Jason Clark

Tony Blair Faithworks Lecture 22 March

Tony, he say yes to Faithworks Lecture number 3, following on from Charles and Michael. I quote the press release below:

In the run up to the General Election, the Prime Minister Tony Blair will give a major address to the Church via live webcast, speaking about the vital role that he believes churches and other faith groups should play in building healthy, active and trusting communities.

On March 22nd at 12.00noon in London, Blair will unpack his vision for the role of faith in the UK today through the third in a series of Faithworks Lectures, given by the three leaders of the major political parties. He will address a selected audience of church leaders, representatives of other faiths and community activists from across the UK.

The address will be simultaneously webcast live from www.faithworks.info, with local churches being encouraged to gather together to watch the lecture live or later in the evening.

Following the lecture, the Prime Minister will answer questions from the audience as well as taking questions that have been emailed or texted in by webcast viewers.

Rev. Steve Chalke MBE, the founder of the Faithworks Movement, who will host the event and who invited the Prime Minister to address this issue in response to his recently published book ‘Trust – A Radical Manifesto’ said:

“The fact that Charles Kennedy, Michael Howard and now Tony Blair have all accepted Faithworks invitation to address the Church as the election campaign gathers pace, sends some very clear messages about the role of faith-based groups – Christian and otherwise – and the task ahead in our communities. Churches are already delivering huge levels of voluntary community support across the UK because of our faith, not in spite of it, and it is time that this reality was publicly acknowledged.  But more than that, our society will never enjoy the social regeneration we crave without spiritual renewal.”