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On Saturday, 12 March from 14:00-16:45, a special event will be taking place at The Colchester Mission called: “Church Under FIre? – Advancing Christianity in Modern Britain.”

The afternoon event will include a talk from Andrea Williams, Director of Christian Concern and Christian Legal Center.

After Andrea’s talk, Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham will interview Andrea and discuss questions from the audience. The interview will be then featured on their “Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs” Podcast.

Tickets are available for this event here.


Andrea Williams qualified as a barrister in 1988. With her background in law, she founded Christian Concern and the Christian Legal Centre, which have run some of the most high-profile Christian freedom cases and campaigns in Europe. She is a leading analyst, campaigner and spokeswoman on issues of national importance in the moral life of the nation and a defender of Christian liberties in the parliamentary process, the justice system and the media. She is passionate about seeing our culture transformed by the gospel in every area of society. She is married to Gareth and they have four children.