General Election Results, 'Conversion Therapy' Bans, and Baton Passing
What do the general election results mean for church leaders? What might a 'conversion therapy' ban look like? What can leaders learn from Joe Biden and the upcoming US election?
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In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director), John Stevens (National Director), and Andy Hunter (Director for Scotland and North of England) discuss the results of the 2024 general election and other stories in the news over the past weeks.
00:00 - Introduction and FIEC news
05:17 - Do the election results display a divided country?
12:06 - Christians in Parliament
13:38 - Responding to the election on Sunday morning
22:25 - Proposals for 'conversion therapy' bans
33:07 - US election debate and passing on the baton
Show notes
- Leaders' Conference 2024 (fiec.org.uk)
- Realising Justification (with Glynn Harrison) (fiec.org.uk)
- Starmer vows to serve whole UK as new Labour PM (bbc.co.uk)
- Navigating new laws on Conversion Practices: A Pastoral Approach to Compassion and Legal Compliance (thepastorsheart.net)
- Donald Trump and Joe Biden: The key moments in the first US presidential election debate (news.sky.com)
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