Is the UK church ready for Trump 2.0?
Ben Chang
Today sees the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States.
Over on this side of the pond, polling consistently confirms that most of the British public have a pretty dim view of Trump. At best, he is seen as a ridiculous clown who cannot string a sentence together. At worst, he is viewed as a wannabe autocrat who idolises Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. However, he won a resounding victory in the Presidential election and his party gained control of both the House and Senate.
Trans schools’ guidance: What does it mean for me?
Ben Chang
Following months of delaying, the UK Government finally published its draft ‘Gender Questioning Children’ guidance for schools in England. Although pending consultation, the guidance nonetheless sets out the government’s trajectory and gives some much-needed clarity for teachers.
The guidance is more conservative, or ‘gender-critical’, than many expected, and has already triggered backlash from activists; Mermaids called it ‘out of touch and absurd’. The English guidance is also notably divergent from the equivalent guidance in Scotland which takes a much more liberal, or ‘gender-affirming’ approach.
A post assisted dying world: Three ways the church can prepare
On Friday, MPs backed the legalisation of assisted dying in England and Wales. Although the House of Lords may tweak and amend the legislation, it looks all but certain that assisted dying will become legal in some form in the UK.
Evangelicals have been members of a broad coalition of groups that have spent the last few months tirelessly fighting for this bill to be defeated. And many of us have prayed without ceasing that this day would never come.