King Charles delivers his woke Christmas Message 2025
King Charles III has taken on a significant new role, becoming patron of the Community Security Trust, the organisation responsible for monitoring antisemitism and protecting Jewish communities across Britain.
The announcement, made during the charity’s annual fundraising dinner, marks a clear and public stance from the monarch in support of a community facing increasing hostility. It also signals a broader commitment to confronting antisemitism at a national level.
The decision reflects the King’s longstanding support for interfaith engagement and social cohesion. His record has consistently emphasised dialogue between different faiths and the promotion of mutual respect.
According to the Community Security Trust , the monarch’s decision to accept the patronage reflects “His Majesty’s long-standing support for the UK’s Jewish community and the wider fight against antisemitism”.
This development, while part of a broader review of royal patronages, reinforces the importance of unity in a time of growing division. How it sits with His Majesty’s promotion of Islam, whose scriptures command the murder of Jews, is a question only he can answer. (See previous articles below)
Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Ephesians 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
The announcement comes during a particularly difficult period for Britain’s Jewish population, with concerns over antisemitic incidents continuing to rise.
It follows a serious arson attack in Golders Green, where vehicles belonging to a Jewish volunteer ambulance service were set on fire in the early hours. The incident, now being treated as a hate crime, caused significant damage and heightened fears within the community.
In this context, the King’s support carries added significance, offering reassurance at a time of increased vulnerability.
The role represents more than ceremonial backing—it underscores the importance of standing against hatred and ensuring that all communities are protected.
At a time when tensions are rising, such leadership highlights the enduring need for justice, accountability, and the protection of human dignity.
Psalm 9:9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
The Bible Society has retracted its claims that there is a quiet revival of Christianity in Britain based on a faulty and unreliable YouGov survey.
What was described as a “quiet revival” of Christianity led by Gen Z and younger adults offered a glimpse of renewed spiritual hunger in Britain.
For years, church decline had dominated the narrative. Yet emerging data suggested something different: a generation beginning to rediscover faith, community, and purpose.
Even as questions have been raised about the accuracy of the figures, the wider message endures,there are signs that people, particularly the young, are turning back to the Church in search of something deeper.
The polling, carried out by YouGov, had found churchgoing rose by 50 per cent between 2018 and 2024, led by Gen Z and younger adults. This equated to an estimated two million more people attending church.
The Church of England championed the report with much fanfare, repeatedly citing it in its research, publications and sermons.
Even Dame Sarah Mullally, the newly enthroned Archbishop of Canterbury, alluded to it in her first presidential address to the General Synod, the Church of England’s lawmaking body, in February.
She said: “There are early indications of a rise in attendance and participation having continued over the last year. Of course, we must be cautious. These are early figures, but the trend is clear.
“People are returning to the Church. They are finding a welcome, friendship, community, meaning and purpose. And we rejoice with God in these green shoots of hope.”
Representing The Cross
Paul Robinson, who leads the Christian charity Release International, will carry the cross up the peak | FACEBOOK
Meanwhile, the leader of a Christian charity is preparing for an extraordinary act of faith where he will carry the cross to the top of England’s tallest mountain.
Paul Robinson, who leads the Christian charity Release International, has been undertaking rigorous training ahead of the Light Walk, during which he intends to haul a wooden cross to the peak of Scafell Pike.
Mr Robinson says his endeavour aims to demonstrate unity with Christians facing persecution across the globe.
The event will see him trek through darkness with the timber structure, reaching the 978-metre summit as the sun rises.
He added his journey represents a physical expression of support for believers who cannot worship freely.
A team of volunteers will accompany Mr Robinson on the demanding nocturnal ascent, which typically requires between three and four hours to complete.
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READ: Isa 26:2; 1Sam 13:14; Judges 10:13; Psa 9:17; Numb 32:23; Jer 26:13; 2Chr 7:14.
PRAY: Thank God for the King and for the grace to stand for the right cause.
Pray for revival in our country.
Pray that God will protect vulnerable communities from hatred, falsehood, and harm, and that justice will not be compromised by cultural or political pressure.
Pray for wisdom and discernment for leaders, authorities, and institutions, that they will uphold justice without bias and stand firmly against all forms of injustice.
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Steve Bucknell (centre) at the 'mayor-making' service in All Saints Church, Royal Wootton Bassett
Steve Bucknell (centre) at the ‘mayor-making’ service in St Bartholomew & All Saints Church, Royal Wootton Bassett
The Tory Mayor of a town council in rural England has said Christian influence in politics is “abhorrent”.
Steve Bucknell, town mayor of Royal Wootton Bassett Town Council, told The Telegraphit was “abhorrent” that Christian organisations and religion were “trying to influence politics”.
Council wants to fly transgender flag
The outburst comes after criticism of the town council for submitting a planning application to Wiltshire council to fly the pro-transgender ‘progress pride’ flag near the town’s war memorial.
Veterans laying wreaths at the War Memorial in Royal Wootton Bassett. Stock Photo
The positioning of the flag by the Wiltshire town’s Cenotaph has been called “disrespectful” to veterans, with the council accused of “virtue signalling”.
Royal Wootton Bassett has an association with the armed forces, especially since the bodies of more than 350 Armed Forces personnel killed in Afghanistan were repatriated through the town from RAF Lyneham between 2007 and 2011.
One local said on social media that the council was “wasting money on woke c–p and sexual propaganda”, while another said: “It’s a flag that only represents a small minority of the country and excludes the majority. Only flags of towns, counties and countries should be flown.”
Violation of political neutrality
The Christian Legal Centre (CLC) claims the town council plan constitutes a violation of political neutrality laws under the Local Government Act 1986 and is vulnerable to legal action.
Andrea Williams of Christian Legal Centre
Andrea Williams, CLC’s chief executive, told The Telegraph: “It is deeply inappropriate to fly the progressive flag next to a war memorial, particularly in a town with such a profound military heritage. The cenotaph is a place of solemn remembrance for those who gave their lives in service to the nation, not a platform for contemporary political messaging.”
Mrs Williams added: “Section 2 of the Local Government Act 1986 prohibits local authorities from publishing material that promotes a politically controversial viewpoint.
“Flying the Progressive Pride flag in this context is not an act of neutrality but one of political endorsement. That makes the decision open to judicial review.”
‘Divisive, insensitive and illegal’
Christian Voice National Director Stephen Green outside Parliament
Stephen Green, national director of Christian Voice, was also quoted in the Telegraph. He added: “From NHS trusts to the police, schools, local authorities, politicians, civil servants, even the Crown Estate, it’s as if the whole establishment has fallen under a transgender spell from the pit of hell itself.
“It’s not only divisive, politically insensitive and illegal, but it’s an assault on truth and the created order, and shows how out of touch with both reality and ordinary decent people are those who lead us.
“I think they hope that by banging in about transgenderism with their Progress Pride flag, they hope to browbeat us all into acceptance so it’s no longer seen as a contentious issue.
“Well, dream on, because people are not as stupid as those in high office. I just pray they will all be booted out at the next opportunity.”
Ed Rimmer, the leader of the Reform UK group on Wiltshire council, told The Telegraph: “I think it [the Progress Pride flag] being centralised in a town on a public flagpole is not the right thing or suitable.” Wiltshire council planning officials say the flag is considered an advertisement, is not a recognised national or celebratory flag, and requires planning permission under the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007.
Fiona McAnena of Sex Matters
Fiona McAnena, director of campaigns at Sex Matters, the sex-based rights charity, said: “The people of this town are known for paying their respects to members of the armed forces who have died in service. It is obscene for the council to push its virtue-signalling ‘rainbow’ agenda into this solemn place.
“Many think that the Progress Pride flag represents kindness and inclusion when in reality it stands for the erosion of safeguarding, and the undermining of women’s and gay rights, as well as harmful practices in the name of ‘gender medicine’.
“Wiltshire council needs to reject this application and set a standard for local authorities in standing up to the noisy minority who think this will reflect well on the township of Royal Wootton Bassett.”
‘We honour those who serve’?
The motto of Royal Wootton Bassett Town Council: is ‘We honour those who serve’. But their proposed flag will honour those who spit in the face of God.
The council appears to be Liberal Democrat controlled, with many councillors elected unopposed. However, Mr Bucknell was the Conservative Party Candidate when he was elected in 2021, and then decided he was ‘independent’ when re-elected in 2025.
St Bartholomew & All Saints Church, Royal Wootton Bassett
Stephen Green said: ‘Mr Bucknell was happy enough with Christian influence in politics when his Mayor Making Ceremony took place at St Bartholomew & All Saints Church in Royal Wootton Bassett on Thursday 15th May 2025.
‘But now he cannot cope when Christians criticise him for antichristian, woke policies, calling it “abhorrent” when Christian organisations and the Christian faithful exercise their prophetic voice. Then we are: “trying to influence politics”.
‘Flying the “progress pride” flag is to align the council with perverted men muscling in on women’s spaces and women’s sports and evil medics and surgeons medicalising and mutilating disturbed young people going through puberty who have fallen for lies on social media telling them they are the wrong sex, or “gender”. How can we remain silent in the face of such evil?
Mayor rejecting UK Christian foundation
‘For a Conservative, or whatever he is now, mayor to reject the Christian foundation of our United Kingdom and to deny the spiritual dimension and the authority of King Jesus shows the depth of the problem facing our nation.
‘If it is “abhorrent” when Christian organisations and religion are “trying to influence politics” that means Christian input is excluded from the public square, in a constitutionally-Christian nation. Secularists might argue that makes laws ‘neutral’, but seen through a spiritual lens, if laws no longer come from the throne of grace, they will arise from the pit of hell.
‘Our politicians simply cannot go on expecting to solve the challenges of a nation under judgment in their own strength.’
Christians cannot remain silent
The Lord told the prophet Isiaiah: Isa 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
And when the Lord’s people follow that command, the prophet Amos explains what happens: Amos 5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
To the wicked, then, we are abhorrent. But the Lord Jesus told his disciples: John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
And why did ‘the world’, the ungodly, hate him? John 7:7b … me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Pray for true leaders
Pray for able, humble, God-fearing, men of truth and honesty to be found in our land to lead us at this time when oppressive wokeness, antisemitism and Islamic ambition stalk our land. Pray the Lord will raise up leaders who will choose life, not death, when our Christian heritage is under attack from today’s unholy alliance of secularists, godless leftists and Muslims.
The Bible lays down this challenge to leaders in every age: Deut 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
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Stephen Green on 6th February 2023 outside Marie Stopes abortion facility in Mattock Lane, Ealing.
Two years on, and a judge has refused to allow Christian Voice National Director Stephen Green to appeal his conviction under ‘Buffer Zone’ legislation in February 2024 by Uxbridge Magistrates for standing in front of the Marie Stopes abortion facility in Mattock Lane, Ealing, in February 2023, displaying a Bible verse:
Psalm 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
(‘Reins’ is an old expression for ‘kidneys’ or ‘insides’, The quote is from the King James Bible, the one presented to King Charles at his coronation).
Mr Justice Mansfield agreed with the Crown Court judge that it was not necessary to look at the actual circumstances of the case. The mere fact that Stephen was there was enough to walk all over his right to express his religion by standing with a Bible verse in a public place.
