Premier Christian Newscast

How can the church respond to Christian Nationalism?

18 May 2026
00:11:11

Premier journalist Anna Rees Green asks how the church can respond to Christian Nationalism in the UK.

Does Christian Nationalism shape our politics?

18 May 2026
00:06:54

In the second part of this series, Premier journalist Anna Rees Green explores how the language of Christian Nationalism shows up in UK politics.

What is Christian Nationalism?

18 May 2026
00:12:11

Join Anna Rees Green, a Premier Christian News, Multi-Media Journalist, as she interviews leading voices from all areas of the political and faith spectrum. Welcome to 'Christian Nationalism: Faith and the flag in Britain'

Sexuality, persecution, abortion and mission: Has Christian journalism got it right?

27 May 2024
00:47:18

Sadly, today’s episode will be the last episode of the Premier Christian Newscast. To wrap the show up, we looked back over the last two years at what stories and topics have come up the most. What has been making waves in church news? What issues ar...

The General Election

20 May 2024
00:47:12

All of the UK will be going to the polls soon in a general election, which is expected at some point in the autumn. After a drubbing in the recent local elections, Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are widely expected to be dumped out of office in Westmins...

Asylum seekers, baptism and the church

6 May 2024
00:52:47

The horrendous attack on a mother and her children by Abdul Ezedi, an Afghan asylum seeker, in Clapham earlier this year sparked a ferocious row. A string of politicians and right-wing media outlets accused churches of giving asylum seekers like Ezed...

Schism among the Methodists

29 Apr 2024
01:03:16

It’s not just British denominations which are splintering under the weight of their divisions. The United Methodist Church in the United States has also gone through a painful five years of divorce, with up to one in four congregations choosing to le...

The future of children's ministry

22 Apr 2024
00:40:50

It’s not just a toddler group. Emphasis on the ‘just’. That’s the title and message of a new report which urges churches to take their midweek parents and toddler groups more seriously. These groups are not just about toys on mats and beakers of juic...

The consultation and the compromise: Gay marriage and the Baptist Union

15 Apr 2024
00:49:50

It is not just the Church of England and the Catholic Church which has been wrestling with divisions over same-sex marriage in recent years. The Baptist Union is also split between those who believe God affirms gay marriage and those who hold to a tr...

What's the point of ecumenism?

8 Apr 2024
00:55:54

Ecumenism. Even the word itself is probably putting some of you off right now. A tiresome bit of churchy jargon that has no relevance for your church or spiritual life, right? But working for unity across churches and denominations is for some a genu...

Faith in the beautiful game

25 Mar 2024
00:36:19

Many of England’s biggest football clubs – today some of the country’s largest entertainment businesses – were originally started by local churches 150 years ago. Fascinatingly, the connections between Christianity and football are not solely a histo...

Gay blessings in the Catholic Church

18 Mar 2024
00:41:32

Just before Christmas, the Catholic Church surprisingly announced priests could offer pastoral blessings to same-sex couples for the first time. The announcement has been a jolt of energy to the church, delighting liberals who have been quick to publ...

Money, politics, power and the church: The concerning tweets of Sir Paul Marshall

11 Mar 2024
00:29:37

Almost nobody has heard of Sir Paul Marshall until a few weeks ago. But, thanks to his Twitter account, the multi-millionaire hedge funder and media mogul has become briefly famous, or perhaps infamous. An investigation has revealed Marshall had a pr...

After the lament, action? Racism in the Church of England

26 Feb 2024
01:12:37

After the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, the Church of England embarked on a racial reckoning just like so many institutions. This produced a landmark report and a new racial justice unit. But more than three year...

Is freedom of speech really under threat?

12 Feb 2024
00:36:37

A Christian gospel singer was approached by the police while busking in central London. In a video of the conversation, one of the officers tells the singer she is not allowed to sing church songs outside of church grounds, and later sticks her tongu...

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