from Faith and Politics: A BBC headline this morning confirms what is now common knowledge – that birth rates in Western and other developed nations are well below the rate of replacement, leading to ageing and declining populations, and storing up serious social and economic problems for the future. In Britain, as in a number […]

by Adrian Edwards, UNHCR: UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report says an unprecedented 65.6 million people were uprooted from their homes by conflict and persecution at the end of 2016. The UN Refugee Agency’s annual Global Trends study found that 65.6 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2016 – a total bigger […]

from Christian Today: Four out of five Christians (87 per cent) have taken action on poverty in the past year – a far higher proportion than the general population – according to a poll of 2,958 UK adults by Barna Group for Christian relief and development agency Tearfund. Christians Who Make a Difference, a report […]

from The Christian Institute: Pro-life peers stood up against a new bid to impose abortion on Northern Ireland this week. Speaking in the House of Lords on Tuesday, they argued that abortion is not a human rights matter and is for Northern Ireland to decide. An amendment, tabled by Lord Adonis, would have effectively legalised […]

by Stephen Noll, Contending Anglican: Why would a Vice Chancellor, a former Vice Chancellor, have any particular qualifications to speak to you today about marriage and family? I’m glad you asked. Let me count some ways. First of all, I am a son, a husband, a father, and a grandfather. I used to boast at […]

A Review of A Transnational Feminist View of Surrogacy Biomarkets in India by K Blaine, The Public Discourse: Imagine you live in India. You live in extreme poverty—poverty like most Americans have never witnessed. The kind of poverty that leads you to sign a contract that you cannot read. You relinquish your home, your friends, […]

by David Smyth, Evangelical Alliance: […]  As the icing sugar settles on the ruling, here are three broad points we might like to consider as Christians who have been following the case: A win for everyone The case is a win for the LGBT community. In fact, it’s a win for all protected minorities under equality law legislation. […]

by Lee Gatiss, Church Society: I was interviewed last week for BBC Radio 4’s Sunday programme, which aired yesterday. It can be listened to or downloaded here (a 6 minute segment starting around 23:40). It was publicised as a piece about whether evangelicals are “stockpiling assets ahead of a split”. Evangelicals are not stockpiling anything. […]

By Carys Moseley, Christian Concern. […] According to English-language news site Lovin Malta, in an X Factor pre-audition interview, Matthew Grech said that he used to live as a gay man until he became a Christian and followed Jesus Christ. He also said that he believed any ‘marriage’ other than between one man and one woman is […]

By Tom Gould, The Oxford Student. [Oxford University:] At its 3rd week meeting on Sunday the LMH JCR debated whether or not to voice its dissent to the potential hosting of the conservative Christian organisation Christian Concern. The debate was consultative and the governing body will make its final decision in 4th week but the […]