Our new weekly reel and blog highlights what is going on in the UK and around the world that you might like to pray about this week. For the reel, follow us on Facebook or Instagram. News headlines Democracy The High Court ruled this week that the Government acted unlawfully in proscribing …
Statement on “earned settlement” proposals
We are deeply concerned by Home Office plans to establish a so-called “earned settlement” scheme that would judge those with a higher salary, better education and from a more fortunate background as more worthy of living settled, secure lives in the UK. This is contrary to our understanding of the …
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 …
A Briefing on the Child Poverty Strategy
This briefing was produced by the Joint Public Issues Team of the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches in January 2026. Read Paul Morrison's blog response to the Strategy here. …
The world trembles
In a guest blog, Revd Charity Tozivepi-Nzegwu reflects on recent international events. I have learnt that there are moments when the world trembles, not because violence has already erupted, but because the conditions for it are being normalised. When power begins to speak as though borders are …
After COP30: Balancing Lament & Hope
Watching from afar through headlines and Instagram posts, I was unsure how to feel about COP30 last month. As a former youth climate striker, my teenage sense of optimism has been somewhat dampened. The more I learn about politics, negotiation, …
Child poverty: a step forward
JPIT’s Paul Morrison explains the context for the response from faith leaders to the government’s child poverty strategy Today faith leaders have responded to last week’s child poverty strategy. The headline from the strategy, and the headline from the leaders’ response, is the abolition of the …