British Isles
Praying for Jehovah’s Witnesses
18 Mar 2016
A knock on the door and an inconvenient visit are often our only encounters with Jehovah's Witnesses, but Jesus loves them deeply and unconditionally. Do we love them too? Though they identify themselves as ‘Christian,’ Witnesses…
Affordable accommodation needs
18 Mar 2016
The organisation Housing Justice is the national voice of Christian action in the field of housing and homelessness. They believe that human dignity is challenged by the lack of decent housing; so they support night shelters,…
Staff at a nursery school threatened to refer a four-year-old boy to a de-radicalisation programme after he drew pictures which they thought showed his father making a ‘cooker bomb’. The child’s drawing actually depicted his father…
Christianity pushed to the margins in UK
11 Mar 2016
Many people seem to be looking out for themselves; too many people have to be paid to care. Half a generation of children are growing up without a father. Some children are lured into promiscuity. The…
Pray for Christians in the media
11 Mar 2016
Many journalists don’t have much time for Christians and vice versa. The media subculture and church communities hardly intersect. It can be tough for Christians in the media. Shift work makes any sort of regular commitment…
Christian magistrate removed from office
11 Mar 2016
Christian magistrate Richard Page was removed from office by Michael Gove, the Lord Chancellor, after sharing his personal convictions in a BBC interview on 12 March 2015. Richard Page said, ‘My responsibility as a magistrate, as…