Christians in Parliament: a former MP writes

Dear Editor,

There was much in James Mildred’s article in the December issue of en under the headline ‘MPs are ignorant about true Christianity’ which I agreed with, not least the need for consistent engagement motivated by a desire to serve the common good, witnessing to the whole revelation of God’s word, and to speak truth to power. However, the headline is not helpful for such engagement, because whatever our view about the government there are actually more MPs who do understand true Christianity, and numerically there are probably more evangelical Christian MPs than ever before.

The debate about Covid-19 restrictions highlighted the fact that the voice of Christian MPs is not on the fringe, like Steve Baker and Sir Desmond Swayne who are leading voices in Parliament challenging the restrictions. And don’t forget Jacob Rees Mogg, who was no doubt the first Leader of the House of Commons to give an exegesis of Luke 22:38 from the dispatch box last month!