Liberal Democrat Christian Focus is LDCF's quarterly magazine, sent to all members.
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December 2006
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Written by Lawrence Fullick
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Thursday, 14 December 2006 |
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Lawrence Fullick provides an update on the proposed EU constitution and the lack of references to God. The government may hope that the proposed EU constitution has gone away but two groups of “Wise People” are engaged in studies with a possible impact on future political arrangements. The more political group is chaired by the Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato and includes two EU Commissioners and two former Prime Ministers; Chris Patten is the one British member. The French Interior Minister and likely centre right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed that there should be a “mini treaty” containing parts of the proposed constitution. The group of the “wise” welcomed Mr Sarkozy’s move. |
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Archbishop and Cardinal launch 'fight back for faith' |
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December 2006
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Written by Jo Holland
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Thursday, 14 December 2006 |
People who campaign for the removal of religion from public life are themselves guilty of an "intolerant faith position", leaders of the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches claimed in November.
Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Cardinal Cormac Murphy- O'Connor, leader of Catholics in England and Wales, argued that religiously-inspired activity in public life can be "radically inclusive."
Their remarks were made in a joint foreword to the report “Doing God: A Future for Faith in the Public Square” published by the newlyformed Theos religious think tank.
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December 2006
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Written by Esther Phillips, Christians in Politics
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Thursday, 14 December 2006 |
Christians in Politics, the network of official Christian organisations within the three main Westminster parties, has recently launched a new resource pack to encourage churches to hold a ‘Politics Sunday’ each year and get their members more involved in politics. |
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Conference Report Brighton Autumn 2006 |
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December 2006
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Written by Jo Holland
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Thursday, 14 December 2006 |
It was probably LDCF’s busiest ever Autumn conference this year! We started the week with a service on the beach with the Brighton Salvation Army band and it was great to see so many people there - including many who would not normally come to a more formal service.
As usual, we held morning praise meetings and this year welcomed Sal Brinton, PPC for Watford, Mark Williams MP and Richard Younger- Ross MP to speak to us. On the Tuesday we held a joint Breakfast fringe with a group of Free Church Representatives (Methodists, Quakers, Baptists, URC and Salvation Army).
We held two evening fringe meetings rather than the usual one. At the first (sponsored by Premier radio) we looked at the problem of Human Trafficking with Nick Clegg MP, Mike Kaye from Anti-Slavery International and Revd Dr Carrie Pemberton from CHASTE (Churches Alert to Sex Trafficking across Europe). Following what he had heard, Nick Clegg actually made a policy commitment at the meeting - agreeing to call on the government to sign the European Directive on Human Trafficking. Following this meeting we had a social (sponsored by the Tablet) where members were able to meet members of the LDCF executive and discuss the issues of the day.
Conference was also a key time for the development of the forum with several meetings looking at its future, particularly on financial issues. The new constitution, which gives us a more efficient organisational structure, was overwhelmingly passed and there was a lively discussion on what members would like to see LDCF doing in the future - for more see the following pages!
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