Radical change needed in religion-politics debate

London, UK – OCT 22, 2006 In light of a call today that Prince Charles should become the Defender of the Christian faith at his Coronation, and a feature by the Sunday Times asking whether it time to take ‘God out of the state’, the religious...

Church schools policy ‘un-Christian’

London, UK – Oct 3, 2006 Responding to the latest statement from the Church of England on admissions policy for faith schools, the UK Christian think tank Ekklesia has said that the Church‚Äôs stance is ‚Äúwholly inadequate‚Äù and that ‚Äúusing church-going as a...

Joint call on DfES to rule out ‘creationist’ teaching

London, UK – Sep 29, 2006 The UK Christian think tank Ekklesia and the British Humanist Association have today written to Education Minister Alan Johnson asking him to ensure that their guidelines are explicit in requiring teachers to maintain a wholly...

Christians equipped to reimagine ‘church’

London, UK – Sep 18, 2006 A training course, believed to be the first to combine urban mission and church planting, is to equip participants to develop new and creative forms of church such as as ‘cafe churches’, peace churches, virtual churches, new...