Politics in the Pulpit

This week our host Alex Clare-Young talks to Fiona MacMillan and Florence Wright to ask the provocative question of how politics could appear in our preaching for Sunday the 8th June. Their discussion draws upon the lectionary, this week being: Genesis 11:1-9 (The Tower of Babel), Acts 2:1-21 (The Coming of the Holy Spirit) and John 14:8-17 & 25-27 (The Promise of the Holy Spirit).   Our guest...

  This week our host Alex Clare-Young is joined by Graham McGeoch and Florence Wright (JPIT Intern) to discuss how politics could appear in our preaching.  They draw upon the lectionary: Acts 16:16-34 (Paul and Silas in Prison), Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 Epilogue and Benediction) and John 17:20-26 (Jesus Prays for His Disciples).    Graham McGeoch works for the Council for World Mission. H...

This week our host Alex Clare-Young talks to Gary Hall and Steve Hucklesby to ask the provocative question of how politics could appear in our preaching for Sunday the 25th of May. Their discussion draws upon the lectionary: Acts 16:9-15 (The Conversion of Lydia), Revelation 21:10,22–22:5 (Vision of the New Jerusalem / The River of Life) and John 14:23-29 (The Promise of the Holy Spirit). Gary is...

Alex Clare-Young and Roo Stewart speak to our guest this week, Alison Webster. They discuss this week's lectionary readings: Acts 11:1-18 (Peter’s Report to the Church at Jerusalem), Revelation 21:1-6 (The New Heaven and the New Earth), and John 13:31-35 (The New Commandment). Alison is General Secretary of Modern Church and Mission Theologian in Residence at Citizens UK, the Community Organising...

This week our host Alex Clare-Young talks to Sam Wells and Paul Morrison to ask the provocative question of how politics could appear in our preaching for Sunday the 11th of May. Their discussion draws upon the lectionary, this week being: Acts 9:36-43 (Peter and Dorcas or Tabitha), Revelation 7:9-17 (The Multitude from Every Nation) and John 10:22-30 (Jesus is Rejected).  Our guest this week, Sam...

Politics in the Pulpit is back after a short break! This season is hosted by Alex Clare-Young, JPIT’s new Campaigns and Churches Officer. This week we have Simon Cross helping us discuss the lectionary for Sunday the 4th of May from a faith and politics perspective, looking at Acts 9:1-20 (The Conversion of Saul), Revelation 5:11-14 (The Scroll and the Lamb) and John 21:1-19 (Jesus Appears to the...

This week we have Revd Roy Searle helping us discuss the lectionary for Sunday the 23rd of March from a faith and politics perspective, looking at Isaiah 55:1-9, Psalm 63:1-8, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Luke 13:1-9. JPIT’s Steve Hucklesby also joins this conversation with Clare Williams as our host. They discuss the importance of remembering God as the source of life amidst injustice and leaning into...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host Clare Williams and JPIT Team member Paul Morrison, chat to Revd David Mayne.  David Mayne is a a previous host of politics in the pulpit and Regional Minister Team Leader for the Eastern Baptist Association, supporting 170 Baptist churches in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. Dave is Essex born and bred, and his work has consiste...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our guest host and JPIT Team Leader, Simeon Mitchell, chats to William Gibson.   William Gibson is a candidate for ministry in the Church of Scotland and PhD student at the University of Glasgow researching secularisation, mission and the Church of Scotland in the 1960s. Prior to this William worked as the Student Christian Movement’s theology and...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Clare Williams, chats to Cathy Bird. They are joined by Florence Wright, another member of the JPIT team.   Cathy is a Methodist Minister, currently with permission to serve the Congregational Church. She is minister at Union Chapel, in the Highbury area of London; Union Chapel, as well as being known as a leading performance venue, is al...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Clare Williams, chats to JPIT member Florence Wright. They are joined by Aoife Wright, another member of the JPIT team.   Florence brings a strong background in environmental justice and student activism, having been actively involved with ‘Just Love,’ a Christian student social justice society at Durham University. She is deeply committe...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Clare Williams, chats to Hannah Fremont Brown. They are joined by Roo Stewart, a member of the JPIT team.   Hannah coordinates Let’s End Poverty, a movement of people united behind a vision of the future where poverty can’t keep anyone down. She is passionate about supporting churches and Christians to campaign and walk alongside our comm...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Clare Williams, chats to Jeronne Rudder. They are joined by Steve Tinning, a member of the JPIT team.   Jeronne is a pastor, theologian, speaker, and all-around Bible nerd who is passionate about seeing people live lives shaped by love and justice. With a bachelor’s and master’s degree in theology, he brings a deep well of knowledge and i...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Clare Williams, chats to Tom Price. They are joined by Aoife Wright, a member of the JPIT team.  Tom Price studied Philosophy at university and later completed an MA in Christian Apologetics, and is currently undertaking doctoral research in theology, philosophy and film.  In recent years Tom has spoken to all kinds of audiences – at vari...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Clare Williams, chats to Jenny Brown. They are joined by Paul Morrison, a member of the JPIT team.   Jenny recently left Christian Aid after 25 years in a variety of advocacy-related roles. Before that she spent 15 years as a commercial property solicitor in City law firms. Among other things she is active in her local church and a truste...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, Nathan McGuire chats to our new host, Clare Williams. Clare Williams is an Associate Speaker and Tutor at the OCCA The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. Her work focuses upon questions of race, justice, culture, and what the Christian message has to offer these big concepts. Prior to her work in apologetics, she was an English teacher in Lon...

