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Lockdown latest: Restarting church gatherings in Scotland
This is very positive news. We welcome the Scottish Government’s recognition that the church being is integral to the health and wellbeing of the country and the priority given to places of worship as society re-opens. This reflects previous commitments made in January and we are glad that the…
Ending conversion therapy?
UPDATE 1 April 2022 Following leaks that the government were planning to not bring forward legislation to ban conversion therapy, they changed their minds again, and now suggest that they will bring forward plans but only relating to sexual orientation and not transgender identity. You can read…
Letter to the Prime Minister regarding calls to end conversion therapy
The Evangelical Alliance has written to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, outlining how current proposals being considered by the Government on conversion therapy could pose a direct threat to religious liberty and restrict personal freedoms. The letter, which recognises the harmful practices of…
Lent and Easter with Bible Society
Check out the Bible Society’s host of resources to help you reflect and celebrate. These resources are also available in Welsh.
Vaccine Webinars - Wales
The session aimed to inform choice and address misinformation about vaccinations through scientific and theological discussion. It was also an opportunity for Christians to ask questions directly of Public Health Wales, as well as a panel of Christian clinicians, GPs and faith leaders. Bu’r…
COVID-19 vaccination: Christian webinar and Q&A | Part one: Public Health Wales
Short presentation from Public Health Wales on vaccination uptake
COVID-19 vaccination: Christian webinar and Q&A | Part two: Christian doctors
Update from three Christian doctors on vaccination uptake
The challenges around conversion therapy
The Government’s 2018 LGBT Action Plan set out its intention to end conversion therapy in the UK. Proposals on how the Government will do this are now imminent. In the four-year action plan, and in recent parliamentary statements, the Government has sought to reassure churches and other faith…
Danny Webster
Q&A on conversion therapy
Jo Frost and Peter Lynas go through current proposals to end conversion therapy, asking what is the current situation, what are the issues and challenges involved, and why the Evangelical Alliance is calling on the Government to honour its commitment to end harmful and abusive practices and protect…
Rebuilding Leadership: Building healthy leadership
On Tuesday, 20 April at 7pm, the Evangelical Alliance will be hosting a conversation on growing healthy practices. This session will focus on the challenges of building personal character and healthy rhythms during the current season. We will also cover how to build strong spiritual disciplines for…
MSPs set to debate Stories of Hope
The report highlighted the huge impact that churches and other Christian groups have had in delivering support and responding to the needs of their communities during lockdown. Produced by the Evangelical Alliance in partnership with Serve Scotland, the report submitted its survey of projects…
Dear church leaders, on behalf of your youth and children's workers...
At the start of the pandemic, many of us were asking practical, short-term questions like how we’d get our shopping or whether there’d be any toilet paper left. But as this season has gone on, our minds have gone to longer term concerns like when this will end, how do we navigate this landscape…
Dan Randall
Northern Ireland: Abortion amendment bill passes second stage
In Northern Ireland abortion is permitted up to 12 weeks for any or no stated reason, up to 24 weeks for a threat to the mental health of the woman, and up to birth for ‘severe fetal impairment’. This bill seeks to repeal the part of the law which currently allows for abortion on the ground of…
David Smyth
Surviving the waves
Have you ever sat at the very edge of the sea as the tide ebbs and flows, gently touching your toes, only to realise how quickly the waters can turn? A few years ago, I returned to a beach where the sea had been calm the day before, but now it was caught in the fury of a storm. My eldest son and I,…
Cole Maynard
