UCCF investigation: Are the silences louder than the statement?
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Tanya Marlow2023-10-06T15:25:00
UCCF has released the long-awaited results of an investigation into alleged breaches of employment law and discrimination. With the news coming in the wake of the resignations of nearly half the trustee board, Tanya Marlow says many important questions still remain unanswered
For most of this year, the suspension of two directors of UCCF, Richard Cunningham and Tim Rudge, has been surrounded in mystery, but now the organisation, which runs Christian Unions, has broken its silence.
The Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF) is perhaps the most influential organisation you’ve never heard of: it supports and trains university Christian Unions on how to evangelise their fellow students. Every Christian student will probably have been influenced, at least tangentially, by UCCF, and many church leaders and missionaries begin as a UCCF CU Staff worker (CUSW). So, the conduct of its leadership has far-reaching consequences.
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