The Prime Minister has used his Easter message to praise Christians for the hope they give the most vulnerable in society.
David Cameron this morning highlighted in particular faith groups’ work with the homeless, people in hospitals and care homes and hospices, and the bereaved.
He also paid tribute to Christians who adopt and foster and who support the unemployed.
The Easter message of hope was the same that is seen “in the aid workers and volunteers who so often risk their own lives to save the lives of others in war-torn regions across the world,” he added.
He argued that Christian values of responsibility, hard work, charity, compassion and pride in working for the common good underpinned British society.
“Yes, we are a Christian country and we are proud of it,” he added.
But these values must be defended from terrorists and those who persecute Christians around the world.
Calling for prayers for those who had lost friends and family in the terrorist attacks in Brussels, he said: “We must speak out and stand with those who bravely practise their faith … We must defeat the pernicious ideology that is the root cause of this terrorism by standing up proudly for our values and our way of life.”
Mr Cameron was criticised last week for refusing to use the term genocide to describe IS [Islamic State] atrocities committed against Christians and other minority groups in Iraq and Syria.
A spokesman for the charity Aid to the Church in Need, which supports persecuted Christians, accused him of washing his hands and passing the buck over the issue.
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