Articles
Wednesday, 06 May 2015 01:00
Methodist, CofE, Catholics and Quakers - energy and climate justice
The Methodist Church has deep roots in UK mining and manages £1.1bn of investments for charities and pension funds. Under a new climate policy announced this week, those funds could exclude investment in coal used for power…
Wednesday, 06 May 2015 01:00
Muslim and Gay prayer services in churches
A leading liberal clergyman (Rev Giles Goddard, vicar of St John's Waterloo) who had defended his right to offer services of thanksgiving for gay weddings and hold a full Muslim prayer service in his church has…
Wednesday, 06 May 2015 01:00
Praying for the next government
To those of us within the UK: we have the responsibility of standing guard in prayer over the whole process that will now roll out on this Election Day and beyond - what a privilege! Use…
Wednesday, 06 May 2015 01:00
God bless Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
The Duchess of Cambridge had an 8lbs 3 oz baby girl at 8.34 am last Saturday. Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge is the fourth in line to the throne. Her great-grandmother has held, and…
Wednesday, 06 May 2015 01:00
Australia: Planned closure of indigenous communities
Christianity has influenced Aboriginal spirituality in many ways and many Aboriginal people are Christians. Prior to invasion Aboriginal people owned all of Australia but courts today successfully turned down their land claims. This week there's been…
Wednesday, 06 May 2015 01:00
North Korea: Willing to be martyrs for national freedom
While speaking at a North Korea Freedom Week forum on Capitol Hill, the first North Korean defector to be ordained as a Methodist minister asserted that Korean Christians not only want to topple the regime of…