Category - methodist church

October 8, 2012

Churches put government’s green credentials on trial

Four major British faith groups have warned that the Government’s draft Energy Bill would set the UK up for failure on carbon targets.
October 4, 2012

Yorkshire churches enter groundbreaking partnership

A new and groundbreaking regional partnership in Yorkshire between the Church of England and Methodist Church will be inaugurated on 6 October.
August 17, 2012

Methodists establish leaders' forum for community engagement

Methodist Church leaders are being invited to attend the first meeting of a forum that aims to work with people at engaging in their local communities.
August 6, 2012

The advent of Gambling Watch UK is important

There was an extremely depressing and revealing Channel 4 TV 'Dispatches' documentary this evening, documenting the way in which the 2005 liberalisation of gambling by New Labour (Gordon Brown pulled back on 'super-casinos', but not the rest of it) has exposed poor communities in particular to businesses that take many thousands of pounds out of the local economy every day.
July 28, 2012

Churches criticise recommendations of Select Committee report on gambling

Giving the go-ahead for more gaming machines on the high street threatens a surge in problem gambling, say Church groups.
July 3, 2012

UK is now a tax haven, says top Christian accountant

One of Britain's most well-known Christian accountants has described the UK as a tax haven for the rich in which the poor are now paying more in tax.
July 1, 2012

Churches need to be more welcoming, says new Methodist president

The new President of the Methodist Conference has challenged Methodists to make their Church into a place in which people are welcomed as they are.
June 22, 2012

Methodists have Britain mapped online and interactively

The Methodist Church has launched an interactive web map of churches and communities in Britain, combining its data with information from other sources.
June 15, 2012

Sex, money and church attacks on government

This week, several UK churches have been objecting to government attempts to redefine things.
June 15, 2012

Churches attack Cameron's plan to redefine poverty

Three of the UK's largest churches have slammed proposals to change the way poverty is measured. They say ministers are blaming the poor for poverty.