Immigration, Praying with the Pope, and Prunella Scales
How can we pastor people with polarising opinions on immigration? Can we pray with Catholics? How should we care for those in later life?
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In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director), John Stevens (National Director), and Adrian Reynolds (Associate National Director) discuss stories in the news over the past few weeks and what we can learn from them for church leadership.
00:00 - FIEC update
06:29 - Immigration and polarising opinions
18:53 - King Charles, the Pope, and Protestantism
28:44 - Prunella Scales and care in later life
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Show notes
- Leaders' Conference 2025 (fiec.org.uk)
- Journeys 2026 (fiec.org.uk)
- Planters 2026 (fiec.org.uk)
- Rising Lights (fiec.org.uk)
- Epping sex offender given £500 after threatening to challenge deportation (theguardian.com)
- Afghan man in court after man dies in knife attack (bbc.co.uk)
- Reform MP Sarah Pochin says it ‘drives me mad seeing adverts full of black and Asian people’ (independent.co.uk)
- King and Pope make history by praying side by side (bbc.co.uk)
- Independency Yesterday, Today, and for the Future, Robert Strivens (fiec.org.uk)
- Prunella Scales: From Fawlty Towers to Great Canal Journeys (bbc.co.uk)
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