In October 2024 Judge Hammerton of Isleworth Crown Court agreed with the Magistrates. Advocate Michael Phillips from Christian Legal Centre immediately filed a judicial review of the Crown Court decision in what is known as a ‘Case Stated’. Naturally, Isleworth Crown Court refused to consider the Case Stated. Mr Phillips then filed the papers direct with the High Court.
The High Court refused on papers and again in the hearing on Thursday 12th February 2026. We now appeal that decision direct to the Court of Appeal in London on papers. If they refuse, then the last option is to go to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. An appellant must exhaust all domestic remedies before appealing to the ECHR.
Stephen Green said: ‘I look forward to my conviction being quashed on appeal. In the end, these buffer zones must be ruled unlawful and Christian freedom of expression upheld in this realm.’ But the first step is for the judge to approve my application for an appeal. That is what the hearing is about on 12th Feb.
If you cannot be there in London tomorrow, please pray for justice to be done!
Magistrate’s Verdict & Costs Order
Stephen harassed nobody, nor did he mention abortion. Nevertheless, District Judge Kathryn Verghis ruled that by holding the sign he was guilty of protesting by ‘engaging in an act of approval/disapproval, with respect to issues related to abortion services’.
Judge Verghis said that although the PSPO curtailed his human rights, it was necessary and proportionate to stop what she, and prosecuting barrister Ellis Sareen, accepted was an entirely peaceful protest by Mr Green. Mr Sareen acknowledged there was no evidence of any ‘service user’ suffering any detriment on the day and that the poster was only ‘an oblique reference’ to abortion.
The judge declined to fine Mr Green, the maximum for the offence being £1000, instead giving him a 12-month conditional discharge. Judge Verghis also ordered the preacher to pay Ealing Council prosecution costs of £2600. That was half what they were demanding, by the grace of God and favour from the judge, but still a considerable amount.
Micah 2:1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Appeal to Crown Court
On 29th and the 30th October 2024 Stephen appealed against his conviction in Uxbridge Magistrates Court to the Crown Court at Isleworth in South West London.
Judge Alistair Hammerton upheld the magistrates’ court conviction and sentence.
This time, Ealing asked for costs of £7,536.50. In what must be seen as a punitive order, Judge Hammerton granted the costs in full and allowed no time to pay.
READ: Gen 4:8-10, 14:16; Deut 27:25; 1Sam 30:18; Prov 6:16-17; Eccl 11:5; Isa 59:7; Matt 18:10; Luke 12:11-12; Eph 6:13-19.
PRAY: For the High Court to agree to hear Stephen’s appeal. For courage for Stephen, eloquence for Michael, favour with the judge.
WRITE: To your MP at House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA or email him/her from the MP list below. Ask your MP to agree with you that Buffer Zones are an unwarranted assault on freedom of speech.
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Charles Oakley was rector of Holy Trinity Church, Wickwar in Gloucestershire.
In a significant development, the Church of England’s General Synod has formally abandoned proposals to introduce stand-alone blessing ceremonies for ‘same-sex couples’ in churches.
Although Synod voted to continue reflecting on the issue in the future, the bishops had already concluded that substantial theological and legal barriers prevent such ceremonies at present. The process exploring these proposals, following a decade of internal debate, is now effectively at an end.
This decision marks a long-awaited moment of clarity.
In 2023, after ten years of intense and often painful debate, the Church of England resolved that it would not redefine marriage to include same-sex unions, unlike other Anglican provinces such as the Scottish Episcopal Church.
Instead, it proposed “blessings” for ‘same-sex couples’, a compromise that satisfied neither theological conservatives nor campaigners seeking full liturgical recognition. A process was launched to explore how such blessings might be conducted, at a reported cost of approximately £1.6 million.
Now, that process has been halted.
For many believers, this is not a retreat, but a restoration, a recognition that Scripture cannot be reshaped by cultural pressure.
Psalm 119:89, For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
The Church’s historic teaching has always been clear: marriage is between one man and one woman.
Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Marriage is not merely a social contract, it is a divine ordinance established at creation. To introduce blessing ceremonies for relationships Scripture does not recognise as marriage would have created doctrinal contradiction, blessing what the Church has historically not affirmed. The Synod’s decision signals that biblical authority remains foundational.
Meanwhile, there was emotional testimony during the debate. Some ‘gay’ who claim to be Christians expressed deep hurt. Others warned that liberal members and ‘LGBT’ worshippers were leaving the Church.
Church leaders apologised for the pain felt “on both sides.” That acknowledgement of pastoral distress is appropriate. Christians are called to love all people with genuine compassion. But compassion must never become compromise.
Ephesians 4:15 Speaking the truth in love.
The Church’s calling is not to mirror the culture, but to bear witness to truth, graciously, patiently, and without hostility.
It is encouraging that Bishops recognised there are theological and legal obstacles to proceeding. In effect, they acknowledged that the Church cannot invent new rites without undermining its doctrinal foundations.
The Anglican formularies, the Bible is not ambiguous on the nature of marriage. To move beyond them would not be development, but departure. A Church untethered from Scripture becomes indistinguishable from the age in which it lives.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Britain needs a Church that stands on Scripture, not shifting sand.
Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock.
May this decision mark not the end of a process, but the beginning of renewed confidence in God’s Word, renewed commitment to biblical marriage, and renewed courage to proclaim truth with both clarity and grace.
SNP spent more than £1m of taxpayer money on defending gender self-ID
The Scottish National Party has spent more than £1.1 million of taxpayers’ money pursuing and defending legal arguments that biologically male transgender individuals should be defined as women in law.
According to the Telegraph, more than £550,000 was spent contesting the landmark 2025 Supreme Court ruling on gender. A further £550,000 was incurred in two additional court battles relating to gender self-identification policy. These sums do not include further legal costs tied to ongoing litigation concerning prison placement policies.
At a time when public services face strain and families struggle with rising costs, the expenditure of over £1 million defending an ideological position raises serious questions about stewardship.
Public funds are not political playthings. They are entrusted resources.
1 Corinthians 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
The Supreme Court Ruling — Biology Affirmed
For Women Scotland (FWS), the feminist group that challenged the legislation, secured a decisive victory in April 2025. The Supreme Court ruled that the term “woman” under the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological female.
The refusal to accept biological distinctions places women at risk, particularly in custodial environments.
Meanwhile, Tess White, Scottish Conservatives’ shadow equalities minister, accused the Government of squandering public money on what she termed a “reckless and unlawful” policy.
For Women Scotland has now confirmed that a “full and final settlement” has been reached regarding its costs. The recovered funds will support ongoing legal action to ensure compliance with the law.
The Scottish Government was subsequently required to reimburse FWS £392,500 in legal costs. When combined with its own legal expenses, the total cost to the public purse exceeded £550,000 for that case alone.
Despite this judicial clarity, additional legal battles followed. The Court of Session had already ruled in 2022 that the Scottish Government exceeded its devolved powers when legislating that transgender women should count as women in measures designed to increase female representation on public boards. That ruling cost a further £216,182.50. The repetition of legal defeat did not halt further spending.
Genesis 1:27 Male and female created he them.
Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
The Self-ID Veto and Continued Costs
A separate legal challenge was mounted against the UK Government’s veto of Nicola Sturgeon’s gender self-ID legislation. That proposal would have allowed individuals to change their legal gender through statutory declaration alone.
The petition for judicial review was lost. The legal bill reached £370,474, including £170,000 in UK Government costs.
Even more concerning is ongoing litigation regarding the placement of biologically male transgender prisoners in women’s prisons — a case that could add further cost to the taxpayer. The pattern is clear: defeat, appeal, defeat again — and escalating public expense.
Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
Stewardship, Truth, and the Role of Government
The Scottish Government has stated that it accepts the Supreme Court ruling and is undertaking necessary work to comply.
Yet acceptance after repeated defeat does not erase the financial and societal cost. Government exists to uphold order and justice — not to redefine created reality. When ideology supersedes biological truth, legal coherence unravels.
Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Canada school shooter was transgender teenager
A school shooter who killed eight people during a rampage in a remote part of Canada has been identified as a transgender teenager.
Jesse Van Rootselaar, who was born male but identified as female, shot and killed his mother and brother at home on Tuesday before killing five students and one teacher at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia.
Van Rootselaar, 18, opened fire on police when they arrived and “rounds were fired in their direction”, said Dwayne McDonald, deputy commissioner of the British Columbia Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Van Rootselaar, who police had earlier described as a “gunperson” wearing a dress, died at the school. He was not a student at the time of the shooting.
According to police, the killer began transitioning six years ago.
The death toll was downgraded from ten to nine on Wednesday afternoon. Police said they mistakenly reported a female victim as dead after she was airlifted to hospital in serious condition.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness.
READ: Gen 1:27;Gen 1:27; Exod 18:21; Lev 19:35-37; Isa 45:9-10, 45:9-10; 2 Chron 7:14; Psalm 9:17; 144:15; Prov 14:34; Matt 9:12; John 17:17; Rom 3:13; 1 Tim 3:2-4
PRAY:Pray that God will restore truth in public leadership, and turn the hearts. Pray for Repentance and Godly Conviction. Pray for Protection of God’s Design for Humanity
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Sir David Bell of Common Purpose - right behind Sir Brian Leveson (r)
Sir David Bell of Common Purpose – right behind Sir Brian Leveson (r)
The antics of a sinister left-of-centre freemasonry need consideration by those of us concerned about the elite and the quangocracy. But scripture can encourage us in our prayer.
In November 2012, Richard Pendlebury, an investigative journalist on the Daily Mail, put together a series of articles on the activities and people behind a shadowy elitist training school called ‘Common Purpose’:
Common Purpose runs expensive leadership courses mainly for public sector employees, largely because only the public sector can afford its fees of £5,000 for a week’s attendance.
Richard Pendlebury
One cannot always trust what the Daily Mail says, and in attacking those campaigning for restrictions on the press, it can be accused of fighting its own corner as the Leveson Report looms rather than exposing chicanery in high places.
Nevertheless, Mr Pendlebury is an award-winning journalist and his articles are replete with well-researched links between personnel and based on documents and statements in the public sphere. Chief among the people identified is Sir David Bell, a top fixer in the Leveson Enquiry and a trustee of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which falsely linked Lord McAlpine to the Wrexham paedophile scandal. Sir David is indeed a trustee of the Common Purpose Charitable Trust, whose purpose statement claims: ‘Our educational courses give people the inspiration, skills and connections to become better leaders.’
Common Purpose International is linked by personnel to the Common Purpose Charitable Trust and aims to establish Common Purpose operating organisations in countries outside the UK. It says ‘All Common Purpose operating organisations aim to give leaders the inspiration, the knowledge and the connections they need to produce real change.’
Even the Guardian’s Michael White was grudgingly appreciative of the ‘Mail’ article and Richard Pendlebury, writing: ‘Bell is a good Mail target because he’s highly visible in the octopus as a former Social Democrat party member and ex-chairman of Pearsons with links to other quango-crats named by the paper.’
