by Baptist Times Staff | May 16, 2013 | News
Human rights campaigners in Wales are urging Foreign Secretary William Hague to make a fresh public plea for the return of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident detained in Guantanamo Bay. One of more than 100 detainees on hunger strike at the U.S. base, Aamer has...
by Baptist Times Staff | Apr 24, 2013 | Opinion
Although the number of people donating organs after death has risen 50 percent since 2008, more donors are needed. Churches have been called on to help in a campaign backed by the Baptist Union of Great Britain. National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant...
by Baptist Times Staff | Mar 27, 2013 | News
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) in the United Kingdom launched an appeal on March 21 for up to 5 million people affected by the conflict in Syria. The announcement follows a dramatic deterioration in the humanitarian situation since the beginning of the year....
by Baptist Times Staff | Mar 18, 2013 | News
Baptists in the United Kingdom have joined several denominations in backing a call endorsed by the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, for urgent steps to prevent hundreds of thousands of children from plunging into poverty. In his first major political...
by Baptist Times Staff | Mar 12, 2013 | News
Evidence and statistics have been misused, misrepresented and manipulated by politicians and the media to create myths that blame and stigmatize the most vulnerable in society, according to a new, hard-hitting church report. The report, titled “The Lies We Tell...
