A Lent programme exploring faith under fire

OUR GOOD FRIENDS at Union Chapel, in London, have developed a topical and challenging ‘Faith Under Fire’ course for Lent 2023, which runs from Wednesday 22nd February through to Friday 7 April. They write: “Across the world, people of faith are...

Action is needed on SLAPPs

EKKLESIA has made a submission to the Scottish Parliament’s Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee in support of a petition by former MP Roger Mullin calling for reform of the law relating to Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation...

Online seminar about the war in Ukraine

OUR FRIENDS at Peace News and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) are co-sponsoring an important and thought-provoking online seminar about Ukraine with author and activist Medea Benjamin at 7pm on Monday 9th January.  Russia’s brutal and inexcusable February...

Welcome to new chief of world churches body

EKKLESIA has been delighted to commence the new year by joining many others in welcoming the Rev Prof Dr Jerry Pillay into his new post as General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the global ecumenical body headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, but...