Westminster Declaration will call on politicians to reflect

A major new initiative – the 2025 Westminster Declaration – is set to call on politicians to reflect on the Christian foundations which underpinned the UK for so long.

It will be launched at a special conference on Saturday, 20 September at the Emmanuel Centre, Westminster. Keynote speakers include Lord (Nigel) Biggar; Fiona Bruce, former MP; Major General Tim Cross; and Michael Nazir-Ali.

The theme is “Faith, Freedom and Politics – Christians and Public Life”. As well as keynote addresses, the conference will include optional workshops on critical topics including AI.

Spokeswoman Julia Cameron says: “It was Biblical teaching which informed the basis of the nation’s flourishing. The gradual diminishing of the Bible from the school curriculum, now for two generations, has cost the nation dearly.

“In 2010, as a new coalition government of Conservatives and Lib Dems came to power, another very different coalition, drawn from across the Christian traditions, urged those in public leadership to reflect on Biblical wisdom. Under six prime ministers since then, we are gradually drifting further away from it.

"One of the greatest ironies is to see ‘group think’ and ‘cancel culture’ become rooted in our universities. The time has come, once more, to hold political leaders and education leaders to account.”

The 2025 Westminster Declaration will “urge the Government and all in public leadership to reflect on our Christian foundations in major areas, including: the nature of democracy; human freedoms; matters of sex and gender; life and death; marriage and family, children’s education; and also to consider technology and moral reflection, and the role of universities,” she added.

Participants will be invited to sign the 2025 Westminster Declaration on the day. It will then be made widely available to sign through churches, networks and social media.

The full programme is available on Eventbrite.