Christians must exert ‘significant influence’ on Government, says writer

by Maria Mackay
Friday, June 25, 2010

The author of bestseller ‘Systematic Theology’ has called upon Christians in the UK to stand against threats to the Gospel by engaging in politics and increasing their influence on government.

US writer Wayne Grudem, a co-translator of the English Standard Version of the Bible, addressed a packed St Helen’s church in Bishopsgate, London, last night in the first leg of his UK tour tackling the question of whether political involvement distracts from the Gospel.

He said God was calling Christians in the UK to “stand against evil” and “threats that would silence the Gospel and remove it from the public square”, particularly laws passed in recent years promoting homosexuality and attempts to loosen existing abortion regulations.

Gudrem argued that far from being a distraction from the Gospel, Christian involvement in politics was necessary. the rest