Church Champion Stories

Inspiring Christians to Serve and Empower Older People: The Mission of Faith in Later Life

By Faith in Later Life | 02/03/2023

Here at Faith in Later Life it is our mission to inspire and equip Christians to reach, serve, and empower older people everywhere, through the local church. We firmly believe…

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby Welcomes you to the Daily Hope Line

By Faith in Later Life | 22/02/2023

We are delighted that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has released a new message on the DailyHOPE telephone line, which Faith in Later Life leads alongside the Church of…

Hope-Filled Older People’s Ministry

By Faith in Later Life | 18/02/2023

Rhi is a member of our Church Champion community and leads the older people’s ministry at her local church, and she’s passionate about her about her work serving and empowering…

Creating Connections with Older People

By Faith in Later Life | 03/02/2023

A couple of years ago we spoke with a Faith in Later Life Church Champion, Judi, about her work with older people. Judi shared how her involvement with older people became…

Encouragement from One of Our Church Champions

By Faith in Later Life | 26/01/2023

We recently received a wonderful email from one of our Church Champions about her work in her local church, and about how encouraging she found the last Church Champion Session,…

‘Reimagining Care’

By Alex Drew | 26/01/2023

Following the publication of the Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care, Faith in Later Life trustees respond: Andrew Wileman, Deputy Director of the Salvation Army’s Older People’s Ministries and a trustee…

Terry Puttick Speaks on Evangelism

By Faith in Later Life | 20/01/2023

A short clip on what the Bible says about Older People and what our response to that should be. It was a pleasure to have Terry Puttick from London City…

Terry Puttick – Where to Turn to in the Bible

By Faith in Later Life | 12/01/2023

Where to turn to in the Bible In a recent Church Champions training session, Terry Puttick from London City Mission came and spoke to us about using the Bible in…

Older People are Returning to the Workforce

By Faith in Later Life | 09/01/2023

A few weeks ago I spoke with Paul Hammond about the rising number of Older People returning to the workforce post retirement. They spoke about the possible causes, the effect…

Life In All Its Fullness Conference, 17 Sept 2022

By Alex Drew | 09/09/2022

We would love you to join us for the Faith in Later Life Conference! Here’s all the info you need… The conference will be taking place on Zoom on Saturday 17th…