Christians in Politics: Should we Speak Truth to Power?



Dear friends,

Increasingly we know that many of those involved in politics are actively avoiding the anxiety and anger-inducing tendencies of social media ‘armchair campaigning’ in favour of building real local relationships. So we wanted to share via email a couple of pieces from the last few days.
 
Here is Executive Director Andy Flannagan calling us all to speak truth to power, but also think carefully about how we know what ‘truth’ is, and in fact what ‘power’ is?

 
Read the article
Here is one of last year’s trainees from the Christians in Politics Ambassadors Programme, Jack Palmer-White, preaching what he has practised, giving a radio interview about a second Trump presidency.
Listen to the interview
Our last animated video (The ID video) has now been used in many teaching contexts. It explains some important theological foundations and analyses our current public square, also springboarding from the USA experience. It can be found here...
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Thanks very much,
 
Christians in Politics team

 


Posted: January 2025