This week, listen to Steve, Nathan and Matt chat about what the bible says about Jesus as a Peacemaker.   🎙️ 'Maybe [this] should encourage us also to be able to reflect on these things that we see going on around the world, but relating them to God speaking to us, wherever we are'   ‘Politics in the Pulpit’ is JPIT’s weekly lectionary resource, helping to equip preachers, ministers and worship le...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Matt Forsyth, chats to Kathy Galloway, and is joined by JPIT member Paul Morrison. Kathy is a practical theologian, writer and campaigner. The major focus of her work has always been peace-making and social justice issues, especially relating to poverty, ecology and gender. Kathy has worked for Church Action on Poverty, the Iona Community...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Matt Forsyth, chats to Chantal Noppen, and is joined by JPIT member Simeon Mitchell. Rev'd Chantal Noppen [she/her] A North-East based Church of England priest who is passionate about inclusion and finding, celebrating and sharing the extraordinary within the ordinary. Member of General Synod, NADAWM exec and the National Coordinator of I...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Matt Forsyth, chats to Jonny Baker, and is joined by JPIT member Nathan McGuire. Jonny Baker set up the pioneer training at CMS where he is one of the directors. His role is overseeing their mission in post Christian Britain. He loves all things creative and especially is interested in how faith connects with the wider culture. He is an a...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Matt Forsyth, chats to Catriona Robertson, and is joined by JPIT member Steve Summers. Born & raised in the Scottish Highlands, Catriona Robertson has worked in India, the South Pacific and London. She once travelled with her teenage son across North Africa, the Middle East and on to Pakistan. Formerly Director of the Christian Muslim...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Matt Forsyth, chats to Liddy Buswell, and is joined by JPIT member Steve Hucklesby. Liddy is a Methodist from Newcastle and works as Outreach Manager at Christian CND, an organisation that seeks to get Christians talking about nuclear weapons, and to bring the Good News of Christ into the disarmament movement. Matt, Liddy and Steve discus...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Matt Forsyth, chats to Niall Briggs, and is joined by JPIT member Florence Wright.   Niall is a Methodist Community Pioneer, working as part of the Flourish Framework in Bristol & South Gloucestershire. This has involved helping to activate and open up church-owned and other spaces as spaces of encounter for the whole community as wel...

In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, our host, Matt Forsyth, chats JPIT members, Simeon Mitchell and Aoife Wright. Simeon has been JPIT Team Leader since April 2021, and has had the privilege and responsibility of coordinating the work of the team. He was previously Deputy Team Leader and Secretary for Church and Society for the United Reformed Church. His background is in internation...

A Challenge Poverty Week special episode! In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, Nathan McGuire chats to Hannah Fremont-Brown, Revd. Simon Jay and Niall Cooper. Niall Cooper has been Director of Church Action on Poverty since 1997, and has been responsible for piloting new approaches to tackling poverty in the UK that enable people and communities struggling against poverty to reclaim d...