Jubilee Debt Campaign UK : Jubilee for Justice : Signatories to the Faith Leaders Letter



home The debt crisis Campaigns Take Action Jubilee for Justice Vulture Funds Dodgy Deals Financial Crisis Climate Debt Guatemala Argentina Zimbabwe Events Get Involved News Media About JDC Education Faith Links Take Action Sign up get involved		Home :: Campaigns :: Jubilee for Justice :: Signatories to the Faith Leaders ... Signatories to the Faith Leaders Letter 8 February 2013: A version of the faith leaders letter on a Jubilee for Justice has now been sent to the Prime Minister. However, we are still taking signatories, and adding them below. So please return further signed copies (or add your name below). Whilst the letter below is aimed at faith leaders, we encourage everyone to sign our Jubilee 4 Justice petition. Faith Leaders Call for 'Jubilee for Justice' Following the year of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, we recall the ancient custom of the Jubilee Year, in which debts would be cancelled. The Hebrew scriptures speak of a Jubilee Year in which unpayable debts should be cancelled. The Gospel writer, Luke, records that Jesus began his public ministry with a call to restore the just economy of Jubilee where all have enough. Jesus also tells those who have assets, to lend without expecting a return. The Holy Qur’an condemns usury and requires zakah (almsgiving) as an essential duty to prevent wealth being accumulated only among the rich. The Dharmic faiths from the Indian sub-continent also teach the same principle. In the Anguttara Nikaya, Buddhists read, ‘One holds wealth not for oneself but for all beings.’ Sikhs believe in earning ethically, being benevolent and they pray for the common good of all. Mahatma Gandhi, from his Hindu roots, famously said, ’Earth provides enough to satisfy everyone’s need but not enough for everyone’s greed.’ In recent times, the idea of Jubilee has been applied to the need to cancel the unfair debts of many ‘Third World’ countries. This does not represent charity towards the impoverished but a call for justice: to reform the basis of the global economy and renew relationships between high and low income countries. This call for Jubilee since the 1990’s has led to the cancellation of $120 billion of debt (£80 billion), bringing education and healthcare to many millions of people. Despite these achievements, over the last thirty years there has been a series of debt crises culminating in the present one in Europe. A self-serving financial system has brought the global economy to its knees and we are now seeing the poorest people in our own society and around the world paying the price for this excess. That is why we ask people everywhere to join in calling for a renewed Jubilee. Finance must be put back in its place as a means to human well being. We need far reaching changes in the global economy to build a society based on justice, mutual support and community. We need economic and political as well as spiritual renewal in our society. We applaud the efforts of citizens across Europe and the world to engage in democratic audits of their national debts as a first step towards reclaiming public control of national finances. We call on people in the UK to unite in support of this vision of Jubilee, and to make this cause a lasting legacy of 2012. A Jubilee for Justice today would mean: Cancelling the unjust debts of the most indebted nations Promoting just and progressive taxation rather than excessive borrowing Stopping harmful lending which forces countries into debt Signatories: Bishop Doye Agama, Apostolic Pastoral Association, St John's Rectory, Moston Rukmami Agarwal, Committee Member, Arya Samaj Ajay Aggarwal, Secretary, Faiths Forum for the East Midlands Nasreen Akhtar, Islamic Awareness Week Co-ordinator, Islamic Society of Britain Cllr Rabnawaz Akbar, Secretary of Manchester Council of Mosques and Manchester City Councillor Bishop Dr Joe Aldred, Executive Secretary, Minority Ethnic Christian Affairs, Churches Together in England Rev Christopher Aldridge, Retired Priest, Birmingham Rev David Alford, Methodist Minister Jenny Allen, Member of Moseley Interfaith Forum Rabbi Neil