news in brief
Smacking Poll
A ComRes poll of 1,000 Welsh adults
released
in mid-July showed
that
three
quarters oppose making smacking a criminal offence.
The poll, commissioned by The Christian
Institute, also found that eight in ten say
parents, not
the
state,
should be
left
to
decide on smacking.
Conversion therapy
Dr Peter May
Date posted: 1 Sep 2017
Dr Peter May helps us to understand the main debate at the recent General Synod of the Church of England
Did anyone understand it?
Crossing the Culture
Culture & #LoveTrumpsHate
Angeline Liles
Date posted: 1 Mar 2017
It shook thousands of people out of their homes and onto the streets in protest.
The executive order, signed by the newly inaugurated President Trump on 27 January, immediately suspended the settlement of Syrian refugees for an undefined period of time. It also stopped the resettlement of all other refugees for four months.
Nigeria: who will help us?
World Watch Monitor
Date posted: 1 Feb 2017
Christians in the south of Nigeria are failing to help their persecuted compatriots in the north, according to a veteran humanitarian campaigner, it was reported in late December.
Baroness Caroline Cox, who has made numerous aid missions to the country said: ‘My personal view is that many of those churches are immensely wealthy and I would hope they could do more to help those who are suffering in the north, particularly the internally displaced people who are left. They could work with churches [in the north] who know the needs to reach those most in need. From a Christian point of view, St Paul said that where one part of the Body of Christ suffers, we all suffer. There is an obligation to help our Christian brothers and sisters.’