Overview
- The Church of England will display bus-stop posters stating “Christ has always been in Christmas” and “Outsiders welcome,” with downloadable versions for local churches.
- Bishop Arun Arora urged Christians to resist populists exploiting faith for political ends and cited the Christmas story to press for a fair, compassionate asylum system.
- Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, has called a 13 December central London carols event branded “United for Christ this Christmas” to “put Christ back into Christmas.”
- The Joint Public Issues Team—linking the Baptist Union, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church—has issued a rapid-response resource for congregations, with activity focused on the 13–14 December weekend.
- Church groups are organizing parallel carol gatherings, including the Shine Your Light initiative aiming for 200,000 singers, following a September march that featured prominent Christian symbols and resulted in arrests.