The idea of constant or nebulous ‘change’ with no qualification or explanation or what it entails is a Marxist concept within which the Common Purpose websitefeels right at home. Common Purpose graduates acquire skills in ‘group dynamics’ equipping them to manipulate meetings. EDI features heavily. There again, an elitism present in Common Purpose is exemplified in its constant assertion that it provides ‘connections’. Certainly its Chief Executive, Julia Middleton, has become extremely well-connected to the liberal establishment through Common Purpose. She is director and company secretary of the Media Standards Trust, financial backers of the ‘Hacked Off” campaign and no end of feminist groups. In 1994, she helped set up the left-of-centre think-tank Demos. Look for a comment by ‘The Trician’ about her here. She is married to the equally well-connected financier Rupert Middleton.
Julia Middleton – ‘the best-connected woman you’ve never heard of’.
While campaigning for transparency elsewhere, the Common Purpose website has a password-protected inner core and refuses to publish a list of its ‘graduates’. But they include some 35,000 mainly public-sector employees, journalists, police officers – the Met spent tens of thousands of pounds on Common Purpose courses under Sir Ian Blair – and aspiring politicians. Nor is Common Purpose any more forthcoming – or eager to comply with company law – over disclosing the home addresses of its directors. Most of them claim to live at the Common Purpose office in Banner Street, EC1.
Common Purpose tried to blacken the name of people doing Freedom of Information searches on it, and it would not be beyond the bounds of possibility to suspect that if a group of Common Purpose graduates have the down on someone in a locality, that they could do him serious financial damage.
The most subversive aspect of the Common Purpose mindset is the one hiding in plain sight, the concept of leading ‘beyond authority’. It is even the subject of a book by Mrs Middleton. According to the Common Purpose website:
‘Many successful leaders learn to lead in roles or circumstances where they have clear authority, budget and accountability. When they move beyond this – leading peers, partners and stakeholders – the skills that brought them success may not be enough. To operate effectively they need a different approach to leadership – the ability to Lead Beyond Authority.’
What that means is that CP people are trained to interfere in matters which are not their responsibility in order to effect the changes in policy (EDI, etc) they want to see. Even the Guardian’s Michael White is alarmed: ‘In her book Beyond Authority, Middleton – as quoted by the Mail – writes cheerfully of using “charm and flattery” to place a “conventional useful idiot” into a job which would be a “perfect smokescreen” for a chum’s agenda. Such tactics need watching.’
The Guardian described Common Purpose as ‘well-meaning’. But what Common Purpose plot and plan is likely to benefit themselves and their pet causes first and the rest of us and righteousness a long way second. Pray that the Lord will bring their devices to naught:
Psalm 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Matt 10:26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
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A Christian councillor has come under fire for questioning whether teaching Muslim prayer practices in state schools could be linked to radicalisation, and for stating that the United Kingdom is a Christian country.
Reform UK Councillor Carl Abbot, made the remarks during a council training session on extremism.
The councillor for Glenfield Leicestershire has been accused of stigmatising a faith group and his comments labelled “Islamophobic.”
Cllr Abbot responded that his remarks were concerns, not prejudice, saying: “It really worries me in particular when we see children in primary schools being taught to pray the Muslim way. If the government is allowing this to be taught in schools, is this not a start of radicalisation of these children? Will we see a further increase in crimes, etc., as these children grow up? And I’m just wondering in the future, is this a start of something where you’re going to be overwhelmed?
I am not tarring anybody, I’m stating a concern. We are a Christian country, end of story.”
The councillor’s concerns fall within legitimate public discourse about educational content and cultural identity. Detractors, however, see his views as fear-driven and discriminatory, interpreting any critique of other religions as hostile or prejudicial.
The exchange has stirred wider debate about free speech, religious expression, and what constitutes legitimate concern versus offensive generalisation. At its heart is a question: can public figures discuss religion and the integration of faith practices in schools without being accused of intolerance?
The UK’s history and institutions have been shaped by Christian faith, even as society has become more ‘religiously diverse’, and that debate about religious influences in public life should not be shut down.
Britain is founded on institutions such as the Church of England and the Christian monarchy. Its legal system, calendar of public holidays, many of its charities, and much of its cultural ethos have long roots in Christian theology and practice. The national anthem invokes God, and the monarch is still styled as the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, a role intertwined with national identity.
Christian observances such as Christmas and Easter remain public holidays, and the majority of charitable giving in the UK is associated with Christian organisations. Churches, cathedrals, and historic religious structures dot towns and cities, and Christian ethical frameworks have historically influenced debates over law, justice, welfare, and public morality. It is therefore hypocritical to criticise a man who have chosen not to be blinded by the societal ideologies or the fallacies of diversity.
Even as religious attendance has declined in recent decades, Christianity continues to play a role in public rituals and national ceremonies. Parliamentary prayers, coronations, and state funerals remain rooted in Christian forms. The Archbishop of Canterbury continues to be a figure of national prominence, representing Anglicanism and, by extension, a historical Christian foundation.
Across education, many state schools still retain Christian reflection as part of daily assemblies or religious education, albeit in increasingly plural contexts.
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Christians targeted
Christians in the UK have increasingly reported being ‘mistakenly branded’ as hateful or disciplined for expressing beliefs grounded in their faith.
For example, a teacher in London was sacked in December 2025 for telling Muslim children that Britain is a Christian country. He also told the boys off for washing their feet in the hand wash basins in the toilets (‘restroom’ if you’re American).
He told them: ‘Britain is still a Christian state’ and observed that the King is head of the Church of England. The school suspended the teacher in March twenty-twenty-four, then sacked him.
This case illustrates the fine line Christians navigate when speaking about their own heritage and convictions.
A retired pastor from Northern Ireland faced prosecution for preaching the Gospel in an open-air Sunday service near Coleraine’s Causeway Hospital.
Despite Clive Johnston not mentioning abortion, nor directly engaging with patients or staff, the 76-year-old was charged under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act.
U-turn on plans to silence Christian preachers
On 7 March 2025, Rushmoor Borough Council sought an injunction at Aldershot and Farnham County Court that would have imposed draconian restrictions on Christian Street preachers in Aldershot and Farnborough.
Such measures, framed as public-order protections, risk chilling effect on lawful expression of faith and conscience when Christians engage openly with their communities. The Labour council was forced into a dramatic U-turn.
These cases often centre on whether traditional theological positions on sexuality, marriage, or religious identity can be expressed without crossing statutory lines, a question courts continue to wrestle with.
In its relentless pursuit of appearing “woke” and aligned with international ideological fashions, Britain has paid a grave and growing price. Under the banner of diversity and inclusion, the nation has steadily surrendered common sense, moral clarity, and the legitimate expectations of its own citizens. What was once a commitment to fairness has been distorted into an uncritical accommodation of every claim, regardless of cost or consequence.
Recently, a convicted Islamist double murderer was awarded £240,000 of public money after a High Court ruling found that his isolation in prison breached his human rights.
Fuad Awale, serving a life sentence for the execution-style killing of two teenagers in Milton Keynes, successfully claimed that being placed in solitary confinement following a hostage-taking incident caused him psychological harm.
While the protection of human dignity is a principle Christians rightly affirm, the spectacle of generous compensation being granted to a man guilty of taking innocent lives raises profound moral questions. There are several other examples out there.
Where, one must ask, is the consideration for the victims and their families? Where is the concern for the public, compelled to finance such payouts while facing rising living costs and declining public services?
Pray for forgiveness and Britain’s return to the Christ of our Christian constitution. Pray the Lord will raise up able, truthful, God-fearing men who are up to that challenge:
Exo 18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness
It is written: Psalm 33:12a Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD
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A UK jury has acquitted Christian street preacher Shaun O'Sullivan of a religiously aggravated “Islamophobia” charge, ruling that his comments were protected religious and political speech—not a hate crime.
A Christian street preacher Shaun O’Sullivan has been unanimously cleared of ‘religiously-aggravated intentional harassment’ by a Crown Court jury.
Despite the acquittal, the case leaves behind troubling questions about the state of free speech, policing, the rising power of untested ‘hate claims’ and the real harassment of preachers by His Majesty’s Constabulary.
Mr O’Sullivan, 36, supported by the Christian Legal Centre, had been charged under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. His alleged offence? Saying phrases such as “We love the Jews,” taking issue with “Jew haters,” and “Palestine lovers”, while preaching in Swindon town centre on 15 September 2024.
A Muslim family told police they felt targeted because they were wearing hijabs. Before any evidence was reviewed, a 999 call-handler immediately labelled the incident a “hate crime”, a decision made without factual basis, corroboration, or investigation.
The case was pursued during heightened tensions near the one-year anniversary of the 7 October attacks and amid frequent pro-Palestine demonstrations. Yet in court, the prosecution’s foundation crumbled:
No audio evidence. No video evidence. CCTV showing only seconds of passing contact with no confrontation. Witness accounts contradicting each other on key details.
The jury saw the truth plainly. The case should never have been brought.
This incident echoes earlier controversies in which police rapidly escalated non-criminal speech into full investigations, such as the arrest of street evangelist David Little in 2019/b> and the wrongful detention of Pastor John Sherwood in 2021, both later cleared. Each case raises the same question: Is biblical speech becoming a policed category in modern Britain?
John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgement.
A UK jury has acquitted Christian street preacher Shaun O’Sullivan of a religiously aggravated “Islamophobia” charge, ruling that his comments were protected religious and political speech, not a hate crime.
Under cross-examination by solicitor advocate Michael Phillips, the complainant conceded that:
“She had not heard the full message; Her interpretation was shaped by personal views on Gaza. She was upset partly because Mr O’Sullivan “spoke directly to us.”
The defence argued that any statements formed part of a general theological message, consistent with British traditions of public evangelism—not personal abuse.
Expert witness Dr Martin Parsons, a respected scholar of Christian and Islamic theology, delivered critical insight:
Street preaching is historically protected in British constitutional development. Criminalising religious expression undermines Articles 9, 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The alleged comments are religious opinions, not hatred. Current political climate has dangerously blurred the line between criticism of ideas and hatred of people.
He further noted theological realities often ignored in public debate, including Qur’anic verses (e.g., Q5:51) historically contributing to anti-Jewish sentiment within Islamic tradition context crucial to understanding the preacher’s message.
Meanwhile, the Crown relied almost entirely on the family’s perception, a trend increasingly seen in UK policing, where a “hate incident” can be recorded solely on the basis of subjective feeling, regardless of evidence.
2 Corinthians 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord…
Mr O’Sullivan’s own testimony moved the courtroom. Once immersed in violence and crime, he encountered Christ and everything changed. He now dedicates his life to proclaiming hope in public spaces, offering the same mercy that delivered him.
“I was once lost, but Christ changed everything,” he said after the verdict. “My heart is to share the good news and love all people. I never intended harm.”
The trial lasted six days and cost the taxpayer an estimated £20,000,a heavy price for a case without evidence.
Meanwhile, in Wales, a school was criticised and investigated for promoting evangelical Christianity to its pupils.The school was accused of ‘promoting creationism’.
This verdict joins a growing list of legal victories exposing overreach:
Hatun Tash, repeatedly arrested for preaching at Speakers’ Corner, the McArthur bakery case, a landmark UK decision on compelled speech.
