{"id":35332,"date":"2025-07-31T14:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=35332"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:10:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:10:35","slug":"croydon-street-preacher-confronted-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/croydon-street-preacher-confronted-by-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Croydon Street Preacher Confronted by Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"435\">A video circulating on social media shows Jesse Samuel, a Christian street preacher, being surrounded by police officers during an open-air service in Croydon, London.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"435\">In the footage, Samuel continues declaring the Gospel as officers appear to confront him over the content of his message.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"671\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This is not an isolated event. In recent years, similar scenes have played out across the UK, raising concerns that openly preaching Christ in public spaces is increasingly viewed as provocative by authorities and passersby alike.<\/p>\n<p><b>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.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a sneak peak:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 478px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-35332-1\" width=\"478\" height=\"850\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Video-2025-07-31-at-12.48.05.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Video-2025-07-31-at-12.48.05.mp4\">https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Video-2025-07-31-at-12.48.05.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffff00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #0000ff; border-top: 9px solid #0000FF; border-bottom: 9px solid #0000FF; border-right: 18px solid #0000FF; border-left: 18px solid #0000FF; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.petitions.net\/return_to_the_uks_christian_constitution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Return to the UK&#8217;s Christian Constitution \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>A pattern of persecution<\/h2>\n<p>This incident is part of a growing pattern across the UK. Pastor Oluwole Ilesanmi was arrested outside Southgate Tube Station in 2019 for \u201cbreaching the peace\u201d while reading the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Another preacher, Dale Mcalpine, arrested in Cumbria, was charged for stating biblical beliefs on homosexuality. Meanwhile, John Sherwood, a 71-year-old pastor, was also arrested in Uxbridge for preaching traditional family values.<\/p>\n<p>A former pastor at Cumnock Baptist Church, <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/christian-arrested-for-preaching-receives-compensation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Angus Cameron<\/b><\/a>,\u00a0was detained for over an hour in Glasgow while preaching on Buchanan Street in January 2022.\u00a0Additionally, he was awarded \u00a39,400 in legal costs, and he chose to donate the entire amount to the Christian Institute, which supported him throughout the case.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/christian-faces-prosecution-open-air-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Clive Johnson<\/b><\/a>, a retired pastor from Northern Ireland faced prosecution for preaching the Gospel in an open-air Sunday service near Coleraine\u2019s Causeway Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the preacher not mentioning abortion, nor directly engaging with patients or staff, the 76-year-old was charged under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act.<\/p>\n<p>Street preaching is not disorder, it is a protected expression of conscience. Yet police frequently treat Gospel truth as a threat.<\/p>\n<p><b>Acts 4:18-20 Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffff00; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #800080; border-top: 9px solid #800080; border-bottom: 9px solid #800080; border-right: 18px solid #800080; border-left: 18px solid #800080; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stewardship.org.uk\/pages\/nccss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Support NCCSS \/ Christian Voice \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Trans flags everywhere\u2013 but the cross offends<\/h2>\n<p>In today\u2019s UK, rainbow crossings, trans flags, and drag performances are celebrated openly on our streets. Government buildings fly the transgender flag. Schools push gender ideology. Pride events receive police protection and funding.<\/p>\n<p>Yet when a preacher quotes Scripture, it is met with police presence.<\/p>\n<p>What is legal in Britain is no longer determined by truth, but by what offends the ruling moral order.<\/p>\n<p><b>Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Police guidance supports preaching, but not in practice<\/h2>\n<p>In past years, <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/police-told-let-preachers-preach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>police chiefs<\/b><\/a> have acknowledged street preaching as lawful.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Policing issued training noting that \u201cexpressing religious beliefs in public places is lawful.\u201d The Crown Prosecution Service has also recognised the right to preach in open spaces.<\/p>\n<p>But on the ground, the law is often ignored. Preachers are moved on, arrested, or threatened, not for how they preach, but for what they preach.<\/p>\n<p><b>Amos 5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Britain needs bold preachers, not silent watchmen<\/h2>\n<p>The Lord Jesus Christ did not avoid offence. He preached repentance. He warned of hell. He called sinners to salvation. A Gospel that offends no one saves no one.<\/p>\n<p>Preachers on British streets are not extremists, they are watchmen. And if they are silenced, the blood of this generation is on our hands.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ezekiel 3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning&#8230; his blood will I require at thine hand.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Let the Church arise and take her stand<\/h2>\n<p>The answer is not retreat\u2014it is resistance. The Church must not let this nation go quietly into apostasy. We must raise our voices. We must defend those who are threatened for declaring the truth in public.<\/p>\n<p>If the name of Christ is now a \u201cpublic order\u201d offence, Britain has lost her soul.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 Timothy 4:2 \u2013 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/street-preacher-convicted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Street preacher convicted \u2013 and now acquitted! \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/bristol-preachers-acquitted-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bristol preachers acquitted on appeal \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/police-told-let-preachers-preach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police Told: Let Preachers Preach \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/parliamentary-reform-lords-or-commons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parliamentary reform: Lords? Or Commons? \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/christian-preacher-wins-compensation-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Preacher Wins Compensation for Arrest \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/taunton-preacher-not-guilty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taunton Preacher Not Guilty \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Read and pray<\/h2>\n<p><b>READ<\/b>:<b>Deut 27:25; Psalm 106:37-38; Prov 14:23; Isa 28:9; Matt 10:7; Luke 9:2, 10:1; John 3:16-18; Rom 1:16, 1Cor 6:9-11.<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>PRAY<\/b>:Pray for street preachers. 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