TIME FOR CHRISTIANS TO ACT AGAINST THE ENEMY OF SOULS

It’s a sure sign satan sees its demise is over the horizon in stepping up fierce opposition to what the Lord is doing through many thousands coming to learn about Jesus and the holy scriptures not only in Britain but also globally. In previous coverage of its strategies we know its prime aim is to remove Jewish people from Jerusalem and thereby thwart and thus voiding Jesus’ return to the Mount of Olives  (Zechariah 14.4).

As in the latest news of police harassment of an evangelist for telling the Good News of Jesus for every living soul, thereby validating the retired MI5 Director’s warning in 2009 of Britain sleep-walking into a police state, yesterday’s Times reports on a local Council intention to prosecute a church for evangelising the public.

Christian Concern has circulated this email of their public remonstrance:

‘Around the country, the Christian message is being increasingly silenced in public spaces.

But in Colchester, this has taken a new form with the council seeking to stop evangelists from mentioning judgement and hell.

Bread of Life Community Church from Colchester has been issued with a Community Protection Notice (CPN) that could criminalise its pastor and members for preaching in the city centre.

Our legal team is backing the church as it challenges the legality of the notice.

Could you help now by signing and sharing our petition? This will help the church in its challenge and help more people find out about the story.

Council wardens in Colchester repeatedly demanded cessation or reduction of amplification, despite the current Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) containing no prohibition on amplified sound.

A Community Protection Warning was issued in November 2025, followed by threats of fines.

Wardens then raised concerns not only about volume, but about the content of the preaching, including theological references to judgement and hell, which the council claimed might distress some listeners.

The Church openly records and publishes video footage of their outreach – and the church says no evidence exists of threats or harassment. This is a church that has engaged in this outreach for six years, as well as providing a regular foodbank collection to the local community and having a track record of buying warm clothes for people who need them.

And they are being threatened not because of their actions but because of their message.

We have launched a new petition, calling on Colchester City Council to take urgent action and:

• Defend the right of churches to preach the gospel peacefully in public
• Ensure that Community Protection Notices are not misused to censor lawful religious expression
• Protect freedom of religion and speech for all.

Sign our petition to stand for free speech and religious freedom in the United Kingdom.

The gospel is the power to salvation for all who believe (Rom 1:16).

Similar attempts to suppress Christian outreach are appearing elsewhere in the UK, with several cases being resolved by Christian Legal Centre lawyers.

This has included in Uxbridge, where a church was forced to legally challenge and ultimately overturn a council ban on its outreach ministry.

Also in Aldershot town centre, a council attempted to secure an injunction that could have criminalised Christian street preaching, even Christmas carols, before retreating under legal pressure.

These incidents are just some examples, and they demonstrate a growing trend of local authorities exceeding their powers to restrict peaceful Christian witness in public spaces.

But the law is clear. Articles 9 and 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998 protect the right to manifest religious beliefs and to speak freely in public.

Our Chief Executive Andrea Williams told the Times:

“This is a deeply alarming development … public order powers designed to address genuine anti-social behaviour are now being used to clamp down on Christian preaching. Today it is amplification, tomorrow it is the content of the message itself. We are seeing a slippery slope from managing noise to policing theology.”

Public authorities must not use their powers to censor lawful religious expression or silence peaceful Christian witness.

This must stop.

Sign our petition and tell the government that they must act to ensure that councils uphold the law and protect the fundamental freedoms of speech and religion.