Statements on Public Issues
West Yorkshire church leaders come together in common witness to the Christian faith and shared Christian values. They have made a number of prophetic public statements, supporting the destitute and challenging the strong. These statements are founded on the good relationships between the church leaders and their commitment to unity.
Read the text of these statements, and the supporting background material.
COMMUNITY VALUES AND THE RICH-POOR DIVIDE, February 2010
POLITICAL EXTREMISM, April 2009
DEBT IN SOCIETY, February 2009
ASYLUM SEEKERS, February 2008
'A COMMON WORD' (relationships with Islam), November 2007
ASYLUM SEEKERS, April 2005
BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY, February 2004
THE OUTBREAK OF WAR AGAINST IRAQ, March 2003
Church leaders issuing a statement on debt, February 2009