The Not Ashamed campaign has released a new song it hopes will make the Christmas charts.
The song “We are not Ashamed” has been specially written by
18-year-old singer-songwriter Josh Anderson and was released on iTunes
yesterday.
Campaign organiser Christian Concern is encouraging supporters to purchase the song and help raise the profile of the campaign.
Only 30,000 downloads are needed to get the song into the official music charts and 100,000 to get to number one.
Andrea Minichiello Williams, Director of Christian Concern, said it
was striking that the Not Ashamed campaign had attracted support from
young Christians as well as old and from both traditional and more
modern forms of church.
“Even though only recently launched, the campaign seems to be really
capturing people's imagination and resonating with those who want more
to be heard about the value of our Christian heritage and the relevance
of the Christian message for modern Britain,” she said.
“People seem to appreciate the chance to link up at the grass-roots
level and have a national voice. Josh's song is just one example of
local initiatives that have got off the ground in response to the
overall thrust of the campaign. He heard about 'Not Ashamed' and wrote
the song off the back of that.
“We want to support his effort to stand up for and be public about
what he believes. In a society in which there is sometimes pressure to
be ashamed of taking Jesus Christ seriously it is great that 18 year old
Josh has taken the initiative on this. I want to see it enter the
charts!”
The Not Ashamed campaign was launched nationwide last week to
encourage Christians to speak up about the value of Britain’s Christian
heritage and the Christian faith.
The campaign has the support of several high profile Christian
figures, including the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey.
A copy of the campaign’s leaflet, written by Lord Carey, was delivered to 10 Downing Street and Buckingham Palace.
In the leaflet, Lord Carey described Christianity in Britain as being
“under attack” and warned of an attempt by secularists and atheists to
“air-brush” the Christian faith out of public life.
“It appears that flowing from a combination of well-meaning political
correctness, multiculturalism and overt opposition to Christianity, a
new climate, hostile to our country’s tradition and history, is
developing,” he said.
Nearly 16,000 people have signed the Not Ashamed declaration, which states that Jesus Christ is good news for the nation.
It also calls upon the government, employers and other leaders to
“protect the freedom of Christians to participate in public life without
compromising biblical teaching and to promote in our society the values
that are revealed through Jesus Christ and that have so shaped our
nation, for the good of all”.
On the web: www.notashamed.org.uk
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