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Parliament set to debate and vote on legalising assisted dying in England and Wales
Kim Leadbeater, Labour MP for Spen Valley, (pictured above) presented the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in parliament for first reading on 16 October. In principle the bill seeks to “allow adults who are terminally ill the right to request and seek assistance to end their own life,…
Alicia Edmund
More than 1,200 Christian leaders sign open letter to MPs opposing assisted dying bill
Ahead of parliament debating a law to introduce assisted dying, more than 1,200 church and Christian leaders have signed a letter opposing plans. The letter is backed by the leaders of the Evangelical Alliance and Churches Together in England and national leaders from a wide range of networks and…
Evangelical Alliance responds to result of Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill vote
Gavin Calver, CEO of the Evangelical Alliance, said: “I’m deeply disappointed parliament has voted to progress this bill to legalise assisted suicide. This is the biggest proposed change to our social fabric in a generation. Over recent weeks we have stood side by side with other faith groups,…
Advocacy
We work to represent and resource evangelical Christians in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Politics affects every aspect of our lives and Jesus calls us to care for our society and those in our communities. As a team, we engage across a wide range of public policy issues, advocating…
Government consultations
The Evangelical Alliance’s advocacy team regularly submits consultation responses on behalf of UK evangelicals and produce consultation guidance notes for individuals, organisations and churches to submit their own response. All five of the points made on writing to your local elected…
Medics on a mission
In many ways, and despite logisticalc challenges, this opening couldn’t have come at a more perfect time for him and the growing evangelical healthcare community. No stranger to the Evangelical Alliance member organisation, Mark joined CMF over two decades ago in the mid-1990s, when he was a…
Naomi Osinnowo
Assisted suicide would lead to more suffering, not less
The Bill proposes that “a person diagnosed with a terminal illness is given the choice to end their own life by means of medication provided by a doctor for that purpose”. It defines someone who is terminally ill as “having a progressive disease which can reasonably be expected to cause their…
Shanley McConnell
Interview: Scotland public policy highlights, and what’s new in Holyrood for 2023
Of all the nations, I would say Scotland and the Scottish parliament has been the most active in introducing and consulting on new legislation. What are some of the different policy areas you have worked on this past year? Yes, it has been a very busy year in Scotland. We are part of the Scottish…
Alicia Edmund
Westminster round-up: Making sense of it all
This break provides time for the Westminster team to reflect on the last six months and prepare and respond to calls for evidence from parliamentary committees and statutory bodies in August. The advocacy work here at the Evangelical Alliance is built around two core pillars. The first is to…
Alicia Edmund
Is death the ultimate human choice?
We live in a culture that has all too often reduced human life to functionality and usefulness. But what happens when you can no longer contribute to society? Do you still have purpose? We live in a society that is particularly focused on the individual. One campaign group has called itself ‘My…
Peter Lynas
What’s wrong with a bill seeking to introduce assisted suicide?
While the bill title does not reference assisted suicide, and campaigners prefer to talk about assisted dying, the detail of the legislation betrays that. This is about introducing assisted suicide – it amends the Suicide Act (1961) to allow circumstances where it is permitted to assist someone to…
Danny Webster
God has been faithful in 2024, and the advocacy team are believing for more breakthroughs in 2025
2024 has been a challenging year for the advocacy team. We have had to navigate an evolving policy agenda along with highly emotive issues, such as end of life care and proposals to legalise assisted dying – yet God has been our refuge and strength throughout. We have known His encouragement and…
Alicia Edmund
"It's important for people to have a good death," says Rachael Maskell MP
The assisted dying bill in Westminster has distracted the media, MPs and ministers’ attention away from the important and pressing question confronting our country at the moment, which is: “How should the government improve end of life and palliative care in the UK?” This interview with Rachael…
Alicia Edmund
What being human in space does to the body
When they splashed down off the coast of Florida this week in their capsule, both Suni and Butch looked considerably older. Williams’ flowing chestnut hair had turned almost totally white. Both astronauts had experienced accelerated ageing – with about 1% of their bone and muscle withering away…
Peter Lynas
Being Human Scotland taster evening – 15 May
Being Human Scotland taster evening Join us for a Being Human taster evening led by Peter Lynas, UK director at the Evangelical Alliance and co-lead of the Being Human project. In a world full of big questions – identity, AI, global conflict, beginning and end of life – how can we, as Christians,…
