Imagine 100,000 Christians on the streets at Christmas singing Carols and sharing the Gospel everywhere!
A nationwide Christmas campaign called Shine Your Light, will be taking place this year over the weekend of 13th – 15th December 2024. This UK and Ireland grassroots movement saw over 75,000 Christians from over 700 churches take their Carol services and nativity events into shopping centres, town halls, high streets and public spaces in December 2023. This was suggested by many leaders to be one of the largest Christmas outreaches on behalf of the UK Church.
Shine Your Light is a united collaboration of many Christian Denominations, organisations, local churches, and networks; including The Salvation Army, Bible Society, Evangelical Alliance and hundreds of local congregations in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic.
As a result of Shine Your Light last year, we heard stories of people coming to faith and churches welcoming in new people. It showed that when Christians come together for the Gospel, whole communities can be reached!
This Christmas, the vision is to mobilise over 100,000 Christians outdoors to reach 1 million people in the streets, offices, workplaces and public places with the Gospel. Last year, we heard of hundreds of flashmob style carol events, open air Christingle services and nativity events from the small to the large including some in Castles, country parks and housing estates.
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Pray for Christians in the UK this Christmas. A recent survey found that 20% of people in the UK say that they believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God but that’s 16% more than go to church every week! Whether or not Christians participate in the ‘Shine the Light’ initiative, we pray that they will be the Good News so that the 80% of people in the UK that do not know Jesus, can meet Him this Christmas.
