Posted on 12/24/2024 10:06:39 PM PST by SeekAndFind
King Charles III has expressed his support for the “Shine Your Light” campaign that aims to galvanize 100,000 Christians in the U.K. to take part in pop-up carol singing, Nativity plays and other creative efforts to help people know Jesus is the King of Kings.
In a letter sent to the organizers, the king expressed “warmest good wishes” and lauded the efforts to “bring many Christian denominations together, and share in faith this festive period.”
The letter, made public on the Shine Your Light campaign website, added that the Charles had been “most touched” by the success of the previous campaign in 2023 and sent his “wishes for a Happy Christmas and a peaceful year ahead to all who attend this year.”
Some 75 church leaders publicly backed the campaign with 1,000 events planned nationwide, according to Rachael Heffer, head of mission at the U.K. Evangelical Alliance and Jonathan Oleyede, convener of the National Day of Prayer U.K. Preparations to promote the initiative started in October this year when Christian Daily International noticed filming taking place by the duo for a promotional video asking Christians to get involved in evangelistic activities.
Heffer said the aim of the campaign has been to call on every local church to take the Word onto the streets throughout the Christmas season. She pointed out research by Talking Jesus that showed some 20% of the general population in the U.K. do believe that Jesus is the Son of God — and challenged people to share the message that “Jesus is the reason for the season.”
The vision has been to connect the life-transforming Good News of the Christmas message with people in their towns and communities.
When asked about the filming, Heffer told CDI that “Shine your Light” is a national campaign, involving many mission agencies and church networks, seeking to rally the U.K. Church to take the Good News of the Christmas message out to non-believers.
“During Advent 2023, over 78,000 people got involved with the ‘Shine your Light’ campaign, resulting in many pop-up carol services on streets around the country, bands, street cafes with live music and the Good News of the Christmas story presented to young and old,” she said.
“Hundreds gathered in Trafalgar Square for an amazing medley of music, worship and speaking of the revelation of Christmas.”
The rallying of a hopeful 100,000 Christians for the campaign aims to utilize “creative, simple, but effective ways to make Jesus known to those around them,” according to Heffer.
“The dream is to encourage thousands of local Christians and church leaders to take the message of the Good News out onto their streets in any way that suits their community. It can be very simple and pop-up ... [is] often the best way.”
This article was originally published at Christain Daily International
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The Bible testimonies and the Holy Shroud agree with the 20%!
>> only 20% of UK citizens believe Jesus is Son of God
That’s gonna be a problem for them, going forward, if it persists.
On the other hand... that means that 805 of the UK are a mission field ripe for the spread of the Gospel.
If only 20% believe in Jesus then why do they celebrate Christmas?
“If only 20% believe in Jesus then why do they celebrate Christmas?”
Because the other 80% know deep in their hearts that Jesus is the son of God.
Unfortunately they will be dead in ten years. I’m sure it’s the 80 plus age that only believes this.
It would be interesting to see the same survey from Ireland. I doubt there would be more than 50% believers today.
If the comments being allowed to stay up at the UK tabs, interesting that, are any indication, Chuck’s Christmas address ain’t going over well.
Chuck is still refusing to read the room.
Note to the House of Windsor: No matter what you tell yourselves, when your Deep State masters are done with you, you’re toast. Continuing to turn a blind eye to what’s being done to your country and your countrymen and women, the only people who could save the monarchy, continue to do that at your peril.
I think you’re right about that. Have posted here before, but my trip to London last year was an eye-opener. I stayed in a swanky place just around the corner from Westminster Abbey, and attended Sunday Morning Service there. Perhaps 25 ‘casually’ dressed people were in attendance. The minister was a woman who made certain to mention British ‘racism’ at least twice. The contrast between an utterly dull and uninspiring sermon/lecture and the breath-taking majesty of the setting was stark, to say the very least. It all had the feel of a defeated Church being led by a charlatan.
The fool in his heart hath said, “There is no God.” The UK has sewed the wind. They will reap the whirlwind.
I think that might be because 40% of UK could be muslims.....just saying.
I've been asking myself the same question about the left in the USA. (?)
How many believe the son of God is Mohammed?
You have unabashedly included Islam as co-equal with Christianity. You have embraced and promoted the LBGTQ+
secularism into the Church of England.
There is no wonder in an 80% non-Christian apathy in Great, now Lesser, Britain.
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