Helen Paynter
Helen Paynter is a Baptist minister who teaches at Bristol Baptist College. She is the founding director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, and the editor, with Maria Power, of The Church, the Far Right, and the Claim to Christianity (SCM).
OpinionYou can’t build God’s kingdom with the enemy’s tools
When the people on the platform are promoting violence and hate, Christians should have no part in the protest, says Dr Helen Paynter. As King Ahaz learned, forging shady alliances with those in power will not build God’s kingdom
