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Oxford students vote against Christian group's residential camp [View all]
Where do you draw the line? When should potentially toxic religious messages be turned away. Students at Oxford University answered that question, recently, at least for their campus. Their decision raises some interesting questions, I think. Perhaps we can discuss them here. More at the link...
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/oxford-students-vote-against-christian-groups-residential-camp/130786.htm
Oxford students vote against Christian group's residential camp
Thu 25 Oct 2018 16:37 BST
Oxford University students have voted against allowing a Christian group's residential camp to take place at one of their colleges over concerns that it is a threat to the 'mental safety' of students.
Christian Concern had sought to hold its four-day Wilberforce Academy at Lady Margaret Hall next summer but the plans have been resoundingly voted down by the Junior Common Room (JCR) committee.
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Christian Concern lobbies for traditional marriage and the protection of Christian freedoms, with its legal wing, the Christian Legal Centre, having been involved in numerous high-profile cases, including most recently that of NHS nurse Sarah Kuteh, who lost her job for sharing her faith with patients and offering prayer.
According to its website, the Wilberforce Academy aims to equip students and young professionals 'for servant-hearted, Christ-centred leadership in public life, having been equipped with a robust biblical framework that guides their thinking, prayers and activity in addressing the issues facing our society'.
Thu 25 Oct 2018 16:37 BST
Oxford University students have voted against allowing a Christian group's residential camp to take place at one of their colleges over concerns that it is a threat to the 'mental safety' of students.
Christian Concern had sought to hold its four-day Wilberforce Academy at Lady Margaret Hall next summer but the plans have been resoundingly voted down by the Junior Common Room (JCR) committee.
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Christian Concern lobbies for traditional marriage and the protection of Christian freedoms, with its legal wing, the Christian Legal Centre, having been involved in numerous high-profile cases, including most recently that of NHS nurse Sarah Kuteh, who lost her job for sharing her faith with patients and offering prayer.
According to its website, the Wilberforce Academy aims to equip students and young professionals 'for servant-hearted, Christ-centred leadership in public life, having been equipped with a robust biblical framework that guides their thinking, prayers and activity in addressing the issues facing our society'.
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