Christians from different denominations and traditions will make a united stand for the religion in London on Saturday.
The cornerstone of the event will likely be the signing of the 2025 Westminster Declaration, a document calling on leaders in government, academia and wider society to respect human dignity and freedom of conscience.
Leading the decision are theologian and peer Lord Biggar, former MP and Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Fiona Bruce, Major General Tim Cross, and the previous Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali.
Workshops will engage Christian leaders in discussions across the impact of policies regarding human life, the family, sex education, end-of-life care, and emerging technologies on society.
“By ignoring Britain’s Christian heritage we have endangered human life, weakened society, and created a fragmented nation with out a unifying vision for its future,” said the event’s organisers.
“The ‘group think’ in our universities is resulting in the closing of the Western mind,” they added.
Mgr Nazir-Ali, chair of the planning group, said, “We will work for the common good. We demand respect for Christian conscience, and we are going to critique culture when it veers away from its roots within the Bible.”
The final draft of the declaration will likely be agreed by delegates before its official launch on the Faith, Freedom and Politics event on the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster.
It is meant as an update to the 2010 Westminster Declaration which called on politicians to “protect the best of Christians” to carry their beliefs and “act in accordance with Christian conscience”.
The latest declaration is seen as a much-needed revision in light of the numerous changes to British society within the last 15 years.
Faith, Freedom and Politics has been organised by the New Humanum group which was established in 2018 to place Christianity centre stage within the national debate and supply another perspective on the problems of the day to that being served by the BBC and other mainstream media.
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