PCC Minutes from 21st January 2017

April 3, 2017 in notices

Immigration policy needs to improve, Bishops argue, after migrant family drowns
THE Bishop in Europe, Dr Robert Innes, has called for a “humane, tolerant and equitable migration policy” in response to the death of five migrants who attempted to cross the English Channel on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the family, Iranian Kurds, wer...
The pandemic has changed how churches use media
CHRISTIANS are being urged to pray for the media on Sunday. It comes at a time when the media, and the way in which churches engage with them, are changing fast. The call comes from Christians in Media, which brings together about 650 practitioner...
Kim Jong-un’s apology jeopardises his god-like status
WHILE the world continues to face the challenges of the “ghost disease”, as Covid-19 is known in North Korea, Kim Jong-un continues to attempt to demonstrate his strength. This was clearly seen in the display of weapons which was part of the milit...
Prioritise children to end hunger and poverty, Bishop of Durham urges after school-meals outcry
WHILE the Government should have voted to extend free school-meal vouchers for this half-term and for future holidays, this would have been only a “sticking-plaster solution to a longer-term and deeper problem” of child poverty, the Bishop of Durh...