Hazel Southam

Oct 21, 2023 | biblesociety.org.uk | Hazel Southam

The Chinese Church is now the fastest-growing Church in the UK, according to a new report from Bible Society. It has seen a 28.8 per cent growth in the last two years. The growth is happening largely in Cantonese congregations, boosted by people emigrating from Hong Kong to the UK since 2021. Dr Yinxuan Huang, who carried out the survey, said, ‘This is an exciting time for the Chinese Church in Britain.

Oct 16, 2023 | biblesociety.org.uk | Hazel Southam

‘Calming’, ‘serene’ and ‘tranquil’, that’s how children at Romsey Abbey School in Hampshire have described their newly-opened Psalm 23 garden. The school was inspired by Bible Society’s Psalm 23 Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2021, and has spent the last two years planning and fundraising for the garden, which will be open to 200 children. It was officially opened recently by the Bishop of Southampton, Rt Revd Debbie Sellin.

Aug 24, 2023 | biblesociety.org.uk | Hazel Southam

The war in Ukraine has led to a dramatic rise in the demand for Bibles as people ask existential questions about life and death. The Ukrainian Bible Society reports that, in the last 15 months, some 700,000 Bibles have been distributed across the war-torn country. This is a five-fold increase on numbers handed out before the war. In 2020, some 136,767 Bibles were distributed in Ukraine.

Aug 17, 2023 | biblesociety.org.uk | Hazel Southam

Skip to main content Author: Hazel Southam, 18 August 2023 Share this: The Psalm 27 Garden is now open to the public in its permanent home, Sheffield General Cemetery, where it’s been called ‘an amazing miracle’. The cemetery is now a conservation area and a local nature reserve, owned by Sheffield City Council. At the official opening recently, trustee Dave Hunt, told the 80 visitors that receiving the garden from Bible Society had been ‘an amazing miracle’.

Jul 2, 2023 | biblesociety.org.uk | Hazel Southam