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Christian Concern responds to Conservative manifesto

The Conservative manifesto, released over the weekend, contains no policy proposals on liberalising abortion, gender self-declaration, or no-fault divorce. This sets the Conservatives apart from the other two main parties, both of which have extreme proposals on abortion and gender self-declaration, and both of which propose to introduce unilateral destruction of families through no-fault divorce. ...

28 November 2019   Press Office

Appeasement, compromise and silence in a D-Day for the Church

Wilberforce Academy Director, Dr Joe Boot, comments on the state of the nation and where we have gone since the Britain of the 1930s and 40s. Sadly, he says, with eroding freedoms and emptying churches, “the heart and soul of the nation [has become] disease-ridden, on life-support and on the edge of extinction.” How will ...

14 June 2019   Articles

Tim Farron’s resignation shows ‘totalitolerance of illiberal elite’

Tim Farron's resignation as leader of the Liberal Democrats "demonstrates that Christians are simply not tolerated by the illiberal elite", says Andrea Williams.

15 June 2017   Press Office

Freedom of speech

We promote the freedom to speak of Jesus Christ and his pattern for life, and to express beliefs and viewpoints to which some people object.

25 May 2019   Current Issues

Oluwole Ilesanmi

Oluwole was arrested, then taken several miles by police and left without means to get home, after street preaching in north London.

1 April 2019   Cases

Government refuses to say evangelism isn’t hate speech

Tim Dieppe comments on this week’s House of Lord’s debate on religious hate speech. Lord Pearson asked an oral question in the House of Lords this week: “To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether section 29J of the Public Order Act 1986 remains in force, and if so, what is the basis in statute for the ...

7 December 2018   Articles

Share your experience of life as a Christian in the UK today

The All-Party Parliamentary Group, Christians in Parliament are running an inquiry into ‘Being a Christian in the UK Today’. The group is concerned with what it is like to live as a Christian in the UK in 2018, and there is scope for churches or organisations to respond as well as individuals. What is it ...

6 December 2018   Articles

Scotland’s alarming hate posters

Tim Dieppe discusses posters used in a hate crime awareness campaign by the Scottish Government and Scottish Police. The Scottish Government and the Scottish Police, under the banner One Scotland, are running a hate crime awareness campaign. The campaign consists primarily of posters addressing ‘Bigots’, ‘homophobes’, ‘transphobes’, and others, and signed ‘Yours, Scotland’. David Robertson ...

12 October 2018   Articles

Pastor Oluwole Ilesanmi acquitted of hate speech

A Christian street preacher has been acquitted of using ‘threatening and abusive language’ whilst preaching in Wood Green, London. Pastor Oluwole Ilesanmi, aged 62, had been charged concerning a sermon that he preached on 24 June 2017, when a Muslim and two political activists pressed charges when he criticised the Quran. Although he was charged ...

20 December 2017   Articles

Peer fears evangelism could be hate crime

Lord Pearson of Rannoch has said that that he fears that telling other people about Christianity could soon become a hate crime. In an interview with Premier Radio, Lord Pearson said that free speech is being eroded by hate crime legislation. Last week, in a debate on freedom of speech and the definition of hate crime, ...

13 December 2017   Articles

The Challenge of Islam in the UK

Tim Dieppe writes about the challenge of Islam in the UK, asking how the church should respond. This article was originally published in the Affinity Social Issues Bulletin for November 2017. The Influence of Islam The fastest growing religion in the UK At the last census in 2011, there were 2.7m Muslims in the UK, ...

22 November 2017   Articles

Tim Farron’s resignation shows ‘totalitolerance of illiberal elite’

Tim Farron’s resignation as leader of the Liberal Democrats “demonstrates that Christians are simply not tolerated by the illiberal elite”, says Andrea Williams. In his resignation statement, Farron said that to be leader of the Liberal Democrats and “to live as a committed Christian…felt impossible” to him. He added, “we are kidding ourselves if we ...

