Porn crack-down
Nicola Laver
Date posted: 22 Mar 2026
“Harmful” online pornography is to be made illegal, bringing its regulation into line with offline harmful pornography, according to The Times.
Offline pornography depicting illegal acts and content that humiliate and exploit women is already prohibited, but there are no such safeguards for the online equivalent. The Government has reportedly said it will bring forward proposals to bring consistency across offline and online pornography.
Assisted suicide bill faces termination
Nicola Laver
Date posted: 21 Mar 2026
The proposed assisted dying legislation is doomed to fail, as no further additional time has been granted to enable full scrutiny of the draft bill and numerous amendments.
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is still at committee stage in the House of Lords, but will most likely fail in May when the current parliamentary session ends.
Hit singer keeps close to Christ
Emily Pollok
Date posted: 20 Mar 2026
Globally, streaming of Christian music on popular app and website Spotify has risen 60% in the last five years. And new UK-based artists are finding their place in the gospel and Christian music landscape, too.
One of those emerging young talents is Portugal-born but UK-based artist Sondae, who released his fourth album “BOY” last year.
Landmark end-of-life case taken forward by family
Nicola Laver
Date posted: 20 Mar 2026
The family of a man unlawfully allowed to die by doctors without the court’s involvement have won their appeal and asked a coroner to investigate his death.
Robert Barnor suffered a severe stroke in April 2025, followed by further strokes leading to extensive and irreversible brain damage. He never recovered consciousness. Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Trust disagreed that treatment should continue and argued it was in his best interests to die.
Evangelical alarm over Baptist vote
Emily Pollok
Date posted: 19 Mar 2026
Evangelicals in the Baptist Union say voting “none of the above” in this year’s presidential elections for the denomination may be the best option.
They say the choice of candidates on offer does not reflect the Biblical truth they wish to stand for.
Support for Scottish suicide bill 'draining away'
en staff
Date posted: 12 Mar 2026
Support for Scotland's assisted suicide bill is "draining away", a pro-life organisation says.
Right To Life UK, which campaigns for a society "where human life is valued at all stages" says that "if only four more votes switch", the legislation will fail.
CEEC says 2026 will be a 'critical year' for the CofE
Helen Catt
Date posted: 10 Mar 2026
This year will be a critical one for the Church of England (CofE), says the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC).
"The Living in Love and Faith trajectory is going to continue (confirmed by the recent General Synod); deanery and General Synod elections will be taking place; and the pressure on finances, stipendiary ministry and ordinand numbers is ongoing," CEEC says.
Prayer for 100,000 Scots
Lydia Houghton
Date posted: 4 Mar 2026
The Free Church of Scotland is encouraging Christians to each pray for ten people in their lives, throughout this year and beyond, as part of a new nationwide prayer initiative.
Engage 2026 plans to see believers across Scotland praying daily for friends, family, colleagues, neighbours and others God has placed in their lives - including those they may find it difficult to connect with.
Scottish Covenanters remembered in video series
Joshua Kellard
Date posted: 1 Mar 2026
The Edinburgh-based Banner of Truth Trust has released a new video series focusing on a neglected chapter in the history of the British church. The Covenanter Story narrates the lives and deaths of four men who took their place in a vast company of Scottish Christians killed for their faith in the 17th century.
The rise of the Stuart kings, and their insistence that they had a “divine right” to rule over the state and church (the Kirk) in Scotland, put tremendous pressure on Christians who prized the gospel freedoms recovered at the Reformation. As Charles I installed bishops to rule the church in his name and introduced a Prayer Book which many felt was far too “Roman” in character, many in the Scottish Kirk openly objected.
Assisted suicide bill will 'almost certainly fail'
Lydia Houghton
Date posted: 26 Feb 2026
The assisted suicide bill looks set to fail at Westminster, news reports indicate.
According to Sky News, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will "almost certainly... fail" because – according to the news outlet – the Government will not be giving the Bill more time in the House of Lords.
Have more children, says Christian MP
en staff
Date posted: 25 Feb 2026
People should have more children, and the Government should offer more support to make it possible, an evangelical MP says.
Danny Kruger, who represents East Wiltshire for Reform UK, has told The House magazine that he wants a more "pro-social framework".
FIEC conference for those considering ministry
Joel Murray
Date posted: 25 Feb 2026
Men and women from across the UK, some with their spouses, gathered in Northamptonshire for a weekend to consider God’s call on their lives: whether into full-time ministry, into marriage to someone in ministry, or to decide that ministry is not for them.
They were at the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches’ “Journeys” conference. FIEC National Director John Stevens taught from Philippians on Jesus’ example of humble service.
Be ready for terror, churches urged
Nicola Laver
Date posted: 25 Feb 2026
Churches are being urged to step up preparation ahead of forthcoming legal requirements to strengthen their premises’ security and readiness for potential terrorist attacks.
Places of worship within the scope of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (known as Martyn’s Law), which is expected to come into force in April 2027, will be required to appoint a “responsible person” and give formal notification of their premises.
Under-16s social media ban backed
Emily Pollok
Date posted: 24 Feb 2026
Several Christians are among a group of 61 MPs urging the Government to consider restricting social media access for under-16s.
In a letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, MPs encouraged the creation of a similar model to the one recently adopted in Australia, which puts the onus on technology platforms to enforce age restrictions.
'Theology for Life' conference sees Crosslands graduates gather
en staff
Date posted: 23 Feb 2026
Crosslands Seminary’s “Theology for Life” conference has taken place in Newcastle. The conference included a graduation celebration evening.
Richard Perkins, pastor at King’s Church, Guildford, said: “It was striking that most of the graduates didn’t simply turn up for the graduation ceremony; most were there for the whole conference.
Designer babies: Children seen as ‘commodities’
Lydia Houghton
Date posted: 23 Feb 2026
Christian doctor and research scientist John Wyatt says that a company offering the opportunity to “pick your baby” exposes a drive to control and objectify our children.
The US-based company Nucleus Genomics is offering prospective parents the chance to “have your best baby” via its website mynucleus.com.
New Christians for Reform group receives mixed responses
Emily Pollok
Date posted: 22 Feb 2026
Reform UK has witnessed a growing Christian presence over the past year, culminating in the recent launch of Christians for Reform, the party’s Christian fellowship.
With Christian politicians like Danny Kruger recently following in the footsteps of ex-Conservatives like Tim Montgomerie and defecting to Reform, the fast-growing, right-wing party is garnering more Christian support.
Puberty blockers trial challenged
Emily Pollok
Date posted: 22 Feb 2026
A group of concerned parties are pursuing legal proceedings in the High Court to stop a trial of puberty blockers for children from going ahead.
The trial, which is costing the taxpayer £11 million, should never have been approved and comprises government-funded experimentation on young children, the claimants say.