Together, these cases form a pattern: Christian expression is still legal, but the pressure to silence it is mounting.
This case should serve as a wake-up call to police, lawmakers, and the British public. The principle at stake was never merely about one preacher, it was about the right of believers to speak openly, Biblically, and without fear.
If Britain continues down a path where perception outweighs evidence, political sensitivities override truth,and biblical conviction becomes treated as hostility, then the fundamental freedoms carved out by our Christian heritage will slowly erode. But for now, a vital line has held. A jury has spoken, and a preacher walks free.
The verdict reaffirms what Scripture has long taught: light drives out darkness, truth withstands accusation, and no earthly authority can silence the Gospel when God has commissioned it.
May this case strengthen the resolve of every believer who feels pressure to remain silent. May it remind the Church that public proclamation is not merely a tradition—it is a calling.
And may Britain remember the liberties it inherited before they slip quietly away.
Read and Pray: Psa 118:9; 146:3; Prov 14:34; Micah 6:8; Matthew 5:10 Rom 3:13. Pray: For street preachers. Pray for our leaders to lead in righteousness and the fear of the lord.Pray for restoration in the United Kingdom.
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More than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria.
More than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria.
Fifty of the 303 children kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria on Friday have escaped, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).
CAN has since clarified that they escaped on Friday and Saturday and have been reunited with their parents in Niger state. However, the police say they haven’t been able to confirm these reports.
A major military-led search and rescue operation is under way for the remaining 253 children and 12 teachers who remain missing.
Authorities in several Nigerian states have ordered schools to shut following the mass abduction in Niger and another smaller hostage-taking in Kebbi state on 24th November 2025 when 25 pupils were kidnapped from a boarding school.
In response to the spate of abductions, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has ordered the recruitment of an additional 30,000 police officers.
In another development, 38 people abducted from a church service in Kwara state last week were freed on Sunday, the state governor said.
Two people were killed in the attacked on Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku. Orders were given for many schools to close in states including Kebbi, Niger, Katsina, Yobe and Kwara.
There is still a lot of confusion and uncertainty in Papiri, the village in Niger state where the children were taken from.
Nigeria’s presidency responds
The Nigerian Police on duty
President Tinubu’s office said has said that all police in Very Important Persons (VIP) protection services had been redeployed to focus on core duties, especially in remote areas prone to attacks.
A report published earlier this month by the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) said more than a quarter of Nigeria’s estimated 371,000-strong police force – 100,000 – were “assigned to the protection of politicians and VIPs, rather than to tasks serving the general population”.
According to CAN, the pupils managed to escape in what is being described as a brave and risky attempt to flee their captors.
Insecurity claims refuted
Nigerian Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris Malagi has refuted president Trump, stating that while the country is indeed facing security challenges, most of the attacks are not driven by religious motives.
“Nigeria has a history of violent extremism that has created tension for us in the country, but I also want to point out that mostly they don’t discriminate between who is a Muslim or who is a Christian,” Malagi said.
“Christian communities and Muslim communities have been attacked by these extremists.”
The minister explained that claims Christians are being specifically targeted reflect a “lack of proper understanding of the diversity and complexity of the situation that we have in Nigeria”.
In a press release, the Christian organisation said: “CAN made it clear that its position on this issue has long been established and remains unchanged. Across many parts of Northern Nigeria and the Middle Belt, Christian communities have suffered repeated, organised, and brutal attacks which have left thousands dead, villages destroyed, and families displaced. These are not isolated crimes but a continuing pattern of violence that has persisted for years without justice or closure.
“However, CAN was alarmed to see a press statement reportedly issued by Barrister Bwala, titled ‘Presidency Debunks Western Christian Genocide Narrative in Dialogue with CAN Leadership.’ The report falsely suggested that the CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, dismissed or downplayed the ongoing killings by describing them as a ‘so-called Christian genocide.’”
That portrayal is completely false and grossly unfair.
President Trump’s intervention
Heightened tension continues across Nigeria following President Trump’s recent warning that the United States may consider military intervention in the North after a series of attacks that claimed the lives of several Christians.
His remarks, delivered during a briefing in Washington, have drawn mixed responses from political leaders but have also triggered strong emotions among Christian communities directly affected by the violence.
In several northern towns, church gatherings have shifted from routine worship to focused intercession and community briefings.
Christian leaders and residents say the situation has already forced families to relocate, disrupted schools and markets, and deepened fear in areas where security had been deteriorating for months.
Across the South and Middle Belt, Christians are also weighing in, some expressing relief that the crisis is finally receiving international attention, while others voice concern about possible escalation. Their reactions reflect the complexity of a country still processing the implications of both the attacks and the global response they have provoked.
“Real-life test of faith”
Are attacks on Christians in Nigeria on the rise? – BBC News Creator: Getty Images
Phillip James, a Christian man resident in Kano State Nigeria told Christian Voice: “Life in the North has always been severe, but what we face now is something altogether darker. Every sunset feels like a warning, and every distant sound makes children jump. We gather in small groups, whispering Scripture because it comforts us more than the noise in the world. Also because it is safer to keep it small and simple.
“We heard what President Trump said, but most of us here have learned not to put too much weight on speeches. Our hope is on the word of God, because once that’s the only one we can trust in our trying times.”
Meanwhile, a Christian woman, Miriam Okoro who migrated to Benue State from the Eastern part of Nigeria(Enugu) in 2007 said: “Living here as a Christian is a real-life test of faith. Our going out, coming in, sleeping, or breathing is a prayer point we hope God answers.
“I have never seen anything as dark as what I witnessed in these past few weeks. That night broke something in me, or maybe it revealed something. Yet even in the devastation, I saw a truth, the light of God still travels from house to house, carried quietly by ordinary people who refuse to give up hope. And still, I find myself asking… is it not the same God the people of the South and the East cry out to as well?
“Whether foreign soldiers come or not, I believe God sustains us through the courage of our community.”
Asked if she and her family ever thought of relocating back to the East, she told Christian Voice, “This is our home now. We have lived here all our lives, there is nothing to go back to, but the recent attacks is making us consider moving to the South, but what is the guarantee we will all get out alive?”
Another Christian Woman Joy Isa from Jos said: “We are pilgrims living on land that no longer feels like home. There’s often a feeling of pilgrimage — travelling through a land that can be both beautiful and brutal, sustained by grace and faith. Life in the North can remind a Christian that earth is not our final home, but a journey toward eternal light.”
“If intervention brings order, we will welcome it”
Churches in Nigeria have faced continuous attacks in recent time.
“The Church has gone quiet on the outside, but louder in the Spirit”, said a Pastor who spoke on the condition of anonymity for safety reasons.
Pastor A whose church is in Benue State Nigeria, added: “We no longer meet in the same place twice, and sometimes our gathering is no more than five people whispering hymns in the dark. On the outside it looks like fear, but inside there is a boldness growing a certainty that Christ walks with us. The danger has stripped away everything unnecessary and left us with pure, stubborn faith.
If intervention brings order, we will welcome it, but none of us are waiting passively. We are praying fiercely, resisting despair, and holding tightly to the truth that no power on earth can crush the Church when it prays.”
Pastor A says that in these recent months, he steps into the pulpit with a trembling heart, not out of fear of death, but because he has already made peace with the reality that any service could be his last.
“You look into the faces of your congregation and you see bravery mixed with exhaustion. Many have lost homes, loved ones, even entire communities, yet they come to worship with songs that rise like incense in the cold air.
“Trump’s declaration has sparked endless debate, but here in the North we are focused on survival and faithfulness. We do not know what tomorrow holds, so we pour everything into today, every sermon, every prayer, every moment of fellowship.”
Voices from the South
Distance does not dissolve responsibility said Evangelist Emem Ukpabio.
“Many Christians in the South think the crisis is far away, but God does not measure suffering by geography. We are sending payers and love to the North. The Scriptures teaches us that the Church is one body, and when one part bleeds, the rest must rush to bind the wound.”
Mrs Ukpabio who runs a ministry in Akwa Ibom state Nigeria (the South) added that: “We are praying not just for safety but the courage for believers to stand firm, and leaders to act with wisdom rather than pride. The North’s pain has become the nation’s burden to carry.”
Rev. Matthew Iruka said: “This is a moment when the Church must steady the nation.“Everywhere I go in the capital, people whisper about what might come next, war, intervention, collapse.
Fear is spreading faster than truth, and this is precisely when the Church must become the steadying voice. We cannot add to the panic, we must anchor people in Scripture and in hope.
Whether foreign troops arrive or not, whether politics stabilise or spiral, we must proclaim that God remains sovereign. The nation feels fragile, but the Kingdom is unshakeable.”
In the same vein, Robinson Robinson welcomed President Trump’s intervention plans, saying it reflects the urgency of the situation Christians face in the North.
Mr. Robinson said: “This is exactly the kind of action we have been praying for. We cannot deny the fact that Nigerians are being attacked in different parts of the North on a daily basis. Every week we hear of killings, kidnappings, and churches burned.
“The Christian community lives in constant fear. Fear of travelling, fear of gathering to worship, even fear of sleeping at night. If the Nigerian government cannot protect its citizens, then we need international support to stop this suffering.”
Overlapping crises
Armed conflict has been one of Nigeria’s biggest challenges since 2009, when various groups began waging war in the country’s north. The struggle grabbed international attention in April 2014, when Boko Haram — a group known for its violent campaign against Western education, kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from their dormitory in Chibok, Borno State.
Today, Nigeria faces overlapping security crises, including attacks by armed groups, bandits targeting farmers and rural communities, widespread kidnapping, separatist agitations, and deadly communal clashes between predominantly Muslim pastoral herders and mostly Christian farming communities of various ethnic groups.
Nigeria has a population of 235 million, with a presence of more than 250 ethnic groups. Fifty-three percent of Nigerians are Muslim, and 45 percent are Christian. Ongoing violence has severely impacted the economy and, because many farmers are unable to farm, is causing a food emergency that has left millions of Nigerians starving and displaced.
A nation united in prayer
These accounts, reveal a country wounded yet resolute. Believers mourn, but they also rise each day with steadfast faith, clinging not to promises of political aid but to the God who has carried His people through every trial.
READ:Isa 28:9; Rom 12:19; 2Tim 3:12; Heb 13:3; 1Pet 4:16; Rev 2:10; Rev 6:9–11.
PRAY: Pray for Christians in Nigeria.
Pray for the abducted children.
Pray for families of those who lost their lives following the recent attacks in Nigeria.
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Hills of the north, rejoice;
River and mountain spring,
Hark to the advent voice;
Valley and lowland, sing;
Though absent long, your Lord is nigh;
He judgment brings and victory.
Isles of the southern seas,
Deep in your coral caves
Pent be each warring breeze,
Lulled be your restless waves:
He comes to reign with boundless sway,
And makes your wastes His great highway.
Lands of the East, awake,
Soon shall your sons be free;
The sleep of ages break,
And rise to liberty.
On your far hills, long cold and grey,
Has dawned the everlasting day.
Charles Oakley became Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Wickwar in Gloucestershire in 1856.
Shores of the utmost West,
Ye that have waited long,
Unvisited, unblest,
Break forth to swelling song;
High raise the note, that Jesus died,
Yet lives and reigns, the Crucified.
