music in African churches.

Video: Legacies of Five Nigerian Women Pioneer Ministers in London

Dupe Adefala on a largely untold story of the distinctive and pioneering contribution of African women to mission in London

African congregations adapting to COVID-19

Harvey Kwiyani and Paul Ayokunle identify the distinct way in which the pandemic was understood and confronted as both a spiritual and medical battleground.

Finding my place

“Isn’t Christianity the white man’s religion?” Rosie Hopley is on a quest to unearth a broader, wider and more global narrative.

Rivers in the desert

Sheila Akomiah-Conteh argues that African Christianity is a revitalising force in British Christianity.

African millennial Christians in the diaspora and the identity question

Joseph Ola explores the way a younger generation of African Christians in Britain face the challenges of dual identity.

Historical development of British Black Pentecostalism

Israel Olofinjana higlights a diversity in theologies, ecclesiologies, mission and cultures that is often overlooked

Editorial: The gift of African diaspora churches in the UK

Harvey Kwiyani and Colin Smith introduce this issue of ANVIL journal of theology and mission.

Thirty-eight years of proclaiming the good news in Africa

Inspired by Christians in Kenya, Steve Burgess spent a working life answering the biblical call to "proclaim good news to the poor".