What is revive? A blog about labels…

On Sunday night we continued our conversation about what God is saying to us about the future of revive and I (Simon) was called out for excessive theological jargon. Fair cop! I apologise. My only defense is that in the world of clergy these labels are used constantly. Let me outline roughly what I said: There

Is Revive Queer?

‘Seriously, this is the queerest church I’ve ever known!’ This was undoubtedly an unreserved compliment, coming as it did from an LGBTQ+ activist. It was said last night at revive. It was also a challenge that we do more than accept our queerness; that we embrace it, celebrate it, publicly declare it. Queerness here is

Is revive any good for students?

We asked Clare, a recent graduate, to say something about how revive works for students. We’re not really a ‘student church’ but we are based in Hyde Park, and students have found a home with us throughout our life.   Revive is a community of people supporting each other. We meet in each other’s homes