Address: Third Floor, 21 Ormeau Avenue, BELFAST, BT2 8HD CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIANITY has some office accommodation within its unit available to rent to a charitable organisation looking for a city centre office. The 0rganisation/person renting this office should be happy to work in a unit which is used for charitable religious purposes. The 0ffice is 89 square feet (10.5ft by 8.5ft) which is internal with glazed panels providing natural light. Contemporary Christianity is serviced by volunteer staff and the office is not occupied for full normal office hours. We already share our accommodation with HealthLink 360. The unit has wi-fi and there is an option to have linked printing and photocopier services. The renter of this office would have the right to book the main meeting area within the Contemporary Christianity unit. There is use of shared services on the floor male and female toilets and equipped kitchen facilities. For terms and further information please contact Stephen Adams, Admin Volunteer for Contemporary Christianity. Email: info@contemporarychristianity.net Phone: 92699079

Address: Third Floor, 21 Ormeau Avenue, BELFAST, BT2 8HD

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIANITY is seeking to offer office accommodation within its unit to a charitable organisation looking for a City Centre office. The Organisation/Person renting this office should be happy to work in a unit which is used for charitable religious purposes.

It is a furnished office. It is 96 square feet (12ft by 8ft) and is accessed off the main meeting area of our third floor unit. Continue reading →

We are very happy to have Derek and Dianne Tidball with us to explore the roles of women and men in the church. Derek and Dianne are the authors of The Message of Women: Creation, Grace and Gender in IVP's 'Bible Speaks Today' series. We have a series of different but complimentary events on 7 and 8 March. See our events page for more details. Fliers for the events are available for download on the events page. To book visit our booking page. Please book by 5pm on 3 March. We would like to thank Belfast Bible College, Evangelical Alliance, What Now! and Irish Baptist Networks for support in promoting these events.

On 19 November the Faith and Gender Cluster Group held an In Conversation With  ... 5 Storytellers and Each Other.

• Stories from the front – a chance to hear a little snippet from the life of the storyteller. These are real life stories. They are offered to help us consider the topic from the different perspectives of the tellers. We won’t be questioning or challenging them on what they have offered – just listening.
• An opportunity to share our own experience of faith and gender with a few people around us.
• Three more stories
• And some bible passages to look at together in small groups (ending by 9.30pm as usual, when you might want to finish off the last of the snacks and any particularly interesting conversation you have been having)

Click here for a full account of the evening, or navigate to the In Conversation With ... section.  

On Thursday 10 October 2013 Contemporary Christianity launched the 25th anniversary edition of For God and His Glory Alone. 2013 marks 25 years since the first publication of “For God and His Glory Alone”, the landmark publication which shaped the work of the Evangelical Contribution on Northern Ireland (ECONI). We are delighted that at this re-launch we will have some people who were instrumental in developing this booklet 25 years ago alongside some contemporary leaders who feel that the need for this booklet today is as urgent as it was when originally published. Watch the video  

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When Ruth Naomi Floyd sat on a stool in the middle of the stage and sang 'Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child' to the sparsest of accompaniment 150 years since slavery seemed a short blink and we were transported back to the pain and tears of the captive. She was in tears herself by the end of it and it was a hard heart wasn't moved as well. The evening had not begun in a way which forewarned us of the excellence to come. The audience of good souls who filed in may have heard about the evening from the co-sponsor of Derry and Donegal Presbytery and looked more ready for a fork supper than a jazz gig and our compere had done more BB display votes of thanks than intros. And  when Bill Edgar came on stage in his tweed jacket and tie .....well we knew he was a theology professor but what about the jazz? Then he sat down at his keyboard without a note of music and started improvising with Randy Pendleton wrapped around his double bass and they were away. Terrific stuff. After every couple of pieces Bill Edgar stood forward and told us a little bit more of the roots of jazz a musical development from the African American community brought over as slaves; the gospel influences; even the development of negro spirituals learned at the back of the slave owners' churches from the acappella singing of metrical psalms with precentors leading ; the work songs; the warning when escaping songs; the crossing the river to a slavery free state songs. The music on its own from Bill and Randy was brilliant but maybe less accessible. When Ruth came on after a few minutes and sang with accompaniment the three together were superb. What a range of voice she has. Her low range had such strength you could almost hear and feel her  resonate. And she was never less than totally committed to the song and its meaning. No cheap entertainment here. The hour and a half flew by. The audience responded warmly and a couple of encores were just brilliant. I have never heard 'What a Friend We Have in Jesus' sung with such swing warmth and heart. Great night. Richard McPhillimy.