In our recent sermon series on the Globe’s values, one sermon helpfully reminded us of the call to be sacrificially generous as a church. This is follows the teaching from Jesus in Acts 20:35 that ‘it is more blessed to give than to receive’. When we fix our eyes on Christ, we learn more of the beauty of God’s […]

I was born in North London and I grew up in a Kurdish/Turkish community to a family of non-Christians. My family identify as Alevi Muslims – which is a sect of Islam that has more lenient practices but even so, I couldn’t really say that my parents are particularly religious. Faith and culture are so […]

From seeing a few students cartwheel across the middle of Ark Globe Academy after church, having an impromptu boxing match in the Tinies room, to frantically chasing Sarah (our student worker) during a game of Pictionary relay, Student Focus has been a joyful, chaotic, and exciting part of church life. A large part of that […]

In Focus over the last term, we have been looking at what the book of Proverbs has to say about the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5). In the last week of the series, we took a closer look at self-control and many of us felt a tension between the victory we know we have […]

When you think of a testimony, you may usually expect there to be a really significant, monumental event or spiritual experience marking the start of an individual’s faith. Although these kinds of testimonies are valid and common, I struggle to relate to that idea. For me, it’s been a gradual journey, one full of high […]