This is how the 'Christian vote' now looks
During the run up to May’s General Election, we had a few polls that attempted to gauge what the Christian vote would look like. Carrying out such an exercise…
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Laudato Si – Pope Francis gives a timely gift to humanity
Two momentous events happened yesterday: the Vatican finally discovered PowerPoint and the Pope (or at least the person in charge of his Twitter account) proved that he had mastered the use of social media sufficiently to grab people’s attention…
ISIS one year on: Christianity brings hope in the midst of suffering
Exactly one year ago tomorrow, Islamic extremists calling themselves ISIS (/ISIL/Islamic State) seized control of Mosul and its surrounding provinces following the rapid capitulation of the Iraqi military. In the…
A Christian vision for a restored economy
Is it just me or has anyone else got to the point where they just want to get to May 7th and move on to the next step of…
Nigeria unites in the war against Boko Haram
This is a guest post by Katie Harrison – Tearfund‘s Head of Communications. Katie tweets at @KatieHarrisonTF _______________________ Last year, I was working in Zambia, on a trip which involved long road…
'Those Who Show Up' – every church leader should read this book
Last week's Faith in Politics report by the Evangelical Alliance gave an interesting if somewhat predictable snapshot of Evangelical Christians' views on politics and their likely voting intentions. The…
Climate change is not simply an issue of ecology, but also of injustice
This is a guest post by Joe Ware - Christian Aid's Church and Campaigns Journalist. _______________________ This week we witnessed a minor political miracle. Less than three months from what…
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…