Christian thinkers grapple with credit crisis issues

Christian thinkers came together at Methodist Church House in London this week to talk about how the Churches could lead the way through the economic crisis.

The speakers at the conference, organised by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, examined the root causes of the current crisis from a faith perspective, and gave their thoughts on what the free churches’ role in addressing the global financial meltdown should be.

John Ellis, strategic leader of the Methodist Church Connexional Team and Treasurer of the United Reformed Church who previously worked at the Bank of England, made the connection between HSBC’s relatively safe riding of the economic storm and its chairman’s Christian faith.

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Posted in * Culture-Watch, * Economics, Politics, * International News & Commentary, Economy, England / UK, Religion & Culture, The Credit Freeze Crisis of Fall 2008/The Recession of 2007--