Churches no longer hold the privileged position in society they once did. That changing reality presents many challenges but also provides valuable insights and opportunities. Churches continue to be regarded in communities as honest brokers, and to have the convening authority to bring people together, when they are seen to act with humility, generosity and the self-critical awareness that churches need to examine the extent to which they are living up to the values they profess. There is a responsibility to use our voice to bring Christian social ethics to the debate on societal challenges, as one voice among many, and to articulate how our values call us to act in defence of the most vulnerable.
CTE has sent this open letter to Sir Mark Rowley, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, in response to the police raid of the Quaker Meeting House on 27 March.
Revd Dr Inderjit Bhogal, Lead, Church of Sanctuary, provides a prayer in response to the violence witnessed in many towns and cities in July/August 2024.
Churches took an active part in the last UK General Election, with the Churches’ General Election website providing a hustings system and resources hub.
Politics at the Service of the Common Good: as Christians how might we be called to engage with politics?