David Fletcher
David Fletcher is Prayer Alert’s Editor.
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If the world won’t take the refugees, then 6-year-old Alex will. At least, he has offered to take in one Syrian, the child photographed last month while he sat in the back of…
Islamic law originated on the Arabian peninsula in the 7th century AD, a jurisprudence shaped by specific circumstances and therefore limited to individual cases. It is barely compatible with the requirements of a…
Kevin Garrett and his wife Julia lived for thirty years in China, where they did missionary work and ran a Christian coffee shop. In 2014, they were arrested in Dandong, a city on…
On Wednesday, all around the globe and in every time zone, students gathered at their flagpoles, praying for their school, friends, families, churches, and communities. ‘See You At The Pole’ (SYATP) is an…
There's only a month to go until Christians from across the nations gather for Trumpet Call at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, at 2pm on 15 October. It's a time to worship and…
Alex Cunningham, the MP for Stockton North and a Christian, has asked God to help bring the party together after the unsuccessful leadership challenge by Owen Smith. He was speaking after Jeremy Corbyn…
Scientists are taking vicars on tours of laboratories and addressing church services as part of a series of projects designed to foster better understanding between science and faith. CofE vicars in Bedfordshire and…
A firm used by the Government to cut tax credit payments has received calls from ‘suicidal’ clients. A whistle-blower said most staff weren't even trained to deal with such calls and staff were…
Brexit will ‘enhance’ Scotland's standing in the world rather than diminish it, Theresa May has said. In a column in Holyrood magazine, the Prime Minister said the Brexit talks were an exciting chance…
British Muslims should be given a new way of reporting hate crimes that bypasses the police because the Government’s controversial Prevent anti-extremism strategy has ruined trust between the two parties, Andy Burnham has…