Amswych, Bournemouth Reform Synagogue and Chair of Interfaith Dorset Education and Action Rev Bill Anderson, Chair, Birmingham Methodist District Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK Rt Rev Geoff Annas, Bishop of Stafford Rt Rev John Arnold, Chair of CAFOD and Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster Mohammed Arshad, President of UK Islamic Mission Gyanesh Arya, International Preacher, Arya Samaj Fr Nigel Asbridge, Priest Missioner, St Mary with St John, Upper Edmonton Rev M. A. Ashby, Minister, Durrington Community Center Church Mark D Ashcroft, Archdeacon of Manchester Saphia Aslam, Head Female Scholar, Muslim Education Centre Rev Richard Atkinson, Bishop of Bedford Rev Vicki Atkinson, Minister, Birmingham Methodist Circuit Deacon Gill Atkinson-Heck, Methodist Chaplain, University of Huddersfield Q Amaruzzamnn Azmi, Imam, North Manchester Mosque Rt Rev Nick Baines, Bishop of Bradford G Bamford, Deacon, Methodist Church, Redditch Rev Warren Bardsley, Methodist Minister Revd Peter Barnett, Retired Priest Jonathan Bartley, Director, Ekklesia Dale Barton, Parish Priest Bradford Rev Peter Bates, Superintendent Birmingham Circuit, Methodist Church Lotifa Begum, Development Education Coordinator, Islamic Relief Rev Goh Peng Beh, Minister, Chinese Methodist Church Rt Rev James Bell, Bishop of Knaresborough Rev Peter Ball, Ecumenical Development Officer, Churches Together in Oxfordshire Rabbi Miriam Berger, Rabbi of Finchley Reform Synagogue Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh, Chairman, Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha Anil Bhanot OBE, Managing Director, Hindu Council UK Jatinder Singh Birdi, Warwick District Faiths Forum Mark Bitel, Clerk, Edinburgh Central Quaker meeting Canon Ian Black, Vicar of Peterborough & Canon Residentiary Peterborough Cathedral Rt Rev Richard Blackburn, Bishop of Warrington Rev Bev Boden, Methodist Church Minister Pamela J Bolas, Chaplain, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester Julian Bond, Director, Christian Muslim Forum Revd Andii Bowsher, Anglican Chaplain, Northumbria University Rev Victoria Bravette, Minister, Birmingham Methodist Circuit Gerald P.S. Breen, Parish Priest, St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham Rev Gwynne Brindley, Minister, Methodist Church Rt Revd Pete Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden Peter Broadley, Methodist Church Minister, Reading Richard Bromley, Reverend Rev Brian Brown, Minister, Methodist Church Patrick Browne, Parish Priest Robert Bryce, Deacon, Baptist Church Faye Buchan, Session Clerk, Church of Scotland Rt Rev Christopher Budd, Bishop of Plymouth Revd Adrian Bulley, Minister, City United Reformed Church Cardiff Sarah Bullock, Rector, St James' Moss Side and St Edmund Whalley Range Sue Burchell, Vicar, Church of England Revd Mark Burleigh, President, College of Health Care Chaplains Elizabeth Burroughs, Local Preacher, Methodist Church Rt Rev Peter Burrows, Bishop of Doncaster Hugh Burton, Team Rector, Church of England Alan Butler, Anglican Parish Priest Rt Rev Paul Butler, Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham Julian Booth, Parish Priest Rev Andrew J Brazier, University Chaplain Revd Dr Nicholas Bundock, Rector, St James and Emmanuel, Didsbury Canon Garry Byrne, Roman Catholic Dean of Coventry Carol Cahill, FEED Manager, Vineyard Church Vibha Cale, President, Arya Samaj West Midlands Jan Cambridge, Assistant Clerk, Wirral and Chester Area Quaker Meeting Rev A. P. Camper, Unitarian Minister Philip Carlin, Minister, St John's Hurst Isabel Carter, Chair, Operation Noah Colin Cartwright, Minister, Trinity Baptist Church, Chesham Anne Cash, Retired Methodist Minister Canon Peter Challen, Christian Council for Monetary Justice Carole Challis, Methodist Presbyter Rev C A Chaplin, Minister, Methodist Church Krishan Chopra, Trustee, Arya Samaj West Midlands Revd Beryl A Chatfield, Retired United Reformed Church Minister Rev Richard Church, Synod Moderator, North Western Synod, United Reformed Church Rev John Churcher, Minister, Methodist Church Professor Bill Clegg, Baptist Chaplain, Newcastle University Ray Collier, Priest, St Catherine