21st century Christians know that slavery is wrong. Yet at the time, sincere believing Christians defended it on Biblical grounds. Today's Christians also argue over issues like the Middle-East or trade justice, defending their opinions Biblically. So how do we move beyond division to Biblical consensus on these ethical issues?
Nigel Varndell has been at Christian Aid for over ten years, working in fundraising, advocacy and Church relations before ending up as the Inter-faith manager.
He spends half of his time getting people from different faiths to work together on issues of justice and the other half of his time trying to convince his colleagues that Christians don't have a monopoly on caring for the poor.
In idle moments he tries to think up more and more outrageous titles for Greenbelt seminars.
