This attempt to silence Christian street preachers was a serious threat to religious freedom

By Andrea Williams2025-04-24T14:13:00

Rushmoor Council’s efforts to stop Christian street preachers represents a significant and deeply troubling attack on freedom of speech and religious expression, says Christian Concern’s Andrea Williams

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Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour for saying ‘Free Palestine’. What does it really mean?

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Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour following his “Free Palestine” comments. But what does the phrase mean and is it inherently antisemitic? Gavin Drake takes a look at the various ways those two contentious words are understood
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5 reasons I believe the UK Church is in a spiritual springtime

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Renewal is here, says the Evangelical Alliance’s Phil Knox
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How 7 Caribbean Christians helped reshape the British Church

2026-09-18T14:26:00Z By Lee Brickley

On 20 September 1953, Oliver and Rose Lyseight laid the foundations of a church that would give Caribbean Christians a space to worship, support each other and develop the leaders who would carry the movement forward. 73 years on, Lee Brickley says they didn’t just find a place in British Christianity – they changed it

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