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Whilst he is here in April, May and June, amongst other meetings
John Mackay and the team will be in a state secondary school
near Blackpool. From our mailings over recent years, you should
also be aware that for the past 5 years there has been a political
campaign against the UK government's policy on "faith
schools" in which those conducting the campaign have
sought to use creationism as a means of bringing ridicule
on the Prime Minister and his colleagues. For our most recent
comment on this, see "The Media, Intelligent Design and
Biblical Creation" at: www.amen.org.uk/cr/papers/media_id.htm
Last week our UK office was contacted by a reporter from
the Blackpool Citizen, a free newspaper, mainly trying to
find out the name of the school. Randall Hardy said he was
not prepared to release the name of the school because he
did not want them to be be inundated with inquiries from journalists
who have political axes to grind. However, in an exchange
of several emails he gave the reporter some good material
which was carried in their lead article last Thursday. You
can read it at: www.blackpoolcitizen.co.uk/display.var.726000.0.debate_about_creation.php
On Thursday he was telephoned by the Home Affairs Editor
of the Observer newspaper and asked why he thought the teaching
of creation in schools was such a prominent news item at the
moment. After outlining the underlying issues of the campaign
against the government's policies and emphasising how the
chief motivators in it are not simply scientists but secularists
and atheists, he asked the reporter how he had heard of John's
visit. His reply was that he had been sent an email by the
National Secular Society. Randall could not resist asking
him if he agreed that this supported the very point he had
been making! The Observer article is at: http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,1750031,00.html
Since then we have received several enquiries from other
national media organisations. These include BBC Radio 4 Today
programme, Sky News, Times Educational Supplement and Teachers
TV (a digital channel).
We need your support on every level so that we can make the
most of these opportunities. Whilst the enemy of the Gospel
may be stirring up opposition to our ministry, our desire
is to turn every open door into an occasion to honour Jesus
Christ, the Creator of all things. Please remember to pray
for the local organisers of meetings who may also be contacted
by the media.
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