“THANKS FOR SAVING LIVES”
Photo: Christian Friends of Magen David Adom’s Rev Mark Madeley and Barbara Dingle unveiling ambulance number 4 at Be’er Sheva British Christians have just donated their fourth ambulance to help…
CHRISTIAN STUDENT EXPELLED over views on marriage
A Christian student has been expelled from a university social work course, after he made comments in support of biblical teaching on marriage and sexual ethics in a private conversation…
‘GAY CAKE’ CASE APPEAL POSTPONED
The famous ‘gay cake’ case of Ashers Bakery is continuing. An appeal hearing has been adjourned until 9 May after a last-minute legal submission from the Attorney General for Northern…
CHARGES AGAINST STREET PREACHER FABRICATED
The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped all charges against Michael Jones, a street preacher of Hornsea, who was arrested and charged for comments made about Islam and IS. The accusations…
More graduates want to teach RE
A campaign to persuade more people to teach religious education has been a success, with new figures showing a rise in applicants, reports The Times.
Former Home Secretary’s mission to bring religious understanding
Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke, who led a debate on the lack of understanding of religion in our society A better understanding of religion is “the mission of our time”,…
UNIVERSITY PROMOTES ‘RELATIONSHIP ANARCHY’ TO BOOST CAREER PROSPECTS
Students at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) have been encouraged to attend an event about ‘swinging’ in order to win points towards an official awards scheme. An advertisement for the event,…
Farewell to EU all?
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN WAS SAID TO BE A SUPPORTER OF THE EU ‘out’ campaign. In fact Her Majesty simply said she did not understand Europe, long before the possibility…
EU: ARMY ARISES
Queues formed outside Westminster Abbey during the Dunkirk crisis after the King called for a day of prayer and fasting on 26 May 1940 A NATIONWIDE CALL FOR AN ARMY…
Brexit, shmexit? Let’s ask for a new vision of our nation and the world
How should Christians vote regarding leaving the EU? What is God’s will and best plan for our nation? Many say they see leaving the EU as vital for Britain to…
PRO-FAMILY MAGISTRATE KICKED OFF BENCH
Richard Page, a magistrate of 30 years’ standing, has been removed from the Bench for believing that a child should have a mother and a father.
Wales to monitor church groups
The Welsh government has launched a consultation on plans to regulate out-of-school education settings. These are strikingly similar to controversial proposals at Westminster which have been described as an “unprecedented…
“NOT IN OUR NAME” – MIDWIVES DECRY ABORTION FREE-FOR-ALL
Midwives usually see their work as a vocation to protect life. These two Glasgow midwives, Mary Doogan and Connie Wood, appealed against being forced to supervise abortions in their hospital.…
TOP QC EXPOSES FLAWS IN SUNDAY TRADING PROPOSALS
John Bowers QC warns that there are serious flaws in the Government’s Sunday trading proposals EVEN IF THE GOVERNMENT had won its bid to liberalise Sunday trading, it would have…
METHODISTS CELEBRATE THE RIGHT NOT TO FIGHT
Historian Dr Jill Barber, one of the Methodist leaders involved in the 100th anniversary of the right to conscientious objection Methodists from across the country are commemorating the 100th anniversary…