British Isles
Bishop of Leeds on intolerance
The Bishop of Leeds has said some secularists ‘have a problem’ with religion being mentioned. A current brand of ‘intolerant’ liberalism in the UK is dismissive of the Christian faith. He made his comments after Theresa…
Scotland’s Free Church engaged in prayer
A National Day of Prayer took place on Wednesday, with congregations and presbyteries coming together to engage in praying together for the Church in Scotland and beyond. ‘Mission is an absolute paradox - we are tasked,…
Ugandan pastor challenges UK church on persecution
A Ugandan pastor, severely injured by Islamic opponents of his faith, made an appeal for British Christians to help their persecuted brothers across the world. Umar Mulinde was badly burned by an acid attack outside his…
BBC and Christianity
Recently Prayer-Alert readers were asked to pray about the BBC reduction in Christian programming: http://www.prayer-alert.net/british-isles-ireland-pa-site/item/8828-bbc-reduction-in-christian-programming. This week BBC producer and presenter Roger Bolton said the BBC is ‘failing at a time of global crisis to take…
