Faith in the Community

Ignorance, illiteracy and secularism – the barriers to effective relationships between churches and local authorities

By Gillan @ God and Politics in the UK on July 2, 2013 • ( 10 )

Today parliament will be debating co-operation between local government and faith groups. This debate follows on from the Faith in the Community report produced by the Evangelical Alliance for Christians in Parliament. It finds that a large number of local authorities (LAs) are… Read More ›

Major new parliamentary report published on relationship between local authorities and churches

By Gillan @ God and Politics in the UK on June 10, 2013 • ( 1 )

Back in February 2012 the All-Party Group, Christians in Parliament produced a major report on the freedom of Christians in the UK entitled Clearing the Ground. One of the main findings of the report was that there is widespread religious illiteracy in many public… Read More ›