Shout, while ye journey home;
Songs be in every mouth;
Lo, from the North we come,
From East, and West, and South.
City of God, the bond are free,
We come to live and reign in thee!
Text: Charles Edward Oakley, 1832-65
Music: Martin Shaw, Tune: Little Cornard, Meter: 6 6 6 6 8 8
Feel free to copy and paste Oakley’s words for your own congregation this Advent. Advent begins on Sunday 27th November this year (2016). It is a time of preparation for the coming of the Lord in the year-book of the Church of England, England’s established church. But you don’t have to be Anglican to sing it!
Charles Oakley’s life
Charles Edward Oakley M.A. was born near Chatham in Kent in 1832. He was educated at Rugby School and Pembroke College, Oxford, and then at Magdalen College as a Demy (scholar), he took a First Class in Literae Humaniores (Greek and Latin literature and philosophy) in 1854, and a First Class in Law and Modern History (1855), when he was also Johnson Theological Scholar (1855).
He entered Holy Orders in 1855 and served as a chaplain to the army in the Crimean War (1855). He became rector of Wickwar, Gloucestershire (1856-63) and then later Rector of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London in 1863.
He died at Abergele, near Rhyl, North Wales on 15th September 1865 after a tragically short incumbency. In short, Oakley was a very clever as well as a holy young man.
His fine Missionary hymn, “Hills of the north, rejoice,” appeared in Bp. T. V. French’s Hymns adapted to the Christian Seasons, and the Hymnal Companion in 1870. (John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)) The tune now associated with the hymn, Little Cornard, was written by composer Martin Shaw in 1915.
Beware of the modern version!
Above are C.E.Oakley’s original words. The modern version of this hymn (scroll down in the link) still carries an advent message, but uncomfortable notions like ‘judgment’ and ‘victory’ have been expunged. Jesus becomes a personal saviour who doesn’t reign any more. In the last verse, ‘they’ come, not ‘we’. And rather than ‘live and reign’, with all the responsibility and action that implies, ‘they … find their rest’. Maybe the Victorian sentiments are politically incorrect these days, but Oakley captured the majesty of Christ and created something singable and uplifting, an inspiring hymn full of hope and destiny.
Based solidly on scripture
There is some Victorian romanticism in the Southern Seas and so on, but even there the hymn is inspired. The rhymes and construction are simply faultless. Each verse has its four lines of geography and its final two lines of triumphant theology. Note the hymn has nothing to do with British imperialism. Oakley was not imagining himself in Gloucestershire but in Jerusalem, in the ‘City of God’.
The scripture message he had in mind starts in the Psalms:
Psalm 107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
In Isaiah (and in Jeremiah) it becomes a promise to regather Israel:
Isaiah 43:5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; (cf Jer 16:14-15, 23:7-8, 31:8)
Finally, in the Gospel, our Lord himself applies the great gathering to his believers:
Luke 13:29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
That is what the hymn is about. More could be written on it.
Copy and Paste
Once again, you don’t have to be an Anglican to sing this great hymn. It will grace and bless any church. Remember there is no longer any copyright on Oakley’s words, so you can indeed feel free to copy and paste them for your own congregation. To hear the tune, click here (opens in a new tab).
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President Donald Trump labels Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” — warns U.S. military aid could be slashed.
Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
The US President Donald Trump has stepped in to defend Christians in Nigeria with a “guns-a-blazing” military action, highlighting the escalating violence against Christians in the country.
This follows the radical Islamic terrorists slaughtering of thousands of believers in the Northern part of country.
President Trump instructed the Pentagon to prepare contingency plans should the Nigerian Government fail to act.
President Trump wrote: “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns‑a‑blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.
“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!”
Meanwhile, US politicians, including Senators Ted Cruz and Riley Moore, echoed his concerns, urging the country to be added to the State Department’s “Countries of Particular Concern” list.
Nigeria Responds
The Nigerian government has denied claims made by president Trump, insisting that religious tolerance remains central to the nation’s identity.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of Nigeria wrote: “The characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality, nor does it take into consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government to safeguard freedom of religion and beliefs for all Nigerians. Religious freedom and tolerance have been a core tenet of our collective identity and shall always remain so.”
Yet the reality on the ground—particularly in the northeast and central regions plagued by Boko Haram and violent clashes—tells a far grimmer story for Nigeria’s Christian population.
Psalm 82:3–4 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Christians Face Daily Threats Amid Nigeria’s Chaos
Flowers lie on caskets during a funeral Mass in the the parish hall of St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria, June 17, 2022. The Mass was for some of the 40 victims killed in a June 5 attack by gunmen during Mass at the church. 52,250 people have been killed over the last 14 years in Nigeria only for being Christians, a new report published April 10 revealed (OSV News photo/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters)
The northeastern states of Nigeria remain a hotspot for Islamic terrorism, with Boko Haram responsible for over 50,000 deaths and millions displaced since 2009.
Beyond jihadist attacks, the central region faces recurring violence between Muslim herders and Christian farmers, frequently over land disputes but often taking on a religious dimension. Despite official denials from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the suffering of Nigerian Christians continues largely unnoticed by international media, highlighting the chronic neglect and systemic vulnerability of believers in conflict zones.
As the US signals willingness to intervene, the question remains whether the Nigerian Government can protect its citizens or whether Christians will continue to endure persecution unprotected.
Hebrews 13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
The Finnish Court Case: Faith Under Fire in Europe
Persecution of Christians is no longer confined to Africa. In Finland, Member of Parliament Paivi Rasanen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola face the Supreme Court for expressing their biblical views on marriage and sexuality.
Accused of “hate speech,” Rasanen’s 2019 tweet and Bishop Pohjola’s 2004 pamphlet are now at the centre of a trial that could criminalise faithful adherence to Scripture. The prosecution argues that intent is irrelevant, seeking fines and censorship, while the defenders emphasise the universal message of God’s grace.
The case exemplifies a growing trend in Western democracies where Christians are penalised for speaking according to conscience and biblical truth.
2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
A Global Pattern of Persecution Emerges
From the killing fields of Nigeria to the courtrooms of Finland, a troubling pattern emerges: Christians are under siege worldwide, whether by extremists seeking to destroy them or by secular authorities determined to silence them.
In Nigeria, believers face life-threatening attacks; in Europe, faithful disciples face legal prosecution for upholding biblical principles.
Both scenarios show the erosion of Christian freedoms, reminding the Church that persecution is not an abstraction but a daily reality for millions of believers.
The faithful are called to pray, advocate, and bear witness to the truth of God’s Word, even in the face of intimidation and violence.
Matthew 5:10–12 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven.
Standing Firm in Faith Amid Trials
Christian Voice has repeatedly reported on similar persecution in Nigeria and beyond, highlighting the courage of believers who endure suffering without compromise.
The Finnish case reinforces that even in free nations, the Church must stand firm against laws that contradict Scripture.
Globally, Christians are called not to despair but to witness faithfully, trusting that God sees and will reward endurance.
As threats mount—whether from jihadists in Africa or legal authorities in Europe—the call remains: uphold truth, defend the persecuted, and pray for the persecutors, trusting God’s justice will prevail.
Romans 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
READ: 1Sam 13:14; Judges 10:13; Ps 9:9; Ps 82:3–4; Prov 31:8–9; Isa 28:9; Rom 12:19; 2Tim 3:12; Heb 13:3; 1Pet 4:16; Rev 2:10; Rev 6:9–11.
PRAY: Pray for Christians in Nigeria
Pray for Christians of Northern Nigeria and for peace.
Pray for families of those who lost their lives.
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US calls for China to release 30 leaders of influential underground church - BBC News.
Christian pastors in China are being rounded up and jailed in a brutal new wave of repression by Communist authorities.
Over the weekend, police launched late-night raids against “house churches”, underground congregations that refuse to register under Communist Party control.
According to Reuters, dozens of pastors were detained nationwide, including Pastor Jin Mingri, founder of Zion Church in Beijing, one of the country’s largest unregistered congregations.
Pastor Jin, 56, is accused of the “illegal use of information networks”, a charge often used to silence Christian leaders. His daughter, Grace Jin, told AP News that her father suffers from diabetes and is being denied medical treatment and legal access
Church spokesman Sean Long warned that the crackdown marks a “new wave of religious persecution”, noting that police have questioned over 150 believers and detained around 30 pastors, releasing only a few.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) confirms that China’s government continues to harass, detain, and torture Christians who worship outside state control
Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
President Xi Jinping has pledged to make religion in China “more Chinese”, an ideological campaign that replaces the cross with the Party emblem.
China’s religious regulator recently banned all unauthorised online preaching or “foreign collusion” with overseas churches, effectively criminalising digital fellowship.
Open Doors International notes that while around 44 million Christians belong to state-approved churches, tens of millions more worship underground, risking imprisonment to stay true to Scripture.
Despite censorship, intimidation, and arrest, the underground Church is growing — fuelled not by political approval, but by faith that endures the fire.
2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Nigeria’s Christmas massacre
Are attacks on Christians in Nigeria on the rise? – BBC News Creator: Getty Images
Just days ago, Christian Voice reported on the horrific Christmas Day massacre in Plateau State, Nigeria, where over 160 Christians were killed and entire churches razed.
The Vatican News confirmed that at least 140 believers were slain in attacks that began on Christmas Eve and spread across Bokkos and Barkin Ladi districts.
A Christian Advocacy group described the assaults as “a coordinated attempt to wipe out Christian communities,” with survivors recounting how pastors were beheaded and villages burned.
Local advocacy group Church in Chains reported that more than 20 villages were destroyed and thousands displaced.
The global media’s coverage was fleeting. Few outlets beyond Christian agencies treated it as more than a regional skirmish — yet the victims were targeted precisely because they bore the name of Christ.
Proverbs 31:8–9 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
The silence of the powerful
While U.S. Senator Marco Rubio condemned the arrests in China, urging the release of detained pastors, the world’s response has been muted.
From Nigeria to China, Sudan to Pakistan, Christian persecution continues to rise, yet international media and Western governments too often turn a blind eye.
Human rights watchdog Freedom House and GOV.UK reports show a consistent pattern — Christian minorities face surveillance, violence, and imprisonment simply for practising their faith.
Where are the front-page headlines? The moral outrage? The world has learned to scroll past the suffering Church — as though the blood of the saints were no longer newsworthy.
Isaiah 59:15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
The Church that cannot be silenced
Yet, despite the violence and repression, the Church of Christ stands unbroken.
In China’s secret basements, in Nigeria’s burnt villages, in North Korea’s labour camps, believers still whisper hymns in the dark. For every pastor imprisoned, another rises. For every church destroyed, another congregation gathers underground.
The world may ignore them, but Heaven does not. The cry of the persecuted reaches the throne of God — and He will not be silent forever.
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Revelation 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
READ:Isa 28:9; Isa 61:8; Matt 5:10–12; John 15:18–20; Rom 12:19; 2Tim 3:12; Heb 13:3; 1Pet 4:16; Mark 20.20; Rev 2:10..
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Pray for families of those who may have lost loved ones following Christian persecution in China.
Prat for the Church of Christ.
