Change

What difference does Christianity make? Read our curated articles that report on how Christian faith impacts individuals, communities, and nations. Change is one of four key themes covered by Seen & Unseen.

Freedom of belief
  1. Change
  2. Development
Outside a church a congregation waits seated while an onlooker rests on a motorcycle by a tree.
The people of South Sudan face more conflict and uncertainty as elections are postponed. Samuel Enosa Peni records how Christian faith is changing lives amid difficult times.
4min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
A mother sits with a toddler standing in front of her. The father appears from the side lying on his back reaching an arm out.
While homelessness generates statistics and strategies around the world, Jane Cacouris asks what really is home.
6min read
Interview
  1. Change
  2. Community
Three young children run away into the distance down across a field of long grass.
Fixing a broken adoption system leads to a 'thin place' – one where family-making transcend traumas. Belle Tindall meets Tarn Bright of Home For Good.
6min read
Interview
  1. Change
  2. Community
A man stands in front of a food bank's shelves of cereals and boxes labelled by foot type.
The Trussell Trust wants food banks in its network to reduce the need for their services. Robert Wright finds out why the trust regrets they still distribute so much food.
6min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Freedom of Belief
An aerial view looking down the damaged spire of a cathederal to a holes in the roof caused by shelling.
Nagorno-Karabakh remains the epicentre of a complex and ongoing conflict, Belle Tindall probes at the way religious identity is being continually targeted.
7min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
A group of people stand in front of the side of a van marked 'Furniture Friends.
Catherine Jupp and her friends give furniture to those who need it at no cost. Ryan Gilfeather explores what motivates them.
3min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Fashion
Yes Friends campaign
Fast fashion antidote brand, Yes Friends, set out to save the world one t-shirt at a time.
5min read
Editor's pick
  1. Change
  2. Hospitality
A baby plays with wooden toys on a carpert.
There’s a beautiful kind of hospitality, and this is it.
4min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Race
Equiano
How did a formerly enslaved person think about their faith, freedom, and vocation? Luke Bretherton explores the politics and theology of Olaudah Equiano, whose story was central to the abolitionist movement and continues to resonate today.
5min read
Column
  1. Change
  2. Loneliness
A person stands in a road under misty street lights.
The tend-and-befriend response is present in many species, but it reaches a particular level of genius in ours, explains Roger Bretherton.
6min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Freedom of Belief
A man walks away down a drab street
As Refugee Week concludes, Belle Tindall moves beyond the headlines and learns the story of Azer and the thousands of churches who are providing a sense of home for those who have fled theirs.
4min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
an aerial view of a shantytown on a steep hill side in Rio, Sugerloaf Mountain is visible in the distance
Why did a New York lawyer move to a Brazilian slum? Jane Cacouris talks to Luke Simone about his extraordinary story.
7min read