Ruth Peacock

Ruth is the leader of the Religion Media Centre project and oversees its work. After studying theology and teaching RE, she trained as a journalist on a local paper, freelanced in print and radio and then joined the BBC, working in many news departments, including the main newsgathering desk. She also worked on the BBC’s move into the new W1 building and studied organisational change.

Written Content

Religion news 16 February

Learning the lessons of slavery to save the planet The church should learn and apply lessons from its historic engagement with slavery, to address contemporary

Religion news 15 February

American evangelist unveiled as serial sex abuser The American evangelist Ravi Zacharias, who built a worldwide mission, has been unveiled as a serial sex abuser.

Religion news 12 February

Church leaders call for asylum seekers to be moved out of army barracks Thirteen bishops are among 30 church leaders who have called upon the

Religion news 11 February

Church should concentrate on people at the coalface says former bishop The former Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali is the latest to comment on a

Religion news 10 February

Senate chaplain: Is impeachment trial as simple as good v evil? As the trial to impeach Donald Trump began in the US Senate, its chaplain,

Religion news 9 February

Muslim community in Coventry engulfed in deaths from covid-19 An Imam from Coventry has told his local paper that members of his community are “dropping

Religion news 9 February

Church and taxi campaigns take the vaccine to BAME communities Churches have come together to launch a campaign promoting the take up of the Covid-19

Factsheet: the Methodist Church

Background, history, beliefs, organisation of the Methodists, Britain’s fourth largest denomination with 60 million members worldwide.