Danny Webster
Danny joined the Evangelical Alliance in 2008 and has held a range of roles in the advocacy team. He currently leads the advocacy and research team across the UK, including public policy work and engagement with the parliaments and assemblies and respective governments. Danny leads the Evangelical Alliance's research work, seeking to understand evangelicals in the UK, their beliefs, practices and attitudes. Danny is passionate about encouraging Christians to integrate their faith with all areas of their life, especially when it comes to helping them take on leadership roles outside the church. He frequently provides comment on issues in public life and politics, both in Evangelical Alliance publications and to the press.
Making sense of the King's speech
24 July 2024Danny Webster, our director of advocacy, helps us make sense of the King’s speech and it’s implications for evangelicals under a new Labour government
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How do I decide who to vote for?
26 June 2024How we can make up our minds on how to vote in the upcoming election.
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How would Jesus vote?
23 May 2024Our recent report, Thinking faithfully about politics, highlights key trends. Danny Webster asks: are we reflecting Jesus in our political engagement?
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Conversion therapy vote could criminalise church teaching and discipleship
28 February 2024Danny Webster, director of advocacy at the Evangelical Alliance, urges prayer for parliament ahead of votes which could criminalise ordinary, everyday activity of churches
Read more... Speaking up in public life in 2024: we need your voice
24 January 2024Over the coming weeks and months you can raise your voice on vital issues facing our society
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Scottish Government announces plans to ‘end conversion practices’
10 January 2024The Scottish Government has set out proposals for new legislation which it says would “ban conversion practices”.
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What’s happening with the government’s conversion therapy plans?
25 October 2023Confusion and uncertainty about whether government plans to introduce new laws are being pushed forward or into the long grass.
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Religious freedom in the workplace - why this should be central to human rights at work inquiry
4 September 2023Danny Webster, director of advocacy explains why the parliament must make freedom of religion or belief in the workplace a human rights priority
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Review calls on government to improve engagement with faith groups
26 April 2023Among the recommendations are calls for a new national faith champion and faith literacy training for all working in the public sector
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30 years on from the death of Stephen Lawrence - there is still much work to do
19 April 2023Over the past three decades evangelicals have been at the forefront of advocating for change in policing that serves everyone and is not marred by racism.
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The Illegal Migration Bill places politics before people
14 March 2023The Evangelical Alliance calls for a policy which prioritises the dignity of people and does not make a mockery of international commitments and modern slavery legislation
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