In Depth:  Christianity Explored Ministries

Well-known evangelist Rico Tice will be working for Christianity Explored Ministries (CEM) full time from next September, it has been announced.

For the past 21 years Rico (56) has worked for both CEM and as Senior Minister for Evangelism at All Souls Langham Place.

As life in the UK starts to return to something more resembling the ‘old normal’, one question that churches are asking is what impact the past three years have had on evangelism – and new research by Christianity Explored Ministries (CEM) has some encouraging findings.

It turns out that many Christians didn’t let lockdown prevent them from sharing their faith, writes Daisy Addington. In particular, nearly 75% of the 250 users of CEM resources surveyed reported giving a Christian book to one or more of their non-Christian friends, with 23% of respondents having given away five or more books since 2019.

A recent survey has revealed that more than 300 churches in the UK have been running Christianity Explored courses online since the pandemic began.

Those responding to the survey were very positive about the experience, despite many having had reservations about how effective it would be to run a course remotely.