Alister McGrath expressed his hope that as the nation celebrates the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible in 2011 that people will open the pages of the Bible and see it as a text through which God spoke and still speaks today. Professor McGrath, Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture at King's College, London addressed Alliance Council members and guests at the Biblefresh launch in the Houses of Parliament on 04 March. He said: “One of the challenges we face is to be able to translate biblical notions into lived lives. To be able to bring out the deeper meaning of these, so they have the capacity not simply to be understood, but also to transform.”

The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) and the Evangelical Alliance have collaborated to produce a series of inspirational reflections for Lent. The readings, based on MRDF’s study resource, What does the Bible say about power, will help us to think about the power we have to impact the lives of others. The third week of Lent is here and this week's reading is called, "Increase your word power". It's based on Micah 3 and James 3.

The Evangelical Alliance is calling on the Government to guarantee that churches will genuinely be free to choose whether or not to hold civil partnerships without risk of future anti-discrimination lawsuits following last night’s (March 2) unexpected amendment to the Civil Partnerships Act.

The Director of Public Prosecutions formally issued and published guidelines, 25 February, to clarify when people who assist suicides are likely to be prosecuted. The new guidelines are a response to a Law Lords decision at the end of July 09 to call for the DPP (Keir Starmer) to issue a policy statement to clarify when someone might be prosecuted by helping someone to end their life abroad. This came as a result of a legal battle by Debbie Purdy, an MS sufferer who was seeking clarification of the law in regards to her husband. In July 09 the House of Lords rejected a measure to make it legal to help a terminally ill person die. 

In a move that some have been calling a “u-turn”, Schools Secretary Ed Balls has tabled an amendment to his Children, Schools and Families bill to allow faith schools to teach sex and relationships education (SRE) in accordance with their faith. Last autumn he confirmed that as of next year all pupils will be required to take sex education classes and that their parents won’t be able to pull them out if they desire.