David Fletcher

David Fletcher

David Fletcher is Prayer Alert’s Editor.

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Friday, 24 June 2016 10:03
A week after the mass shooting in an Orlando nightclub, senate Democrats demanded action on gun control; but the measures failed to pass the senate’s sixty-vote threshold. On Wednesday Democrats in Congress started…
Friday, 17 June 2016 12:14
For an hour each day, Kim Chung-seong, a defector from North Korea and a Christian missionary, takes to the microphone in a small studio. At 1.00 am his show ‘Hello from Seoul’ sends…
Friday, 17 June 2016 12:13
Carol Everett is a champion of the pro-life cause but had previously been part of the abortion industry and had even owned abortion clinics. In 1973 her husband and doctor pressured her to…
Friday, 17 June 2016 12:09
Since 20 February, when David Cameron announced that the UK would vote on Britain's membership of the EU on 23 June, well-known Christian figures have aired their thoughts on the EU. They range…
Friday, 17 June 2016 12:07
This week’s prayer points from the WPC’s 'Every Vote Counts' prayer guide are: Ask God to lead all who are undecided how to vote (Ps. 27:14). For the release of a new hunger…
Friday, 17 June 2016 12:06
The Archbishop of York appeared on Piers Morgan’s ITV show to discuss the referendum, but the presenter changed the topic to the church's views on gay rights following the attack in Orlando. Dr…
Friday, 17 June 2016 12:04
A report by the Royal Society for Public Health and the Faculty of Public Health said the Government's approach to a ‘drugs policy’ had failed, and there should be a greater focus on…
Friday, 17 June 2016 12:02
Plans to shake up special educational needs funding for people with disabilities could see special units close. Cuts from £10,000 to £6,000 a year would be ‘disastrous’ and would not address the wide…
Friday, 17 June 2016 12:00
The Prison Reform Trust has proposed the establishment of a women’s centre on the site of the existing visitors’ centre at HMP Holloway, which is due to close later this month. Last December…
Friday, 17 June 2016 11:59
This week, on the anniversary of the Magna Carta (15 June), we can remember the words signed by King John that formed its first clause, ‘that for us and our heirs in perpetuity,…