The Evangelical Alliance, which says it is passionate about helping Christians connect their faith with their daily life, has launched a Job Creation toolkit, and is sharing inspirational stories of Christians working to build businesses that glorify God and create jobs.
It has encouraged Christians to focus their prayers on this area of need in our society, and will continue to offer resources and signpost ministries and organisations that can further equip Christians to create jobs.
This comes as the UK is being hit by an unemployment crisis and the pandemic continues to take its toll on the UK economy. As the furlough scheme is phased out, fears remain that unemployment could still shoot up; the BBC reports that the Bank of England expects the unemployment rate to reach around 5.5% in the autumn.