Ekklesia is an independent, not-for-profit think tank and media service that examines the global role of religion in public life and advocates transformative theological ideas. Ecumenical and Anabaptist-influenced, its work is shaped by a strong theological and political critique of ‘Christendom’ – the historic collusion of institutional churches with governing authority and vice versa. We have been listed among the UK's top 20 think tanks by the Independent, and our home page is now one of the highest ranked religious news website in Britain according to Alexa/Amazon. Ekklesia raises £250,000 a year for peace and justice causes, publishes research, and runs the ISP www.peacenik.co.uk. But in spite of this we are actually very small, modest and mobile ;) More: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/about/about.shtml

Ekklesia explores post-Christendom approaches to: social justice, peacemaking and nonviolence, environmental action, the politics of forgiveness, welcoming policies for migrants and displaced people, open communication, restorative justice, a positive Christian approach to sexuality, economic sharing, non-compulsion in religion, respectful dialogue with those of competing convictions, advocacy of the evangel (good news), and church as a subversive alternative community. (read less)

Ekklesia is an independent, not-for-profit think tank and media service that examines the global role of religion in public life and advocates transformative theological ideas. Ecumenical and Anabaptist-influenced, its work is shaped by a strong theological and political critique of ‘Christendom’ – the historic collusion of institutional churches with governing authority and vice versa. We have been listed among the UK's top 20 think tanks by the Independent, and our home page is now one of the... (read more)