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Church calls for end to Pakistan blasphemy law
16 March 2018
 'Outdated' law is fuelling interreligious violenceThe Methodist Church in Britain is calling on the Pakistanigovernment to repeal its controversial blasphemy law, and isencouraging Christians to sign an online petition.The blasph...
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Concern for Church following Fiji's expulsion from the Commonwealth
16 March 2018
British Methodists have expressed solidarity with Methodists inFiji following the country's expulsion from the Commonwealthyesterday.The Methodist Church in Britain called on the Government of Fiji toallow the Methodist Church to exercis...
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How diverse is your Church?
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church will take a snapshot of its richness anddiversity through the launch of a web-based survey nextmonth.From September 1 Methodists across the country will be given thechance to feed back on equality and diversity in th...
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Churches offer resources for Peacemaking Sunday - September 20
16 March 2018
Church leaders are being encouraged to mark The InternationalDay of Peace on Peacemaking Sunday using worship resources providedby The Baptist Union of Great Britain, The Methodist Church and theUnited Reformed Church.The three Churches ...
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Methodists will attend Trade Union Congress
16 March 2018
Methodists will attend the Trade Union Congress in Liverpool onTuesday (September 15) to build further relationships with TradeUnionists.David Gamble, President of the Methodist Conference, and Dr RichardVautrey, Vice-President of the Me...
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European Methodist Council comes to Manchester
16 March 2018
Church leaders from all over Europe will meet in Manchester thisweekend to discuss mass unemployment, migration, Christian andMuslim dialogue and ecumenical relationships.Methodists from Ireland in the West across to Russia in the Eastan...
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Join the Trafalgar Squaredance this Sunday
16 March 2018
This Sunday a church organist will be taking to TrafalgarSquare's fourth plinth with the simple aim of making London happywith music.For one hour only, from 6pm on Sunday 13 September, Peter Harding,from Solihull will play the accordion ...
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Churches' delegation to attend the three main political party conferences
16 March 2018
Christian leaders will engage with politicians at the three mainparty political conferences over the next few weeks.Senior representatives from the Baptist Union of Great Britain, theMethodist Church, the United Reformed Church and The Sal...
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Methodists win at the Blog Awards
16 March 2018
Two Methodist weblogs received awards at this year's ChristianWeb and New Media Awards.The Revd David Perry won the award for Best Christian Blog and ThePresident and Vice President's blog came runner up in the MostInspiring Leadership B...
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27 September is Back to Church Sunday: Come as you are
16 March 2018
This Sunday, half a million Christians will be inviting someonespecial to come back to church in one of the largest co-ordinatedecumenical evangelism events staged across Britain.Churches across the UK and further afield will be offering a...
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Appeal for disaster victims in Samoa, Tonga and Indonesia
16 March 2018
An appeal for prayer and funds for victims of the tsunami andearthquake tragedies in Samoa, Tonga and Indonesia has beenlaunched by the Methodist Church in Britain.The Church's World Mission Fund granted £10,000 to aid the reliefwork of ...
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Brown's Trident plans 'feeble and ineffective'
16 March 2018
Three national Church leaders have criticised Gordon Brown overhis 'feeble and ineffective' pledge to reduce the UK's nuclearsubmarine fleet from four to three.The leaders have made their statement following reports that GordonBrown will...
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