Phoebe Edmonds on prayer as protest

’Why don’t you actually do something rather than just praying about it?’

This is what a passer-by shouted to us during the 14-day ‘No Faith in Fossil Fuels’ vigil we held outside parliament in February. Joining together many people, including friends from Christian organisations, the 24/7 vigil took the form of a prayer relay, calling on the government to take action against climate change. This meant space was being held outside parliament without a break…

Phoebe Edmonds is Faith in Action Project Worker (Social Justice) for Student Christian Movement. This article was first published at movement.org.uk

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This is an extract from an article published in the June 2024 edition of Reform

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