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January 9, 2020

Churches bring together key influencers for major conference ahead of COP26

The conference is for everyone who is concerned about the climate and keen to explore what we need to do structurally in order to make the changes needed.
December 23, 2019

Our future is in the hands of young people, and they are good hands

For people who believe in a compassionate society and progressive politics, these winter days can feel very dark indeed.
August 21, 2019

Green Christian events to help churches care for people and planet

Green Christian is holding two regional day conferences in Manchester and Stroud, organised in co-operation with local church members, on 14 and 28 September respectively.
May 28, 2019

Green Christian event will respond with faith to the ecological crisis

Green Christian will run a free event in Shrewsbury to provide people of faith with some resources to respond to the problems of climate change and biodiversity loss.
April 16, 2018

New Cambridge institute to tackle policy challenges in our age of disruption

A major gift from Cambridge alumnus and philanthropist Peter Bennett has enabled the launch of a groundbreaking new institute at the University of Cambridge dedicated to researching solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing society in the 21st century.
January 27, 2018

Obsessing about GDP not the answer to solving poverty, says Christian Aid

As the World Economic Forum meets in Davos this week, Christian Aid has released a new report which draws on the agency’s decades of experience in development work to offer a critique of the idea that pursuing increased GDP is the best way of relieving poverty.
January 22, 2018

Anglicanism – the road ahead of us

I am originally from Manchester. I have been an Anglican priest since 1989, having trained for the ministry at St.
January 3, 2017

Churches chief to have voice at world economic summit

The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches will participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos from 17-20 January 2017.
April 23, 2016

Ekklesia COO recognised in inaugural Virago/New Statesman women writers prize

Ekklesia is very pleased to offer warm congratulations to our chief operating officer, Virginia Moffatt, for being shortlisted in the inaugural Virago Press and New Statesman magazine Women's Prize
February 3, 2015

Debt relief for Greece makes economic and moral sense

Ekklesia, the politics and beliefs thinktank, has joined senior religious leaders in calling for a positive debt deal for Greece and an alternative, moral approach to the economic crises brought about by debt-deflationary policies and austerity.