Daryl Booth
Daryl Booth is the founder of Sarx, a registered charity which empowers Christians to champion the cause of animals and live in peace with all God's creatures. Daryl studied theology at King's College, London, and Heythrop College, London. He lives with his beloved Burmese cat in south-east London.
Animal welfare: extending God's love
11 September 2019Indeed, I would have been rather taken aback at the idea of relating my Christian faith to the advocacy of animals. I suspect this is a not an uncommon attitude among evangelicals, and is reasonable given the cultural context. Yet several prominent evangelical leaders from previous generations may have taken issue with my assumed indifference to animals. The celebrated ‘Prince of Preachers', Baptist minister Charles Spurgeon, would surely have lauded my enthusiasm for preaching and evangelism,…
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God's creatures count in Christ
20 November 2018The UK has long been considered a nation of animal lovers and millions of Christians are among these ranks. Yet rather like other British interests such as football, Doctor Who, incessant queueing and soap operas, animals are rarely thought of as a faith concern which we expect to hear discussed within church. We confess faith in Jesus Christ. We are proud animal lovers. But we don’t often put the two together. This seems to be a rather odd situation to find ourselves in, particularly when the…
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