Christian leaders across the United Kingdom are sounding the alarm as government policies threaten to silence biblical truth and erase the nation’s Christian foundation. The issue at hand this time is a proposed ban on “conversion therapy” – a term for helping someone get rid of unwanted same-sex attraction.

In an open letter to Equalities Minister Olivia Bailey, twenty-four church leaders boldly argued that the draft law could criminalize prayer, pastoral care, and even sharing the gospel. “[The proposed ban implies] that merely expressing Christian beliefs on sexuality and gender in prayer and pastoral conversations constitutes ‘conversion therapy’ and should be outlawed,” the leaders state.

The government has promised to push this ban through as a top priority, but critics say it’s proving impossible to draft a bill that accomplishes what they see as protection for LGBT people while simultaneously upholding basic religious freedoms. Church leaders fear the legislation would leave parents and pastors vulnerable to prosecution for simply sharing the Bible’s stance on issues of sexuality and identity.

As political leaders debate how far to go in restricting faith-based counseling, Christian theologians and public figures are calling believers to take a stand for truth. Dozens of Christian leaders gathered in London to sign the 2025 Westminster Declaration, a bold manifesto urging the “re-Christianisation of Britain.” The declaration defends freedom of belief, the sanctity of human life, and the biblical understanding of sex and family.

The appeal is essentially a call for the return to Britain’s Christian heritage. The document is meant to provide “moral clarity to public life in the UK… and core conviction on life, marriage and family, education, and the common good.” It also warns that by abandoning Christian foundations, Britain has “endangered human life, weakened society, and created a fragmented nation uncoupled from its formative traditions.”

Fiona Bruce is a former government envoy for religious freedom and a member of the 2025 Westminster Declaration launch committee. She described UK’s situation as a spiritual battle and is eager to see young Christians enter politics—not just to resist moral decline, but to bring biblical truth back into the nation’s conscience. Bruce’s ultimate goal? To “see Christian principles brought back into society, and society changed."

Former BBC journalist Robin Aitken hopes the declaration will turn the UK back to Christ. “What today is about is nothing less than the re-Christianisation of Britain… If that sounds ambitious, it is. There has never been and will never be a better blueprint for human flourishing and happiness than the rules laid out for us by God Himself in the person of Jesus Christ.”

These two developments reveal the sharp divide in Britain today: one side seeking to silence biblical truth in the name of tolerance, and the other boldly proclaiming that the Gospel is still the only hope for a lost nation.

We may not be in Britain or able to influence UK politics, but we can help spread the gospel there. By supporting the Chick Mission Fund missionaries in the UK can receive adequate supplies of tracts to help British believers in their defense against Satan's attack. Nothing has the potential to change a country like the wide-spread sharing of the gospel.