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Flowers lie on caskets during a funeral Mass in the the parish hall of St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria, June 17, 2022. The Mass was for some of the 40 victims killed in a June 5 attack by gunmen during Mass at the church. 52,250 people have been killed over the last 14 years in Nigeria only for being Christians, a new report published April 10 revealed (OSV News photo/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters)
Are attacks on Christians in Nigeria on the rise? Creator: Getty Images
Since 2009, Nigeria has been one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian.
According to the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), over 52,000 Christians have been killed, and 18,000 churches and 2,200 Christian schools destroyed by Islamist extremists.
Nigeria topped Open Doors’ World Watch List 2024 for the number of Christians killed or abducted for their faith — 3,100 killed and 2,800 kidnapped in one year alone.
Despite the scale of violence, Western media coverage has been minimal. This silence was challenged when American comedian and talk show host Bill Maher raised the issue on Real Time (HBO) in late September 2025, questioning why Gaza receives extensive media attention while Nigeria’s genocide of Christians is largely ignored.
“They are systematically killing the Christians in Nigeria,” Mr. Maher said. “They’ve killed over 100,000 since 2009. They’ve burned 18,000 churches.”
Though the comedian is a self-proclaimed apatheist, his blunt comparison awakened a conversation many believers have avoided.
Isaiah 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression.
When God wants to expose injustice, He sometimes uses unexpected voices. The question is not whether Mr. Maher believes in Christ, but whether the Church still believes in defending its own persecuted members.
In June 2025, gunmen stormed Yelwata in Benue State, central Nigeria, killing more than 100 villagers, most of them Christians. Entire families were burned alive in their homes.
In April 2025, Zike village in Borno State suffered a similar fate: 40 Christian farmers were murdered by suspected Fulani militants.
On Christmas Day 2023, over 160 Christians were killed in Plateau State during what was described as a “Christmas massacre”. Churches were razed and pastors beheaded.
These are not isolated tragedies but part of a pattern — what many experts, including Intersociety and Open Doors, call a slow genocide of Christians in Nigeria’s “Middle Belt.
Revelation 6:9 And I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.
Each statistic hides faces, families, and faith that refused to renounce Christ. The blood of these martyrs calls the global Church to remember that Christianity still costs everything in many lands.
The official denial
The Nigerian government denies that Christians are being specifically targeted, calling the violence “terrorism that affects all communities.”
A presidential spokesperson dismissed U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’s statement that Nigeria is facing a Christian genocide as “careless rhetoric.”
Yet official statistics tell another story. In northern and Middle Belt states, Christians are up to eight times more likely to be killed in attacks than Muslims.
Moreover, blasphemy laws in states such as Kano still carry the death penalty. Christian student Deborah Yakubu was stoned to death in 2022 after she thanked Jesus in a university group chat. No one was prosecuted.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness.
When authorities deny persecution, they aid the persecutors. Christians must speak truth even when governments will not. Silence is complicity.
The world begins to awaken
International concern is finally stirring. In the U.S., Senator Ted Cruz introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act in 2025, seeking sanctions against Nigerian officials who enable or ignore religious violence.
Sen. Cruz said, “Nigerian Christians are being targeted and executed for their faith by Islamist terrorist groups, and are being forced to submit to sharia law and blasphemy laws across Nigeria. It is long past time to impose real costs on the Nigerian officials who facilitate these activities, and my Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act uses new and existing tools to do exactly that. I urge my colleagues to advance this critical legislation expeditiously.”
In the UK, Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief David Smith named Nigeria as a “priority country” for action.
Even secular commentators such as Bill Maher have now forced mainstream journalists to confront the silence.
Proverbs 31:8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
The tide may be turning, but only if pressure continues. Christians must be the moral conscience of their governments, insisting that truth and justice prevail.
A Church that suffers in silence
For Christians in northern and central Nigeria, persecution is not an eventt, it is daily life.
In June 2022, gunmen attacked St Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Ondo State, during Pentecost Mass, killing over 50 worshippers, including children.
In May 2023, over 100 Christians were killed in Mangu in Plateau State, their homes burned and churches desecrated.
Every week brings fresh names of martyrs, yet few outside Africa hear their stories. While the West debates theology, believers in Nigeria live the Book of Acts under fire.
1 Corinthians 12:26 If one member suffer, all the members suffer with it.
The persecuted Church does not ask for pity, only prayer, advocacy, and remembrance. To forget them is to betray the body of Christ.
Subject: Urgent Appeal: Stop the Killings of Christians in Nigeria
Your Excellency,
I am writing to express grave concern over the ongoing killings of Christians in Nigeria, including the Christmas Day 2023 massacre in Plateau State, where over 160 Christians were killed and churches burned.
These attacks, which continue across the Middle Belt and northern states, show a clear pattern of religious persecution. I urge your government to take decisive action to protect Christian communities, bring perpetrators to justice, and uphold Nigeria’s constitutional right to freedom of religion.
The world is watching, and silence only deepens the suffering.
READ: 1Sam 13:14; Judges 10:13; Ps 9:9; Ps 82:3–4; Prov 31:8–9; Isa 28:9; Isa 61:8; Matt 5:10–12; John 15:18–20; Rom 12:19; 2Tim 3:12; Heb 13:3; 1Pet 4:16; Rev 2:10; Rev 6:9–11..
PRAY: Pray for Christians in Nigeria
Pray for Christians of Northern Nigeria and for peace.
Pray for families of those who lost their lives.
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Punk-rap duo Bob Vylan have had their next gig cancelled, after frontman Bobby Vylan (real name Pascal Robinson- Foster) made fresh appalling remarks about the late Charlie Kirk while on stage in Amsterdam.
A clip from their performance at Club Paradiso on Saturday went viral, with the singer hitting out at Mr Kirk just days after the American commentator was fatally shot in Utah.
The band were due to perform next in Tilburg, but the venue withdrew.
At issue is not only the mockery of a man slain in front of students, but the pattern of behaviour which has brought Bob Vylan under criminal investigation.
This is not the first time the band’s words have raised alarm. At Glastonbury they led chants of “death to the IDF,” a moment which prompted apologies from both the BBC and the festival organisers, and which Avon and Somerset Police are still investigating.
BBC bosses later admitted the band had been flagged as “high risk” before the show, yet the live broadcast was allowed to continue. BBC chairman Samir Shah conceded the decision not to cut the feed was “unquestionably an error of judgement.”
So questions remain: why did the BBC fail to act when the option was open? Who in authority decided to give the green light in the first place? And why do the police appear slow in addressing clear incitement on a national stage?
Bobbie Vylan, for their part, deny being against Jews, insisting they oppose “a violent military machine.” Yet in their public rhetoric, they vilify former employers as “Zionists” and celebrate causes that edge into hatred.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil.
When a man’s murder is trivialised, when calls for death are excused as performance art, and when broadcasters apologise only after the fact, the urgent question is unavoidable: when will the full force of the law finally catch up with Bob Vylan?
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Danny Kruger MP – National Conservatism Conference, UK 2023
Mr. Kruger has been an MP since 2019, and sat on Kemi Badenoch’s team as a shadow work and pensions minister.
The East Wiltshire MP – who has said he would not be triggering a by-election – said the Conservatives were no longer the main party of opposition.
He said: ‘The flame is passing from one torch to another. The old torch, once so great, is guttering, fluttering, held weakly in uncertain hands, but the new torch is already alight, already brighter than the one it is replacing, held aloft in firm and confident hands.’
The MP said that he would now help Reform prepare for government, using his experience as a former minister and political secretary to Boris Johnson in Downing Street.
‘It’s going to be difficult because we are planning change on a scale that the system has not seen since the modern Civil Service was created in the 19th century,’ he said.
‘This work is going to be hard, and it will be opposed by the system, and that’s why we need to be radical, taking on the vested interests and the incumbents who always defend the status quo.’
‘This is my tragic conclusion, the Conservative Party is over, over as a national party, over as the principal opposition to the left,’ he added.
Danny Kruger has become the first sitting Conservative MP to defect to Reform, a move the Telegraph describes as a ‘major blow’ to Kemi Badenoch.
Parliament rebuked over ‘great sin’
In July, Mr. Kruger’s speech took a grave turn as he reflected on recent legislative moves. Within the space of three days, he said, ‘Parliament authorised two “great sins”: abortion up to birth and assisted suicide for the elderly and disabled.’
‘We gave our consent to the greatest crime: the killing of the weak and most defenceless human beings,’ he said solemnly. ‘It was a great sin.’
Speaking from St Stephen’s Hall—the historic space that once housed the royal chapel and served as the model for the current House of Commons, the MP reminded colleagues of the deep Christian roots upon which British democracy was built.
“Our democracy is founded on Christian faith,” he said. “This Parliament remains the law-giving power of the Church of England.”
He noted that even today, every parliamentary session opens with prayer and that the Church of England remains a national chaplaincy.
“Every square inch of England belongs to a parish,” he said, “and every citizen is, in a sense, a member—even if they never attend church.”
In a moment rarely seen in Westminster, Kruger publicly repented on behalf of the House for what he described as the deliberate destruction of life. ‘If, standing here, I have any power to repent on behalf of this House, I hereby repent of what we did.’
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil.
The MP drew parallels between the current disarray in both the Church of England and the British state. He criticised the Church for lacking clear leadership and doctrinal unity, noting the uncertainty surrounding the appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
‘The Church is riven by deep disputes… It is literally leaderless,’ he said.
He argued that the country itself is suffering a similar crisis of identity: ‘We are unclear in our doctrines and governance. We are culturally and morally precarious.’
Mr. Kruger’s concern extends to the loss of national confidence and a growing inability to distinguish right from wrong—especially when it comes to life, truth, and responsibility.
Proverbs 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; And before honour is humility.
A call to recover our Christian identity
Mr. Kruger traced unique national identity of England in particular back to its Christian foundations, calling the country the “prototype” of Christian nationhood. He described how, over a thousand years—from Alfred the Great to Queen Victoria—English institutions were shaped by the Bible.
‘The story of England is the story of Christianity operating on a people to make the institutions and culture that have been uniquely stable and successful.’
He argued that the rule of law, care for the weak, and freedom of conscience only make sense in a Christian worldview. Without God, the secular ideal collapses.
Psalm 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?.
Secularism has failed—time to return to God
The MP strongly rejected the 20th-century idea that society could function without reference to God. He warned that the dream of a “neutral” public square has led not to liberty, but to social breakdown and spiritual decay.
‘In the absence of the Christian God, we do not have pluralism and tolerance. We simply create a vacuum into which other aggressive ideologies enter.’
All politics, he said, is ultimately religious. And Britain must decide: return to its Christian heritage—or be ruled by new, godless creeds.
Christian Voice calls on believers to pray for Parliament, for revival in the Church, and for moral clarity to be restored in the governance of our nation.
Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
READ: 2Chr 34:21b; Job 1:2; Psa 26:9-10; Prov 3:6, 31:8; Eccl 3:2, 8:8; Isa 1:15; John 10:17-18; Rom 13:4.
PRAY: For MPs to seek the Lord for his wisdom.
