Agenda - Sex and Gender

Shifting Evangelical opinion on sexuality

Press Office — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:51:31 +0000

Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, which has argued that an inclusive stance towards lesbian and gay people is compatible with the historic commitments of ma

Equalities 'historic opportunity' for evangelicals

Press Office — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:19:56 +0000

The think-tank Ekklesia, which examines religion in public life, says that the controversial appointment of the head of the Evangelical Alliance UK to the new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is "a historic opportunity for evangelicals to shift toward full acceptance of the equalities agenda."

Welcome for evangelical voice on equality commission, Pink News, 9th November 2007

Press Office — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:44:37 +0000

Coverage of Ekklesia's statement regarding the appointment of the head of the Evangelical Alliance UK to the new Commission on Equality and Human Rights (ECHR).

Faith groups need to embrace equality with enthusiasm

Press Office — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:43:58 +0100

Responding to fears expressed by some faith groups that religious freedom is being undermined by the frameworks of law and regulation leading up to proposals for a Single Equality Bill, the indepen

Biblical scholar challenges churches on Jesus' family values

Press Office — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:00:48 +0100

An opportunity to hear Professor Good, from the Episcopal Church's prestigious General Theological Seminary, at Ste Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace (78 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AG) at 11am on Thursday 31 May 2007.

No room for church complacency on sex abuse

Simon Barrow — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:53:40 +0100

Peter Halliday, aged 61, from Farnborough, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison earlier, after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of boys in Hampshire in the 1980s.

Church leaders, equality rules and a 'new morality'

Press Office — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:32:17 +0000

Responding to accusations by the Catholic Bishop of Motherwell and the Anglican Bishop of Durham that the government is promoting a 'new morality' by pursuing a comprehensive equalities agenda in p

Knowing Christians by their love (not their opt-outs), Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4, 31st January 2007

Press Office — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:15:26 +0000

The announcement that there will be no opt-out for Catholic adoption agencies from the

Adoption row highlights need for rethink of church-state relations

Press Office — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:51:47 +0000

Responding to comments from Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster and the most senior figure in the Catholic Church in England and Wales, the independent UK religious think-tank Ekklesia says it is a mistake to automatically conflate church-based initiatives in civil society with government-sponsored services.

Comment on Sexual Orientation Regulations (SORs) protest

Press Office — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:25:39 +0000

The UK Christian think-tank Ekklesia says that the "panic and anxiety" over equalities legislation, which would prevent gay people facing discrimination in public services and in the provision of g

'Ekklesia: Most Christians do not support SOR's protest' - Politics.co.uk, 9th January 2007

Press Office — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:45:16 +0000

Politics.co.uk reports on Ekklesia's suggestion that those protesting against the Government's proposed Sexual Orientation Regulations (SORs) are clinging onto Christendom, and that the majority of Ch

Christians 'torch' SORs: Ruth Gledhill

Press Office — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:45:55 +0000

Times Religious Correspondent Ruth Gledhill quotes Ekklesia on the controversial Sexual Orientation Regulations (SORs)

Debate with Stephen Green of Christian Voice, Heaven and Earth Show. BBC1, 22nd January 2006

Press Office — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:54:13 +0000

Ekklesia's director Jonathan Bartley debates the BBC broadcast of Jerry Springer: The Opera with Stephen Green from Christian Voice

Debate on Gay clergy - Victoria Derbyshire BBC Radio 5 Live, 14th November 2005

Press Office — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:11:25 +0000

Jonathan Bartley debates inclusion, equality, gay clergy and homosexuality in the chu

Blood in the aisles by Jonathan Bartley - The Guardian, 2nd October 2004

Press Office — Sat, 02 Oct 2004 16:55:40 +0100

Jonathan Bartley assesses Stephen Bates's straight-talking account of the profound divisions in the Church of England, A Church at War