15 June 2017   Articles

University ‘thought police’ remove student from social work course

Andrea Williams comments on Felix Ngole’s case and its wide-reaching ramifications for the freedoms of Christians in all areas of public life. Felix Ngole puts another face to the increasing alienation of Christians from the public square. In 2016 he was expelled from the University of Sheffield for expressing support for the biblical view of ...

26 April 2017   Articles

Judge censors Bible for public preaching

A Christian street preacher has been convicted of a Public Order offence for using the wrong Bible verse in a public conversation with a man who identifies as homosexual. But the preacher was acquitted of two other Public Order charges. Unusual judgment In a highly unusual judgment, Michael Overd, who regularly preaches on the streets ...

24 March 2015   Articles

Teacher to appeal professional ban for not using preferred pronouns

A Christian maths teacher who was found guilty of ‘misgendering’ a female student who identified as a boy and was subsequently banned indefinitely by the Secretary of State for Education, is set to appeal the ruling. In May 2023, Mr Joshua Sutcliffe, 32, who is being supported by the Christian Legal Centre, was banned by ...

22 January 2024   Articles

Christian teacher to appeal professional ban for not using preferred pronouns in classroom

A Christian maths teacher who was found guilty of ‘misgendering’ a female student who identified as a boy and was subsequently banned indefinitely by the Secretary of State for Education, is set to appeal the ruling.

21 January 2024   Press Office

The spectre of Londonistan

Head of Public Policy Tim Dieppe looks at Hamas-supporting marches in London It is now one month since the brutal and horrific terrorist attacks on innocent Israeli civilians by Hamas operatives. Every Saturday since then, around tens of thousands of Muslims have gathered to march through London in protest at what is happening in Gaza. ...

8 November 2023   Articles

Stephen Green

Christian preacher Stephen Green faces prosecution for holding a sign with a Bible verse in an abortion clinic ‘buffer zone’

16 October 2023   Cases

Meet the Christians who have fought transgender ideology

Communications Manager Paul Huxley on the Christians who’ve been on the frontlines of opposing transgender ideology As society begins to realise the harm that has been caused by radical transgender ideology, more commentators and pundits are raising their voices to side with ‘gender critical’ feminists. For example, Andrew Neil recently said he’s proud to be ...

7 August 2023   Articles

Christian teacher banned by Education Secretary for calling a female pupil “her”

In an outcome believed to be the first of its kind, a Christian maths teacher has been banned by the Secretary of State for Education for “bringing the profession into disrepute” for not using the preferred pronouns of a female student who identified as a boy. A Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) professional conduct panel has, ...

23 May 2023   Articles

Police apologise and award Christian evangelist £10,000 for arrests

The Metropolitan Police has apologised and admitted it ‘fell below standards’ following two wrongful arrests of a female Christian evangelist at Speakers’ Corner, London. Supported by the Christian Legal Centre, Hatun Tash, a well-known Christian evangelist who regularly critiques and debates the Qur’an and Islam at Speakers’ Corner, has also received £10,000 in compensation and costs after challenging the ...

21 October 2022   Articles

Police apologise and award Christian evangelist £10,000 for Speakers’ Corner arrests

The Metropolitan Police has apologised and admitted it ‘fell below standards’ following two wrongful arrests of a female Christian evangelist at Speakers’ Corner, London.

21 October 2022   Press Office

Liz Truss is the new Prime Minister: let’s look at what this means

Dr Carys Moseley looks at the record of the new Prime Minister on some key moral issues Liz Truss was announced as the new Prime Minister on Monday, having won a slim majority of 57.4% of the votes to become Conservative party leader. The important question now is, what does this mean in Christian terms? ...

9 September 2022   Articles

Andrew Sathiyavan

Andrew was arrested on Easter Sunday 2020 after being told by the police that preaching the gospel was 'not allowed.'

23 May 2022   Cases
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