Show Up: we need God's vision for the future of politics
Just in case anyone wasn't paying attention to Twitter yesterday, Christians in Politics - which is the umbrella group of Christians on the Left, the Conservative Christian Fellowship and…
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The Times takes another swipe at the Archbishop of Canterbury
Reasoned criticism of the Church of England is always welcome: as a human institution it boasts of no perfection; as a provisional branch of the Catholic Church it makes no claim to eschatological fulfilment; as a temporal organisation it…
Government immigration clampdown targets Christian organisations
If you ask any Church of England vicar what the least favourite aspect of their job is, there's a good chance that it won't be dealing with random people…
Christianity is the key to foodbank success – it must not be suppressed
It's been interesting reading through many of the media articles following the parliamentary launch of Feeding Britain. There have been plenty of them, that's for sure; the Church of…
The myth of the undeserving poor
Unlike most Christian initiatives, this week's Feeding Britain report on poverty and foodbank use has whipped up a media storm filling up plenty of column inches and broadcast minutes. And it…
Why doesn't Welby demand abolition of the Common Agricultural Policy?
"I have seen the hunger that stalks our country... it shocks me more than Africa," writes the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Mail on Sunday. In a lucid piece…
Welby's moral vision moves another step forward
Throughout this week, BBC Radio 4’s afternoon flagship news and current affairs programme PM has been running a series of features on the existing state of the jobs market…
21 bishops now demand aid and asylum for Iraqi Christians
It is, sadly, now too late to save Mosul. But there is a further letter in today's Times demanding Government action to aid or offer asylum to the persecuted, suffering…