Our call to respond The climate emergency is not only an earthly crisis, but a spiritual one. Scripture opens with a world spoken into being by love, declared very good before a single human hierarchy or economy exists (Genesis 1). The earth is not owned by humans, …
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UK urged to continue its climate leadership
Faith leaders have called on the UK government to step up international efforts to encourage the phasing out of fossil fuels. Senior representatives of the Methodist Church, the Baptist Union and the United Reformed Church have co-signed a letter asking Ed Miliband, as Secretary of State for Energy …
Faith leaders say refugee families belong together
Amidst major asylum policy overhaul, 720 bishops, rabbis, church ministers and an imam from UK communities have written to the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to raise concerns for refugee families. The government has suspended a vital route for partner reunion and for children trying to …
Should we still stop Rosebank?
With an escalating global oil crisis, is it out of touch for churches to continue supporting the campaign to stop the Rosebank oil field? Absolutely not. ICYMI*: What’s going on? The Strait of Hormuz – between …
Airstrikes by AI: who is accountable?
Amongst the on-going horrors of the war across the Middle East and on top of significant questions around the legality and intent behind it, we’re seeing a dangerous step into a new kind of warfare. How significantly is human judgement being replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) in the decisions …
The Spring Statement – or how not to have “a politics characterised by listening, kindness and truthfulness”*
Listening to the Spring Statement, it's not hard to see why people are disillusioned with politics. The Chancellor began by saying how wonderful the economy was and how everything was going to plan while the Shadow Chancellor responded with how terrible the economy was and how there was no plan. …
Rebuilding global solidarity for climate action
More worrying climate news. Is our international system still up to today’s challenges? Earlier this month the EU’s Copernicus research institute revealed that 2025 was the third hottest year on record globally. The first and second hottest years were 2024 and 2023 respectively. We are …
Will anything other than might be right?
"Enduring solutions will not rest on the logic of force, but on the foundations of justice, equality and the right to self-determination." (Statement from Palestinian Christian leaders in 2025)1. Current news headlines illustrate that we are witnessing the clash of two fundamentally opposed …
Iona Community and Joint Public Issues Team announce new partnership
Christian witness for peace and justice will be strengthened thanks to a newly announced partnership between the Iona Community and the Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) of the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches. As “resourcing partners”, the two groups have committed to “walking together …
Introducing Adam
I’m Adam and I’m pleased to introduce myself as the newest addition to the Joint Public Issues Team. I will be joining as the Advocacy Coordinator within the Methodist Church to help the JPIT churches amplify their impact and bring about a more just and peaceful world. In 2023, I sat in a large …