In this issue
In this issue
- Government challenged on UK personnel in Saudi ‘control centre’
- British Quakers in Peru for world gathering
- UN chief says humanitarian finance gap a ‘solvable problem’
- HIV ‘epidemic’ strikes Venezuelan Indians
- If even the DWP isn’t Disability Confident, how will a million disabled people get jobs?
- Marriage should be inclusive – a response to the Primates’ rebuke of the Episcopal Church
- An English National Anthem: a song of patriotic prejudice or an opportunity to do better?
Upcoming events
Symon Hill Book Tour
January 20, 2016
We are delighted to be hosting the London leg of Ekklesia associate Symon Hill’s new book “The Upside Down Bible” which is published by Darton, Longmann and
Transform Now Ploughshares Talk
January 23, 2016
Come and hear Sister Megan Rice speak about how, along with two other Christian peace activists, she cau
Sex and Sensibility
February 23, 2016
SEX AND SENSIBILITY: SALLY HITCHINER AND PETER TATCHELL IN CONVERSATION 23rd February, 6.30pm, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235, Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP.
Monday 18 January 2016
18 Jan 2016
Government challenged on UK personnel in Saudi ‘control centre’
UK personnel are working in a Saudi Arabian “control centre” assisting with targeting as part of a bombing campaign in Yemen, which has been accused of attacks which “may amount to a war crime” by the UN Secretary General.
15 Jan 2016
British Quakers in Peru for world gathering
British Quakers are heading to Peru this week for a global gathering of the Society of Friends which will run from 19 – 27 January. The theme is Living the transformation: Creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God.
18 Jan 2016
UN chief says humanitarian finance gap a ‘solvable problem’
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the launch of a new report on finding solutions to the growing gap between the increasing numbers of people in need of assistance and sufficient resources to provide relief.
15 Jan 2016
HIV ‘epidemic’ strikes Venezuelan Indians
Experts have revealed that an HIV “epidemic” is decimating the Warao tribe in Venezuela.
16 Jan 2016
If even the DWP isn’t Disability Confident, how will a million disabled people get jobs?
14 Jan 2016
Marriage should be inclusive – a response to the Primates’ rebuke of the Episcopal Church
18 Jan 2016
An English National Anthem: a song of patriotic prejudice or an opportunity to do better?
England apparently needs its own National Anthem.