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Christian Concern brings you cutting edge stories week by week, to equip the church to act and pray, to restore the hope of Christ to the centre of our nation. You can visit our website at: www.christianconcern.com For full list of links please see Media section below. Awake Arise at Coventry Cathedral Christians from across the Midlands descended on Coventry Cathedral last Saturday for a special event to alert Christians to the increasing secularisation of Britain and discrimination against those who stand up for orthodox beliefs in public life. The ‘Awake Arise’ event on January 28 was the first to be held in an English Cathedral and was led by former Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Revd Michael Nazir-Ali, and Christian Concern founder and CEO, General Synod member Andrea Minichiello Williams. Full Report > Video Highlights of Coventry Event Baby saved yet abortion protestors prosecuted A woman changed her mind about aborting her baby on Monday after seeing Abort 67's pictures outside the clinic. Yet teammates Andy Stephenson and Kathryn Sloane were in Court that morning pleading not-guilty after being arrested for holding the same signs in June. Full Story > Andrea's Blog on abortion demonstrations > Lesley Pilkington backed by senior clerics in hearing Senior churchmen have backed Lesley Pilkington, a Christian counsellor whose appeal against the decision of her professional body was heard this week. She is seeking to have her disciplinary case ‘struck out’ on the basis that the original hearing was unfair, lacked in due process and discriminated against her Christian faith. Full Story > BBC Radio Five Live: Lesley tells her story Christians banned from sharing their beliefs by ASA A group of Christians from different churches have been praying for the public outside Bath Abbey for three years, regularly offering to pray for people who are sick. Yet after a complaint by an athiest, the Advertising Standards Authority have ordered the group to stop telling people that God can heal. Full Story > Sexual promiscuity costing UK billions of pounds A culture of sexual license and promiscuity in the UK is costing the taxpayer approximately £100 billion per year, according to findings by the Jubilee Centre, caused by rising trends of family breakdown, abortion, teenage pregnancies and STI rates, costing the taxpayer large sums of money. Full Story > UCL students vote against religious freedom Students at University College London have officially declared their campus ‘pro-choice’ and have voted to restrict the Catholic Society from having their own debates and speakers, forcing them to invite pro-abortion speakers to pro-life discussions. Full Story > Nine year old British girls forced to marry under sharia Girls as young as nine are being forced to marry in mosques in Islington, according to the findings of a leading women’s rights group, which has reported that at least 30 forced marriages took place in the borough in 2010, involving at least three 11-year old and two 9-year old girls. Full Story > Video: The impact of sharia law on women Ruling in favour of religious freedom in parallel US case In a case with a very similar UK parallel, the US Court of Appeals has ruled in favour of Julea Ward, an Eastern Michigan University student, who was expelled from its graduate counselling program because of her Christian beliefs. Full Story > Full list of links We are pleased to be resuming our service of offering a full list of links from third party news sites which may be of interest to Christians. LINKS > Television and Radio Interviews BBC London: Andrea Williams on civil partnerships Christian Concern on YouTube: Lesley tells her story BBC Asian Network: Lesley Pilkington on her case BBC West Midlands: Lesley Pilkington on her case Events Awake Arise Rochester, 4th February, 2012 Time: 9:30am- 4pm Venue: The New Testament Church of God, Vicarage Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 4DG Speakers Include: Andrea Williams, Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali and Alan Craig (Leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance) Christian Viewpoint, 7 February, 2012 Venue: Monmouth Baptist Church Speakers Include: Andrea Williams (CEO Christian Concern) Christchurch, Earlsfield, 12 February, 2012 Venue: St John the Divine Church, Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, London, SW18 4EH Speakers include: Andrew Marsh (Campaigns Director Christian Concern) Awake Arise Blackpool, 25 February, 2012 Time:10am-3pm Venue:Victoria Congregational Church, 42a Newton Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 8BY Speakers:Andrea Williams (COE Christian Concern) , Alan Craig (Leader of the Christian People's Allience and Rob Joy (Evangelist) MORE EVENTS >

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