British Isles
Refugee children and UK response
28 Oct 2016
The Calais clean-up mission is accomplished. In May the Home Office confirmed that 3,000 child asylum seekers had been returned to conflict-torn countries in the past decade: today many single-minded children are back, trying for a…
‘The equality law needs to change'
28 Oct 2016
Ashers Baking Company was asked to make a cake saying 'support gay marriage' but declined, saying it would compromise their Christian beliefs. LGBT activists launched a civil action against Ashers. Throughout legal proceedings Ashers repeatedly said…
Winter night shelters
28 Oct 2016
Night shelters supported by Church Urban Fund (CUF) are to increase their provision to nearly 4,000 bed spaces this winter in response to growing homelessness. Over 800 volunteers will work in shelters in Manchester, Salford, Birmingham,…
We’re all equal
21 Oct 2016
Today, possibly as you are reading this article, Lord Shinkwin's Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill is receiving its second reading in the House of Lords. Under current law (the 1967 Abortion Act) an unborn child with a…
‘Offensive’ teaching of Jesus?
21 Oct 2016
Repentance isn't preached so much any more. We can dress up the concept in all sorts of fancy terms for those who do not yet believe. It seems offensive to tell people who live in a…
Praying for parliament
21 Oct 2016
There is an active community of Christians from both houses of parliament who regularly pray, worship and study the Bible together. A strong focus at the moment is Brexit. We can pray for the responsibilities of…