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Christian Concern is leading the Not Ashamed initiative. Every Friday Christian Concern will bring you stories of fundamental significance to Christians and our Nation. To equip you to pray and act. To put the hope of Christ at the centre of our Nation. Please visit our new website at: www.christianconcern.com In this edition Campaigns, Highlights, Church & Faith, Religious Freedom, Abortion & Bioethics, End of Life, Family & Social, Sexual Orientation, Islam, Events

Not Ashamed Thank you for your continuing support of ‘Not Ashamed’. With 19 days to go until the 1st December launch, momentum is growing. Signatures on the declaration have grown by over 50% in the last week – please continue to spread the word at church and elsewhere. Why not send a quick email to all the Christians in your address book? We’re keen to hear of how you are planning to mark ‘Not Ashamed’ day in your local area. Some churches are thinking of placing an advert in the local paper, others of writing a letter to the editor highlighting the reason for Not Ashamed; others are intending to deliver a copy of the declaration to their local MP or mayor. Please send us your ideas so that we can share them. Special packs for promoting Not Ashamed at Church, including posters, leaflets, short videos and PowerPoint slides are now available. Please contact us here or you can download many of the itemshere. Choose Life Following Nadine Dorries’ abortion adjournment debate on ‘Informed Consent’, pro-life groups have started a petition calling for the government to take action. Please sign it here. We’re delighted that Therese Coffey MP has tabled an Early Day Motion along similar lines.

Andrea’s Blog Andrea has a new post on her blog which discusses persecution and freedom and encourages Christian engagement in all spheres of society. It can be read here. Action for Scottish supporters Margo MacDonald's ‘End of Life Assistance (Scotland)’ Bill is due to have its first reading on 24 November (the debate may take place earlier). It is vital the Bill is stopped at the first reading. If it progresses to the next stage then some form of euthanasia is likely to be legalised in Scotland. Please pray and meet with and/or write to your MSP to encourage them to vote against the Bill. For more information, please use the following links: Care Not Killing brief overview of Bill with links to full CNK submission and critique. Care Not Killing brief main points to make in letters. CMF submission. How to identify and contact your MSPs. Blasphemy in Pakistan For the first time in history Pakistan has sentenced to death a Christian woman for blasphemy. Asia Bibi, who is 45 years of age and has five children, has denied blaspheming and believes that she is being persecuted for her Christian faith in a country where followers of Christianity often face harassment and discrimination. For further details and to sign a petition that will be presented to 10 Downing Street, please follow the link here. CBC & Christian Concern Conference – Cry Freedom Please come to the ‘Cry Freedom’ event led by the Christian Broadcasting Council on 3 & 4 December. There will be many top speakers including Bishop Nazir-Ali, Andrea Williams and Ade Omooba. Please see the website for further details here. Christian Concern Christmas Cards We are pleased to be selling Christian Concern Christmas cards for the first time this year, at £5 for a pack of ten. To buy your packet, and support Christian Concern, please click here.

Church & Faith Christian Concern: Five Church of England Bishops to join Catholic Church. This is Staffordshire: Archbishop of Canterbury: tough times call for “wise” church. Virtue Online: Don't mention the War: Is the Evangelical Alliance missing something? BBC Radio 4 'Today': Debate on Church of England and Politics. Religious Freedom BBC Sunday Morning Live: Debate on Christian 'Persecution', featuring Gary McFarlane. Christian Concern: MEP criticises BBC as a “politically biased” corporation. Bishop of Peterborough: Presidential Address: Christians should stand up and be counted. Daily Mail: Schools get go-ahead to teach Paganism alongside major religions. Daily Telegraph: Fire brigade cuts Christian references from Remembrance service. Daily Telegraph: Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan “for blasphemy”. Sify News: Hindus welcome inclusion of paganism in UK’s Lincolnshire County schools. ADF blog: Special interest group to Christians: Be careful what you ask for. USA Today: Oklahoma Islamic law ban could block Ten Commandments too. Abortion & Bioethics BBC Tees (audio): Paul Coleman, a legal adviser to Christian Concern, discusses abortion. Join Euro Pro-life Prayer Procession starting at Westminster Cathedral and ending at Westminster Abbey at 13:30 – 15:30 on Saturday 13 November 2010. Scottish Sun: Mother had four abortions in past three years. Irish Times: Why I chose adoption over an abortion. Guardian (Audio): Making babies in the 21st century. Dr Peter Saunders’ Blog: New advances in embryo testing may result in higher success rates for IVF but at what cost? LA Times: Adult human skin cells converted directly to blood cells. End of Life CNA: Assisted suicide ad preys on fearful and abandoned, opponent says. News.com: Eugenics “rising from Nazi tomb” in Victoria, Australia, claims Bishop. BBC News: Euthanasia comedy wins Rome film festival top prize. Family & Social Chelmsford Weekly News: Report raises concerns over teenage pregnancies in Essex. Independent: Sex before marriage is a path to misery, teenagers are told. Daily Mail: UK is cocaine capital of the western world, says international study. Daily Mail: Pagans are on the march - but are they harmless eccentrics or a dangerous cult? Sexual Orientation Virtue Online: Commentary: Throwing Christians – and children – to the lions. Christian Institute: The Times insists all media should promote homosexual agenda. Daily Mail: Homosexual father and his lesbian partner battle over the future of two children. Daily Mail: Woman set to become surrogate for her homosexual brother first time in UK. Daily Mail: Transsexual man “bored” to be woman becomes man again. Daily Mail: Woman, 50, steps in as surrogate and bears her homosexual son a child. Associated Press: Straight couple do not want to get married, but seek “gay” partnership. Christian Post: Convention of former homosexuals draws protesters in Pennsylvania, US. CNN News: First openly homosexual Episcopal bishop to retire. Islam Christian Concern: Christian community in Iraq consider mass exodus. Christian Concern: Anti-Western Islamic schools praised by OFSTED for community cohesion. Daily Express: How the British taxpayer is footing the bill for militant Islam. Europe News(Video): Sharia law in Britain: A threat to one law for all and equal rights. Daily Mail: Poppy-burning Muslim protesters mar Armistice Day. Daily Mail: Halal meat is being served in schools, hospitals and pubs. BBC News: Muslim challenge to tuition fee interest charges. Daily Telegraph: Commentary: We didn’t win liberties in order to bestow them on our enemies. American Thinker: Commentary: De facto Sharia law in America. Washington Post: UN condemns attack on Iraqi Christians. Canada Free Press: UN Resolution will legitimize persecution of Christians. Canada Free Press: Arctic mosque plan on ice over Saudi funding. Events State of the Nation Event The “State of the Nation” is a group of Christian leaders who come together for fellowship and prayer for the UK. They have organised a day of worship and prayer to seek God’s face. All are welcome to join. Date: Saturday 27 November from 10.30am – 4.30pm (doors open 9.30am for coffee). Please come to the Emmanuel Centre in Marsham Street, Westminster. Admission is free. There will be an offering to cover expenses. Please click here for further details. A list of other upcoming events can be found here.