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| According to a five year-year academic study reported on in mid-November, churches that are theologically conservative with beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible grow faster than those with a liberal orientation. The growing churches featured contemporary worship, while declining churches favoured traditional styles of worship with organ and choir. | |
| Church | Evangelicals Now - January 2017 |
| TV historian Tom Holland says he had the completely wrong idea about Christianity. Though he has not become a Christian, Holland now recognises the faith as a revolutionary idea which has changed the world for good. | |
| What famous people say | The Christian Institute newsletter - Autumn 2016 |
| The NSPCC warned recently that the internet has become a ‘playground for paedophiles’, saying that young people contacting its Childline telephone help service were reporting increasing incidents of online abuse and grooming. Counselling sessions for children worried about online abuse increased by 24% in the last year, with issues including sexual harassment and pressure to share or engage in explicit material online. | |
| Crime | Mediawatch-UK - Autumn 2016 |
| In the 12 months ending the second quarter of 2016, one in 541 became insolvent and every day 39 people were declared bankrupt. | |
| Money | Families First January/February 2017 |
| The statistics from the US Pew Research Center show that when it comes to ‘conversion’ growth, Christians are the largest faith group at 31% of the planet as well as being arguably the fastest growing faith group (Pew Research Center, April 23, 2015). | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Go - Jan-Mar 2017 |
| Over the past decade the number of under 18 girls who needed treatment after cutting themselves rose by 285 per cent with boys rising by 186 per cent over the same period. There were also increases in the number trying to poison themselves. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - December 2016 |
| ChildLine reports that they’ve seen a rise of 35 per cent in counselling sessions with young people about anxiety, with 6,500 counselling sessions on anxiety being given in the last six months. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - December 2016 |
| Research from Barnardo’s has revealed: 88% of 11-18-year-olds lack confidence. 65% say grown-ups are ‘not very good’ at telling them they can succeed. 50% of parents agree there’s more pressure on young people today than when they were young. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - November 2016 |
| Word 4 Weapons has been taking knives and guns off the street since 2009 and has just celebrated removing 24,000 knives through its ‘surrender initiative’. | |
| Social Issues | Youthwork - November 2016 |
| The Girlguiding Girls’ Attitudes Survey revealed that young girls believe the most important thing that needs to change to improve their lives is for women to no longer be judged on how they look. More than a third of those questioned said women are judged more on their appearance than their ability. | |
| Social Issues | Youthwork - November 2016 |
| Calls to ban doctors from conscientiously objecting have been met with fierce criticism in November. A paper by bioethicists from Canada and the UK that said medical professionals should not be allowed to object to medical procedures on grounds of conscience. The bioethicists, Udo Schϋklenk and Julian Savulescu of Queen’s University Canada and Oxford University respectively, also suggested applicants to medical school should be screened and eliminated if they cannot put aside their moral values. | |
| Work/Employment | Evangelicals Now - December 2016 |
| Research published in mid-October revealed that Christian women are more generous than men when it comes to leaving gifts to charities in their wills. 65% of Christian women included a charitable gift in their will, compared with only 35% of men...Only 15.7% of all charity legacies over the past three years have been given to Christian charities or churches. | |
| Money | Evangelicals Now - December 2016 |
| The government signalled their intention to go ahead with the implementation of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) screening during October. The procedure, which has a high detection rate for Down’s syndrome, would be introduced within the next three years, nationally in 2018. Little consultation was undertaken with activist groups and the families they represent, and it is feared that the screening will lead to a eugenic effect upon people with Down’s. | |
| Health | Evangelicals Now - December 2016 |
| The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is failing to prosecute honour crime for fear of causing unrest in what has been called ‘the Asian community’, claims a ‘whistleblower’ in Scotland Yard, it was reported in early November. | |
| Crime | Evangelicals Now - December 2016 |
| Seven in ten 11-15 year-olds believe 'age-appropriate' sex and relationships education (SRE) would better protect them from sexual predators online, according to a new report by children's charity Barnardo's. Barnardo's is currently pushing for the introduction of mandatory SRE in schools. | |
| Education | Christian Concern - 13th January 2017 |
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