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READ: Exod 20:01-17; Deut 17:14-20; 2Sam 23:03; Isaiah 1:23; Micah 6:8; Prov 21:01; Prov 29:2; Matt 23:23; Eph 5:11; Mark 12:30-31; John 14:15; Col 3:2. PRAY: Pray for the UK. Pray for our leaders to lead in wisdom and the fear of God. Let us know what YOU think in the comments below.
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The news of Charlie Kirk’s death has shaken many, not only in America but also here in Britain.
Mr. Kirk had always spoken of the importance of creating spaces where people could have real conversations where faith, truth, and even criticism of Christianity could be discussed openly.
His passing has now brought into sharper focus the rising hostility faced by Christians who dare to stand firm in public debate.
Christians are commanded not to return hate for hate but to love even those who persecute us. Kirk’s example — engaging with those who disagreed with him was a reminder that the Gospel is never advanced by silence or retreat, but by faithful witness.
Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
Mr Abaraonye had engaged in a debate with the American conservative activist at the Oxford Union in May | YOUTUBE
The events surrounding Oxford Union and the grotesque celebration of Charlie’s death by The president-elect of the Union reveal something deeper.
George Abaraonye sent a celebratory message around a WhatsApp group chat after the news that Mr Kirk had been shot during an event at Utah Valley University. The leaked messages have been widely shared on social media.
They show Mr Abaraonye writing: Charlie Kirk got shot, left f**** go”. A separate message, believed to be from his Instagram account, read:
“Charlie Kirk got shot loool” – an elongated version of the “laugh out loud” acronym.
The Oxford Union was, lest we forget, founded in 1823 as a civilised debating society. Even today, it boasts that it is at the most prestigious debating society in the world, whose roots lie in free speech.
Just three months ago the Late Mr. Kirk was in that same Oxford Union, speaking with the students, sharing his views, even being interviewed by George Abaraonye.
All the time George was debating with Charlie Kirk at the Oxford Union, acting quite reasonably, asking him civilised questions, he harboured this visceral hatred for Charlie Kirk in his heart.
There is Charlie talking innocently to someone who will gleefully celebrate his death just weeks later. But the ghoulish delight of George Abaraonye is widespread among the godless left.
Social media is seething like maggots on a carcase with expressions of hatred for Charlie Kirk and elation at his murder.
There is footage online of pro-abortion students at the University of Montana laughing about Charlie Kirks death.
The celebrations of the death of this young Christian father-of-two who believes the Bible and expounds its truth carefully and reasonably even reached into the United States Congress, where Democrats disrupted a minute silence.
Why did they hate the Lord?
Our Lord Jesus was hated because he exposed and opposed evil deeds.
John 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Number two is when the Lord was sending his disciples out into the world, in chapter fifteen:
John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
This week we saw the hatred of the world for the testimony of Jesus and for his followers played out firstly in an assassination bullet and then in the gleeful celebration among the wicked which followed the news that a man of God had been murdered. Uncomfortable parallels
There are uncomfortable parallels with the joy expressed by Muslims and leftists after the massacre of Jews on 7th October 2023.
There is a demonic spirit at loose here, taking pleasure in and deriving power from the shedding of innocent human blood.
What draws the atheists and the Muslims together is this word from Proverbs, where the wisdom of God is speaking.
Prov 8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
We have seen that in our day with our own eyes. We have seen Muslims loving the death of Jews and now Secularists loving the death of a Christian evangelist and prophet.
We might want the world to engage in reasonable dialogue, just as Charlie Kirk advocated, and maybe that should be our prayer and it should certainly be how we go about things, but we must never think the world is actually like that.
The Lord Jesus said: John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Standing firm in truth
Charlie Kirk’s legacy must be more than headlines about his death. It must challenge us to speak boldly, to love truthfully, and to stand firmly for Christ in a world that despises Him.
We cannot allow fear or hostility to silence us. The Gospel is still “the power of God unto salvation”, and Christians must be prepared to carry it into every arena, even where we are hated most.
Christian Voice UK won our first ever award by the grace of God at the GX Awards on Saturday 6th September 2025 at a glittering evening ceremony in Birmingham Town Hall.
What began as a morning of prayer overlooking the site of a proposed ‘megamosque’ on 6th January 2007 became a monthly event, then an outreach of prayer for the nation held every first Saturday in the month, rain or shine.
Honoured to be nominated
Christian Voice National Director, Stephen Green, said today: ‘We were so honoured just to be nominated among such a distinguished roll-call of community events. To win the prize and be presented with the award was on another level.
Stephen and Judy Green with the Award for Best Community Outreach Event at the GX Awards 2025.
‘I must congratulate Annette B. on organising such an encouraging and uplifting awards ceremony, complete with high-class catering. It’s a lot of work, but it is so valuable to recognise the Christian community.
‘We do our best to feature a leading Gospel singer at every meeting. For example, on the morning of Saturday 6th September 2025 our praise and worship was led by Sarah Teibo, who has herself previously won Best Female Vocalist at the GX Awards.
‘Indeed, we finished the morning’s prayer at 1pm and I had to catch no fewer than four trains to reach Birmingham in time for the GX Awards.
‘My wife Judith drove up from our home in West Wales and it was lovely to share the award with her on the night. I must also thank all those who prayed for us to win. Your prayer was answered as our efforts in bringing the Bible to bear on the issues of day, seeing what scripture says about current events, was recognised. Praise the Lord for that.’
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This autumn brings a series of 14 worship programmes from every corner of the UK - from Gravesend to Islandmagee
This autumn brings a series of 14 worship programmes from every corner of the UK – from Gravesend to Islandmagee
The BBC has announced a new series of 14 programmes under the title ‘Prayer and Reflection’.
Beginning 14 September 2025, the season will feature services and ceremonies from six of the ‘major faiths’ represented in the UK.
It includes programmes covering Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, and Sikhism.
Each Sunday morning, viewers will be invited into what producers describe as “sacred spaces” to share in prayer and devotion.
From synagogues and mosques to gurdwaras, temples, and monasteries, the programmes seek to highlight Britain’s religious diversity.
The intention, according to the BBC, is to show how prayer and reflection form a central part of spiritual life across different traditions.
This is an ambitious project. But it also raises important questions about how Christianity, the faith that has shaped the nation for centuries, will sit within such a multi-faith showcase.
Within the schedule, Christian worship is certainly represented. Services will be broadcast from Presbyterian, Catholic, Pentecostal, and Anglican churches, culminating in a Christmas service from St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh. Yet these appear as part of a broader collection of traditions, rather than the backbone of the series.
To many, this reflects the BBC’s desire to be ‘balanced and inclusive’, offering each faith a voice in the public square. When Christianity is presented as one among many, its historic role as the foundation of British life and culture risks being diminished.
It is worth remembering that Christianity is not only part of our national story, but the root of it. The Bible shaped our laws, our education, our freedoms, and even the language we speak.
It is clear that the guiding principle of Prayer and Reflection is ‘inclusivity’. The BBC wishes to reflect the diversity of faith within modern Britain, showing that each tradition has something to contribute to the national conversation.
There is much to commend in giving a platform to minority communities who rarely see their forms of worship represented on screen. It allows viewers to learn, to reflect, and perhaps to better understand their neighbours.
And yet, when ‘inclusivity’ becomes the main measure of success, there is a danger that truth is obscured. Christianity is not one option among many, but the faith which declares Christ as “the only way”
John 14:6 ‘Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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An opportunity for reflection
Despite these concerns, the BBC’s new season does present an opportunity for Christians to connect with God. It is a reminder that prayer and worship to the one and only true God remain part of the rhythm of life for millions of people in the UK. At a time when secular voices are often the loudest, that in itself is striking.
The call of the church is not to compete for airtime, but to proclaim Christ clearly.
2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
If nothing else, Prayer and Reflection invites us to think again about what it means to be a Christian nation in a ‘diverse society’.
READ: Acts 20:28; Rom 1:26-27; Eph. 5:27; Col 1:28-29; Heb 13:5; .
PRAY: Pray for the Church of England. Pray for the UK. Pray for our leaders to lead in wisdom and the fear of God.
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The Telegraph has seen messages by Susie Green, who runs a private trans clinic, telling parents how to obtain puberty blockers
A private clinic is exploiting an EU loophole to help British parents obtain banned puberty blockers for their children.
According to The Telegraph, children are having online consultations with EU doctors and then flying abroad with their parents to get injections of the maximum six-month dose of the drugs.
These puberty blockers were banned indefinitely across the UK by Health Secretary Wes Streeting.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil.
Dr. Hillary Cass, British honorary physician in paediatrics.
Doctors in Dublin and Madrid are understood to be working with Anne Health. They issue prescriptions which are filled by ‘known pharmacies.’
Parents are guided on how to travel and collect the drugs. By doing so, they sidestep the UK ban. This undermines the Cass Review, which found little evidence to support the use of puberty blockers
The Tavistock clinic had already faced criticism for rushing children into medicalisation. Many former patients now speak of regret and harm.
Yet Anne Health is offering the same discredited path. This is not a new story but a return to failed practices under a new name.
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
It is a calculated evasion of national law, much like the way abortion was once obtained abroad before it was made legal here.
Romans 13:2 Whosoever resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God.
This latest scheme shows the struggle is not over. Pro ‘trans activists’ will go to great lengths to push dangerous drugs onto children.
Britain has tried to close the door, but campaigners are opening windows abroad. This is more than politics. It is a spiritual battle for truth and for the souls of our young.
As Christ warned, those who harm children face a fearful judgement. Our duty is clear: guard the innocent and expose these works of darkness.
Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck.
READ: Gen 1:27;Exod 18:21; Isa 45:9-10; Prov 29:26; Psa 50:16-17.
PRAY: Pray our country. Pray that the Lord will continue to raise people who will always stand for nothing but the truth.
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The UK’s Online Safety Act, which began with noble language, “protecting children from pornography”, has revealed itself as a censorship tool of chilling scope within weeks of enforcement.
Under the guise of shielding young eyes, the law has silenced cultural, political, and even historical expression.
Citizens scrolling online are now met with locked content, age walls, and vague warnings that once-free posts are “too sensitive.” The Act does not even protect children from online terror.
People terrified of ‘wrong-speak’
Meanwhile, Christian Voice spoke to people on the streets of Newcastle and Sunderland to gather public opinion on the Online Safety Act. Not a single individual agreed to speak on camera or have their voice recorded. Many expressed concern that sharing their honest views could lead to getting into trouble with the law. Most described the Act not as a “shield for safety,” but as a “sword of censorship,” cutting down free expression and open debate.
The problem isn’t, of course, as obvious as the Government or Ofcom ordering people to take material down. It’s that the threat of massive fines on Social Media or the fear for users of their channel or account being banned, or even that they will end up, like Lucy Connolly, in prison for an injudicious tweet, that will lead to self-censorship.
Here are five things the British people can no longer post or read about under the new internet censorship rules.
1930s Menswear: why are we not allowed to know the suit was gaining in popularity?
Weeks into the enforcement of the Online Safety Act, and what do we find? historic art and cultural truth silenced.
Francisco Goya’s striking 19th-century Saturn painting depicting an episode from Greek mythology, ‘Devouring His Son’ was swiftly hidden from UK users on X. Despite being a globally recognised work of art, it was deemed too disturbing for British eyes. Also censored: posts about Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades—likely because they reference historic Christian battles against Islamic conquest.
