Christian preacher assaulted by Islamic mob chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’ wins £10,000 pay-out after false arrest at Speakers’ Corner
A Christian preacher has won £10,000 in damages and costs from the Metropolitan Police after being arrested, strip searched and unlawfully imprisoned for wearing a Charlie Hebdo t-shirt and having her property stolen at Speakers’ Corner in London.
20 September 2024 Press OfficeFree Church bishop doorsteps pregnant woman with police after sacking vicar husband for popular free speech videos
The Rev. Brett Murphy was sacked by the Free Church of England (FCE) following a series of ‘scattershot’ allegations that left him and his family, including his pregnant wife, on the verge of homelessness.
14 September 2024 Press Office
Does God want Keir Starmer to be our Prime Minister?
Sean Redfearn looks at what the Bible has to say about God’s role in establishing rulers of nations Pontius Pilate gave in to the crowd’s wishes (Mark 15:15), and though finding no guilt in Jesus (John 18:38), he corruptly sentenced Jesus to be crucified (Matt. 27:26; Luke 23:25). Pilate was clearly not the most noble ...
19 July 2024 Articles
Responding to Manifestos for Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish parties
Our Head of Public Policy Tim Dieppe gives his assessment of the National Party manifestos for Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish parties, from a Christian perspective The Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru and the Democratic Unionist Party are fielding candidates in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively. Before the election was called, they were the ...
26 June 2024 Articles
Fake Conversions and Asylum Seekers
Our Head of Public Policy Tim Dieppe discusses how the Church can respond to sharp criticism for supporting bogus conversion claims by asylum seekers Chemical attack by Islamic asylum claimant Last week a horrific chemical attack in Clapham was carried out by an asylum seeker from Afghanistan. A woman and her two children were brutally ...
6 February 2024 Articles
Ayaan Hirsi Ali turns towards Christianity
Carys Moseley comments on the recent conversion of Ayaan Hirsi Ali to Christianity The most famous ex-Muslim in the western world, if not the entire world, has publicly declared that she has embraced Christianity. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born advocate for women and girls who left Islam having gained asylum in the Netherlands and ...
24 November 2023 Articles
Social worker’s case adjourned to test ‘minority stress theory’
An employment tribunal has adjourned the case of Christian social worker, Felix Ngole, so that expert evidence on ‘minority stress theory’ can be submitted and analysed by a UK court for the first time. Felix is taking legal action against Touchstone Support Leeds, a health care provider for the NHS, after a job offer was withdrawn ...
14 July 2023 Articles‘Minority stress theory’ to be analysed in UK court for first time in Christian freedom case
An employment tribunal has adjourned the case of Christian social worker, Felix Ngole, so that expert evidence on ‘minority stress theory’ can be submitted and analysed by a UK court for the first time.
14 July 2023 Press OfficeChristian social worker has job offer withdrawn for views on marriage
A healthcare provider withdrew a job offer to a social worker after it discovered that he held Christian beliefs on marriage and human sexuality. Felix Ngole was told by Touchstone Support Leeds that unless he could demonstrate how he would ‘embrace and promote homosexual rights’ at the organisation, the job offer would be withdrawn. The ...
10 July 2023 ArticlesNHS provider faces legal action after withdrawing job offer and telling Christian social worker you must: ‘embrace and promote LGBTQ+ rights’
A social worker has taken legal action against a health care provider for the NHS after a job offer was withdrawn following the discovery that he held Christian beliefs on marriage and human sexuality.
9 July 2023 Press Office
Christian charity paid over £20,000 compensation for bank account closures
Barclays Bank has been forced to pay over £20,000 compensation to a Christian ministry after bowing to the demands of LGBT activists by closing accounts. In July 2020, the bank notified Core Issues Trust (CIT) and the International Federation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice (IFTCC), that their banking facilities would be stopped. Barclays, a top-ranking ...
28 June 2023 ArticlesVictory for Christian charity as Barclays Bank pay out £20,000 in ‘conversion therapy’ discrimination case
Barclays Bank has been forced to pay-out over £20,000 in compensation plus legal costs after it capitulated to LGBT activists and closed a Christian ministry’s bank account in a case of viewpoint discrimination.
