Government minister praises evangelical Christian contribution to international aid and debt relief
Government minister, Gareth Thomas MP, praised evangelical Christians this week for their commitment to keeping debt relief and aid to developing countries at the top of the Government’s agenda. At a meeting organised by the Evangelical Alliance with grassroots Christian campaigners in Canterbury on 13 December, he said, “We wouldn’t have made the progress we have made if Christians had not been interested.”...
...The lunchtime question and answer session with Mr Thomas as hosted by the Rev David Stedman, minister of Canterbury Baptist Church and attended by local Christians and representatives from over 15 Christian relief and development organisations....
... Peter Grant, International Director of Christian relief and development charity, Tearfund, answered questions alongside Mr Thomas. Other members of the panel were Julia Wensley, Campaign Co-ordinator for Micah Challenge UK and Ben Gilchrist, Director of SPEAK, a student campaigning group on issues of global justice....

Source: http://www.eauk.org/contentmanager/Content/press/2005/12/15.cfm
15 December 2005; Evangelical Alliance