Lies about poverty: shattering the myths
Time to tell the truth, say Churches representing 1 million people Report sent to every MP and MSP 13 million people – including 3.6 million children – live in poverty in the UK today. A major new...
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Issued following a meeting held in the David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre, Mon 11 March 2013. “We remember with gratitude the life and witness of David Livingstone, who campaigned vigorously against...
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Churches ‘deeply disappointed’ at Osborne’s defence of benefit cuts
Four major British Churches have described Chancellor George Osborne’s defence of the Government’s benefit cuts as ‘deeply disappointing,’ following his speech earlier today. “We are deeply...
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UK can lead G8 in striking at causes of poverty, say religious leaders
Religious leaders from across the G8 countries have called on heads of government to follow the UK in fulfilling existing commitments to spend 0.7% of national income on aid, in a letter to the...
View ArticleDumfries and Galloway churches’ landmark ecumenical link-up hailed a success
Church leaders from across Dumfries and Galloway met in Lockerbie last Thursday for a landmark meeting. The ecumenical gathering was to celebrate the first year of the Learning Agreement signed between...
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Economist inducted as new URC Moderator
Mr John Ellis was today inducted as lay moderator of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church (URC). The induction service was held at the end of the May meeting of Mission Council, the...
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Historic Edinburgh church confirms support for LGBTI inclusivity
An Edinburgh congregation has “come out” in support of LGBTI inclusivity. Greyfriars Kirk, situated in Edinburgh’s Old Town, has confirmed it wishes to become an “affirming congregation” within the...
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Obituary: Revd Murdoch MacKenzie
Minister and missionary. Born: February 23, 1938; Died: February 3, 2015. Murdoch MacKenzie, who has died in Edinburgh from leukaemia aged 76, was a minister who was at home in many different cultures,...
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Churches call government welfare sanctions ‘inhumane and un-Christian’
A group of churches has called for an urgent overhaul of the government’s benefits sanctions regime, describing it as punitive, inhumane and un-Christian. The churches say the sanctions regime...
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Support the most vulnerable, say Churches in open letter to Prime Minister
Leaders from four major UK Churches have signed an open letter to the re-appointed Prime Minister, David Cameron, congratulating him on his election and encouraging him to hold ‘truth, justice, peace...
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