28 June 2023 Press Office
Bloom Review labels Christian words and practices as ‘extremist’
Dr Carys Moseley shows how a recent review labels Christian words and practices as extremist Last week Colin Bloom, the government’s Independent Faith Adviser, published his Independent Review into how government engages with faith in England. The review recommends mandatory public sector training on ‘faith literacy’ in education, prisons and probation and the Armed Forces, ...
5 May 2023 ArticlesWIN for street preacher reported to Prevent for ‘misgendering’ as judge overturns conviction
Today a Judge has overturned the conviction of a Christian street preacher who was arrested and reported to Prevent for 'misgendering' a member of the public.
9 March 2023 Press Office
Win for street preacher as ‘misgendering’ conviction overturned
A judge has overturned the conviction of a Christian street preacher who was arrested and reported to Prevent for ‘misgendering’ a member of the public. Supported by the Christian Legal Centre, Dave McConnell, 42, from Wakefield, was appealing a conviction today at Leeds Crown Court after he was arrested under section 4A of the Public ...
9 March 2023 Articles
Street preacher appeals conviction for ‘misgendering’
A Christian lettings agent who became the first street preacher to be prosecuted and reported to counter-terrorism for alleged ‘misgendering’, is set to appeal his conviction this week at Leeds Crown Court. Dave McConnell, 42, from Wakefield, was reported by the Probation Service to the government’s counter-terrorism watchdog, Prevent, after he was arrested under section 4A Public ...
7 March 2023 ArticlesFirst street preacher arrested and reported to counter-terrorism for ‘misgendering’ to appeal conviction
A Christian lettings agent who became the first street preacher to be prosecuted and reported to counter-terrorism for alleged ‘misgendering’, is set to appeal his conviction this week at Leeds Crown Court.
7 March 2023 Press OfficeMaya Forstater to give expert evidence in teacher ‘misgendering’ case
Maya Forstater, who won a landmark legal case over the freedom to say that individuals cannot change their biological sex, is set to give expert evidence at a hearing involving a teacher who faces losing their career for allegedly ‘misgendering.’
25 February 2023 Press Office
Maya Forstater to give expert evidence in teacher ‘misgendering’ case
Maya Forstater, who won a landmark legal case over the freedom to say that individuals cannot change their biological sex, is set to give expert evidence at a hearing involving a teacher who faces losing their career for allegedly ‘misgendering.’ In January, Joshua Sutcliffe, 32, who is being supported by the Christian Legal Centre, faced ...
25 February 2023 Articles
Synod member reported by bishop for ‘hate crime’
A member of the Church of England’s General Synod was reported by his bishop to the police for allegedly causing ‘offence’ over promoting a Biblical view of sex and gender. The Bishop of Coventry capitulated to pressure from LGBT campaigners by reporting lay member of Synod, Sam Margrave, to the police for an alleged ‘hate ...
1 February 2023 ArticlesSynod member reported to police for ‘hate crime’ for campaigning against Queer Theory and sexualisation of children
The Bishop of Coventry has capitulated to pressure from LGBT campaigners by reporting a lay member of the Church of England’s general synod to the police for an alleged ‘hate crime.’
1 February 2023 Press Office
Christian teacher could lose career for alleged ‘misgendering’
This week, the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) is seeking to remove a high-performing Christian teacher from the profession for allegedly ‘misgendering’ a pupil who self-identified as a ‘boy’. Supported by the Christian Legal Centre, Joshua Sutcliffe, 32, from London, faces a series of allegations before the TRA’s professional conduct panel in Coventry from 9 to 13 ...
11 January 2023 ArticlesChristian teacher faces losing career for alleged ‘misgendering’ and critiquing Islam on YouTube
This week, the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) is seeking to remove a high-performing Christian teacher from the profession for allegedly ‘misgendering’ a pupil who self-identified as a ‘boy’.
11 January 2023 Press Office
Diwali, dechristianisation, and the nation
Joe Boot writes on the spiritual significance and practicalities of having a Hindu Prime Minister of a constitutionally Christian nation. This article was originally published by the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity. It has been a chaotic and unsettling year in the United Kingdom socially and politically. Several Chancellors and Prime Ministers have slunk in ...
2 December 2022 Articles