Unbelievable? 18 Apr 2009 - "I am a Christian" - Are Christians being marginalised?

Unbelievable?

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 June 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Premier is inviting Christians to sign the "I am a Christian" declaration at www.iamachristian.org.uk and stand up for their Christian faith. It's in response to the fact that over 100,000 have downloaded the National Secular Society's "Debaptism" certificate, renouncing childhood baptismal vows. There have been a number of stories that suggest Christians are being restricted form being open about their Christian faith in the public arena, and now the National Secular Society is urging that hospital chaplains should not be funded by the NHS. Premier's CEO Peter Kerridge explains why he believes the campaign will encourage Christian to be bold in their faith. Terry Sanderson of the National Secular Society explains why they want to take Christian influence out of the public sphere, while Andrea Williams of Christian Concern for Our Nation explains why she believes the rights of Christians are being challenged. Sign the declaration at www.iamachristian.org.uk For Terry Sanderson see www.secularism.org.uk For Andrea Williams see www.ccfon.org For more Christian/non-Christian debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the podcast If you enjoyed this programme you may want to listen to Unbelievable? 2 Aug 2008 - Faith & School - do they mix? Jan Ainsworth & Andrew Copson debate. Join the discussion at the Premier Community

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0:30.0	Good afternoon. Welcome along to Unbelievable with me Justin Briley here on
0:34.8	Premier Christian Radio this Saturday afternoon and wherever you are whatever you're
0:38.5	doing thank you for choosing Premier and if you're listening online well
0:42.1	welcome along to those who are listening by a podcast as well.
0:45.0	It's great to have you with me, and this is the show between 2, 30 and 4 each Saturday afternoon that gets Christians and non-Christians talking.
0:53.6	Very interesting program lined up for you today.
0:56.0	Here's what's coming up on the show.
0:59.5	We're going to be hearing about Premier's I Am a Christian campaign. In fact at the start of the show
1:05.0	I'll be joined by Peter Kerridge, the chief executive of Premier Christian
1:08.8	Radio and it's very much a campaign that's responding to the secular society's de-baptism campaign.
1:15.3	I wonder if you've heard of that. We're going to be hearing also from Terry Sanderson,
1:19.0	spokesperson and president of the National Secular Society.
1:23.2	And we're going to be moving then into a discussion on the rights and responsibilities of people
1:29.2	when they're Christians and how they behave in public settings, in their jobs, etc.
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