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Evangelical Alliance backs Exeter University Christian Union

Press Release

Alliance supports freedom of speech, belief and association

08 January 2007

The Evangelical Alliance regrets that the situation between the Students Guild at Exeter University and the Christian Union has led to legal action.

The Alliance supports freedom of religious expression, speech, and belief, and regards the attempt to rename the Christian Union at Exeter University as ludicrous.

We fully support the actions of the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship in their support for the Exeter Christian Union, and we trust the matter will be resolved as soon as possible. However, some crucial clarifications of human rights law are at stake in this case.

The director of public policy at the Evangelical Alliance, Dr R David Muir, said: “Christians have always used statements of faith to define, express, and defend their beliefs; the freedom to do that is an essential religious liberty”

Media Contact:

Bill Shaw
Evangelical Alliance
020 7207 2115
b.shaw@eauk.org

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The Evangelical Alliance UK, formed in 1846, is an umbrella group representing over one million evangelical Christians in the UK and is made up of member churches, organisations and individuals. As part of a movement ‘uniting to change society’, the Alliance promotes unity and truth, acts as an evangelical voice to the state, society and the wider Church, and provides resources to help members and other evangelicals live out their faith in their communities.

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