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  • 13 Feb
    2009

    Regarding claims that Christians are being unfairly treated because a child and her parent were questioned over an incident in a Devon school where a 5-year-old told a classmate she would "go to he

  • 12 Feb
    2009

    Ekklesia co-director Simon Barrow commented: "After what seems too long a period of silence, it is encouraging to see senior church figures, theologians engaged with science, and scientists engage

  • 9 Feb
    2009

    An important report will be launched today (Monday) at Westminster, which highlights the terrible impact of mining in the Philippines.

  • 5 Feb
    2009

    Commenting on the news that three Christian groups are to hit back at the 'atheist bus' campaign with their own vehicle-conveyed slogans, Simon Barrow co-director of the religion and society thinkt

  • 2 Feb
    2009

    Commenting on a case in Somerset where a nurse has been suspended for offering to pray for a patient who appears not to have wanted this, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think

  • 29 Jan
    2009

    Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, one of the founders of the Accord coalition for inclusive schooling, said: “The story of the continuing development of i

  • 24 Jan
    2009

    On the BBC's refusal of a charities' television appeal for Gaza:

  • 24 Jan
    2009

    Regarding President Barack Obama's 'do-over' of the oath of office, and objections to doing this without a Bible, Simon Barrow of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia points out that many C

  • 22 Jan
    2009

    Responding to comments by church leaders carried in the Church Times and Baptist Times regarding Christian Unity Jonathan Bartley, co-director of the thinktank Ekklesia and author of the book

  • Simon Barrow, co-director the the religion and society thinktank Ekklesia commented on the 2009 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January): "This annual time of prayer and reflection is an

  • 16 Jan
    2009

    Responding to news that a Christian bus driver has refused to drive a bus carrying an advert saying 'There's probably no God' on it, Simon Barrow of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia com

  • 13 Jan
    2009

    Responding to the latest comments from UK immigration Phil Woolas, Ekklesia associate Vaughan Jones, who heads up the agency Praxis, which works with displaced people, said:

  • 12 Dec
    2008

    Like the symbolism of Christingle ceremonies church schools will take part in, the schools themselves should be open to all says the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, commenting on reports

  • 4 Dec
    2008

    Simon Barrow, co-director of the thinktank Ekklesia said: "Runnymede Trust’s new report, Right to Divide?

  • 24 Nov
    2008

    "It is great news that the churches have given official recognition to Oikocredit, the fair finance cooperative that invests directly in disadvantaged communities", said Simon Barrow, co-director o

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