This is ‘re-tweeted’ from Christian Concern, with thanks.

The UK has been revealed to be one of the most intolerant European countries towards Christians in a new report from the Observatory of Intolerance Against Christians in Europe (OIDAC), concluding that public authorities exhibit strong hostility towards and bias against Christians. The report identifies secular intolerance and Islamic oppression as driving forces behind the discrimination which it says is “becoming more visible.

 

Read the report in full from OIDAC.

Christian Legal Centre client Rev. Dr Bernard Randall spoke at the report’s launch. His story is sadly one of many similar cases of intolerance towards Christians in the UK: Bernard was dismissed from his role as school chaplain at a Christian ethos school and then reported to the government’s terrorist watchdog, Prevent – all for preaching a sermon to the students on the need to respect others’ beliefs when it comes to matters such as ‘identity politics’.

Bernard commented on his own case: “I haven’t been able to get work in ministry [since the dismissal]. There’s no prospect that I’ll be able to work in school again because of what they’ve done. They don’t want Christian voices.”

Please pray that Christians in the UK would remain free to practise their faith without fear of persecution.