Even a thread on 1930s menswear was age-gated—yes, fashion history now requires government permission to view.
This is no longer about shielding children. It’s erasing memory and meaning.
Deuteronomy 32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
In a land where the Supreme Court upheld single-sex spaces, online posts defending those same rights are now being suppressed.
A 53-year-old woman was barred from reading a post calling for single-sex public toilets. It was flagged as “too sensitive.” Yet, everywhere on our streets and screens, we see the celebration of men identifying as women, encouraged by the very authorities now silencing dissent.
If saying “women are women” is now “harmful,” then Britain has entered dangerous moral confusion.
Isaiah 59:14 And judgement is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Satire and protest have long been hallmarks of British liberty. But not anymore.
Guido Fawkes
A Guido Fawkes article by Benjamin Jones, of the Free Speech Union, mocking Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s unpopularity was hidden behind a content wall.
Likewise, a protest video outside a migrant hotel in Leeds, where police were seen restraining a demonstrator, was taken down.
The message is loud and clear: mock the people, praise the state; but never dare to question it.
This is no longer government by the people. It’s control over the people.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 If If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgement and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Grooming gang victims silenced again
Sammy Woodhouse
The most shocking use of the Online Safety Act? Its silencing of victims of grooming gangs.
Sammy Woodhouse, a brave survivor of child rape and exploitation, saw her testimony hidden by X as “graphic content”. Incredibly, a speech in Parliament by MP Katie Lam quoting survivors was also suppressed. And Reddit forums offering support to sexual assault survivors were blocked.
These women were once ignored by the state. Now they’re being muted by it.
Proverbs 31:8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
You can’t even complain about the Act
The Law That Forbids You from Talking About the Law.
Ben Jones: Censored
When Benjamin Jones of the Free Speech Union compiled a list of all the content now censored under the Online Safety Act. Mr. Jones’ post was censored.
Let that sink in. You cannot even speak out against the censorship… because doing so has been also censored.
This is not “safety.” It’s tyranny. The freedom to speak, protest, and bear witness is a gift of God, not a privilege granted by government. And if we lose that freedom now, we may not get it back.
The Act has taken a sword to freedom. It needs to be repealed.
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
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Dominic Grieve with Muslims from Citizens UK Commission on Islam, Participation and Public Life
Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP
The Telegraph reports that Angela Rayner has backed down on timing for her Consultation of a definition for ‘Islamophobia’, after pressure from the Free Speech Union.
Christians had just a week to respond to the proposal of ‘the Government adopting a definition of Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia’ which would certainly impede Christian apologists in exposing the errors of Islam. And respond they did, helped by our prompting to be a voice of scriptural witness.
It goes without saying that we love individual Muslims and pray for them to receive salvation in the Lord Jesus, but we must have the liberty to oppose the Islamic religion.
Heb 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. (KJV)
We are very aware that the Government never take any notice of what the people, let alone the good Lord, have to say on the issues of our day. Whether it’s on Buffer Zones or Sharia Courts or Sex Education, the Government publish a ‘consultation’ then ignore the results. However, the opening page of this latest consultation takes pre-judging the issue to a new level.
Priorities of British Muslims
Dominic Grieve with Muslims from Citizens UK Commission on Islam, Participation and Public Life
On ‘gov.uk’ we read: ‘A new working group has been established to provide government with a working definition of Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia which is reflective of a wide range of perspectives and priorities of British Muslims.’
Note the emphasis is on ‘the perspectives and priorities of British Muslims’, not on public safety, or freedom of expression, or our Christian heritage.
Professor Javed Khan after receiving his OBE in June 2021 for ‘services to young people and education’
The five members of the ‘Islamophobia/Anti-Muslim Hatred Definition working group’ are all well-placed Muslims, with the exception of Dominic Grieve KC, Barrister, remainer, insider and ex-minister, the pro-Islam multiculturalist (see here as well) who is chairing it. Three of the Muslim activists have been honoured by the elite with MBEs or OBEs already. They are: Professor Javed Khan OBE, Managing Director of EQUI, an Islamic think-tank, Baroness Shaista Gohir, OBE, MBE, CEO of something called the ‘Muslim Women’s Network UK’ (P.S. who has compared the violent Muslim Airport brothers to George Floyd) and Akeela Ahmed MBE, Co-Chair of the British Muslim Network (P.S. Who appears to be in line to benefit from an ‘Islamophobia’ definition). The fourth, one Asha Affi, is described as an ‘Independent Consultant’ but is actually a Somalian activist who leads the Council of Somali Organisations. No doubt the MBE is on its way.
Akeela Ahmed (MBE!)
Where are the Christians, Hindus, Secularists for that matter, who would provide some balance on the working group? Clearly, balance is not what the Government are aiming for, let alone honouring the Lord of life, as scripture demands:
Php 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
‘Diversity enriches’
Given the inherent bias, it is hardly surprising we read on the ‘call for evidence page’ : ‘British Muslims hold a diverse range of opinions, identities, beliefs, and backgrounds. This diversity helps to enrich the fabric of UK society. There are countless examples of Muslim citizens achieving excellence across society – from entrepreneurs to public servants, from sports men and women to musicians and artists.’
The Saudi National Orchestra only play Islamic music
This author is struggling to think of any Muslim musicians or artists enriching our society. Because Western music and art is ‘haram’ or forbidden they confine themselves to their own people. The Saudi National Orchestra (Go on!) demonstrate the point perfectly.
Furthermore, although it is not a welcome thought, in a fortnight when we are honouring the 52 innocent victims of the 7th July 2005 London bombings, and thanking the Lord for the deliverance from Islamic terrorism on the 21st July 2005, one might be forgiven for wondering how the jihadist aspect of Muslim ‘diversity’ has helped enrich UK society. Jihad is a ‘pillar’ of Islam.
The page goes on: ‘The UK Government has a responsibility to ensure that people of the UK receive equal treatment and can freely express their views, beliefs, and sense of identity. Sadly, this is not always the case; too many British Muslims have faced discrimination and hatred due to their religion.’ But can Christians freely express our views and beliefs in Britain today? And if Muslims have a separate ‘sense of identity’ derived from Islam, what does that say about their loyalty to Britain and our Christian culture, our political and legal systems?
No integration
Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy and Angela Rayner ostentatiously ‘taking the knee’ in 2020.
The plain fact is, British Muslims show little inclination to integrate into British society. In a great number of our towns, they have formed their own enclaves in which English, where spoken at all, is a second language. Yet they now demand ‘equal treatment’ and the freedom to express their views and beliefs.
Would this include the belief among a section of Muslim men that poor, white, working-class British girls from broken family backgrounds, often in local-authority care, are legitimate prey for sexual exploitation and rape? Let us not forget our establishment tried to cover up that scandal, in the name of the same ‘multi-culturalism’ and ‘diversity’ expounded by the ‘Islamophobia working group’.
As Sky reports here, as recently as January 2025 the ruling party whipped its MPs to reject calls for a grooming gangs enquiry.
Sir Keir Starmer had to be backed into a corner by Baroness Casey before he would agree to a enquiry. Police forces, local authority councillors and social services child protection personnel, not to mention members of parliament, all turned to a blind eye to depravity and horror. They sacrificed young girls on the altar of the same ‘community cohesion’ now being proposed by Dominic Grieve and his Muslim activist friends.
Contrary to their multicultural chimera, scripture says community cohesion can only come through our nation’s recognition of and obedience to the one to whom King Charles knelt at his coronation on 6th May 2023:
1Tim 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
Cultural markers
The working group go on to invite sympathy for their cause by trying to enrol other religious groups. They claim: ‘Anti-Muslim hatred/Islamophobia can also impact communities that are perceived to be Muslim. There are often cultural markers which are adopted by wider faith communities like Sikh, Hindu, Jain and Buddhists which are used to attack communities that are mistakenly identified as Muslim.’
In Leicester, during any episode of inter-community violence, Hindu and Muslim youths find little difficulty knowing each other apart. The argument is a smoke-screen. The real concern of the ‘working group’ is to stop people speaking about Muslim political ambition, Islamic violence and Muslim crime.
Qari Abdul Rauf, who led the Rochdale rape gang
They want to stop us revealing that there is no change of heart required in conversion to Islam. Because Islam is a religion of ‘works’, it is possible to be a good, observant Muslim while running a drugs ring, a prostitution racket or indeed a child grooming operation. The papers report that Qari Abdul Rauf, who led the Rochdale grooming gang, was ‘previously regarded as a respected religious figure who recited from the Koran’. The word ‘previously’ betrays a mindset informed by a Christian understanding. Muslims do not ‘fall from grace’ because there is no grace to fall from. In his native Pakistan, where he is apparently building a house while claiming legal aid in Britain, he still is respected. He has broken no Islamic rules. The rape of kafir girls in Rochdale is of no consequence to a Muslim mindset.
The British establishment should be unashamedly proclaiming the superiority of Christianity, that Kingdom, which as hymn-writer John Ellerton wrote: ‘stands, and grows forever, till all thy creatures own thy sway:’
Dan 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
The actual definition
Dominic Grieve, when Chair of the Security Council and Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield, visiting Havering Islamic Cultural Centre in 2018
The webpage says: ‘The Group’s proposed definition will be non-statutory’. Nevertheless, it ‘will provide the government and other relevant bodies with an understanding of unacceptable treatment and prejudice against Muslim communities.’ ‘Any proposed definition must be compatible with the unchanging right of the UK’s people to exercise freedom of speech and expression – which includes the right to criticise, express dislike of, or insult religions and/or the beliefs and practices of adherents.’
But let us not be fooled. The ‘working group’ and the consultation itself seem concerned to keep any proposal of an actual definition under wraps. However, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on British Muslims, which is nothing more than a pro-Islam pressure group, has already let the cat out of the bag. It defines Islamophobia as ‘rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness’. Muslim groups like MEND are pushing hard for ministers to adopt this definition. But all these Muslim political ambitions oppose our Christian constitution in its biblical model:
2Chron 23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’S people.
Respond now!
Our opposition will need to be Christ-centred and Spirit-filled. Even the APPG proposed definition makes the assertion that any opposition to Islam stems from racism. That is categorically untrue. People of any colour should be welcome here so long as they honour and respect our Christian constitution. Muslims do not. It is incumbent on every Muslim to regard the Islamic way of life and Islamic government as superior to anything else and to campaign for it. This is a religious challenge, indeed a spiritual challenge, which we must and can only meet with the power and authority of the Lord Jesus.
Tell this consultation the truth. Pray into it, respond to it, do that little thing that only you can do, and trust the Lord to send a miracle.
From gov.uk: ‘Further information: This call for evidence will help the Group to make evidence-based recommendations for Ministers to consider. This call for evidence seeks views on the following topics: 1. What terminology to use 2. The need for a definition 3. Whether racism should be a component of any new definition 4. What should be included within a definition 5. Examples of anti-Muslim hatred/Islamophobia.
‘This call for evidence will close on 20 July. All responses will be anonymous unless you choose to disclose information about you or your organisation.’
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