Canny years
in Byker
Victoria Marsay
A church, situated opposite the Byker Wall
in Newcastle, celebrated its 40th anniversary.
Meeting
in
a
corrugated-iron
hall,
Welbeck Road Evangelical Church started
under Newcastle City Mission. Over 50
attended the Sunday School, many coming
from the surrounding estates which were
to be made famous by the BBC children’s
television programme Byker Grove.
WILLING SACRIFICE
Victoria Marsay
On 23 March, an Islamist gunman killed four people in southern France.
He left many others injured and psychologically harmed. The 26-year-old said he was fighting for Islamic State and was demanding the release of the most important surviving suspect of the 2015 Paris attacks. He was shot dead by armed police.
Ukraine: Bible commentary
Victoria Marsay
In October the Slavic Bible Commentary (SBC) was launched in Kiev, Ukraine.
The book, whose first edition has already sold out, is the first ever Russian-language commentary, written by contemporary evangelical writers from Eastern Europe.