of Siena, Birmingham Christopher J. Collins, Student Presbyter, Methodist Church Rt Revd Edward Condry, Bishop of Ramsey Ann Conway-Jones, Chair, Birmingham Council of Christians and Jews Rt Rev Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ely Barrie G Cooke, Methodist Church Minister Nigel Cooper, University Chaplain, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Paul Cornelius, CEO, Food for the Hungry UK Linda Craig, Clerk, Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, Birmingham Elisabeth Cranfield, Minister of Methilhill and Denbeath, Church of Scotland Matthew Creber, SPEAK Network Rt Revd Steven Croft, Bishop of Sheffield Dr Michael Cross, Secretary of All Saints Social Justice Group, Birmingham Pastor Peter Cunningham, Chairman, Green Pastures Moses Dakunivosa, Steward, Methodist Church Jessica Dalton-Cheetham, Fellowship of Reconciliation Rev Stephen Dando, Vicar, St Lawrence Eastcote Revd Patrick Davies, Parish Priest, Manchester Canon Peter Davies, Lay Canon of Chapter, Worcester Cathedral Philip Davies, Chapter Clerk of Durham Cathedral Rev Stuart Davison, Regional Minister, South Eastern Baptist Association Rev Andrew Dawson, Priest-in-charge, Oldham Werneth Gillian Day, Local Preacher, Water Orton Methodist Church Revd David Dean, Churches Training Officer, St Philip's Centre, Leicester Malcolm Deboo, President, Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe Rev Philip Deller, Minister, Baptist Church Christopher Densham, Lead Minister, Dereham Baptist Church K. S. Dhesi, President, Sri Gura Singh Sabua Gurdwara Sue Dilworth, Reader, St Mary's Temple Balsall Guy Donegan-Cross, Vicar, St Mark's Harrogate Neil Douglas, Minister, Calvary Baptist Church Clare Downing, Synod Moderator, Wessex Synod, United Reformed Church Rt Rev Peter Doyle, Bishop of Northampton Rt Rev Terry Drainey, Bishop of Middlesbrough Rev Edson Dube, Methodist Minister Kevin Duffy, Local Preacher, Methodist Church Sister Rachel Duffy FCJ, Assistant Catholic Chaplain, Liverpool Universities Donald Eadie, Former Chairman, Birmingham Methodist District J. Edmond-Smith, Chair, UK Network of Engaged Buddhists Rt Rev Chris Edmondson, Bishop of Bolton Joel Edwards, Director, Micah Challenge International Fr Stephen Edwards, Rector, St Agnes' Birch in Rusholme Rev Bro. Edward Egan, Retired teacher Rev Jacky Embrey, Birmingham Area Minister for the United Reformed Church Dr Omer El-Hamdoon, President, Muslim Association of Britain David Emmott, Retired Priest Egenonu Erasmus, Parish Priest, St Philip, Smethwick Revd Steve Faber, Minister, Riverside Church Sleaford Rev James Fasakin, Clergy Dr Marius Felderhof, Hon Research Fellow, Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham Pete Fishpool, on behalf of Quaker Local Business Meeting, Cotteridge, Birmingham Fr Jim Fleming, Priest, St Catherine’s, Birmingham Rev Barbara Fletcher, Priest, Birmingham Rt Rev Colin Fletcher, Bishop of Dorchester Josie Flute, Methodist Deacon Aideen Fogarty, Convenor, Northampton Christian Network for Justice and Peace Colin Foreman, Minister, The United Reformed Church Sheila Foreman, Assistant Chair, South East District, Methodist Church The Rt Revd Christopher Foster, Bishop of Portsmouth Mia Fox, Catholic Chaplain, Newcastle University & Northumbria University Cassius Francis, WKFM coordinator, Mosley Wesleyan Holiness Church Simon Franklin, Prebendary in Church of England Rabbi Paul Freedman, Principal Rabbi, Radlett Reform Synagogue Rabbi Helen Freeman, Principal Rabbi, London West Synagogue of British Jews Rt Rev Richard Frith, Bishop of Hull Revd Bob Fyffe, General Secretary, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Revd Ray Gaston, Tutor, Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education Simon Gatenby, Rector, Christ Church, Brunswick, Manchester Revd Chris Gaynor, Minister, St Francis Church, Banbury Alison Geary, Supernumerary Methodist Minister Revd Ruth Gee, Chair, Darlington District of the Methodist Church Ian Geere, Minister, Union Chapel Baptist, Fallowfield Rev Andy Glover, Baptist Minister, Hoole Baptist Church Pauline Godfrey, Mission and Ministry Officer, Gloucester Anglican Diocese Dr David Golding CBE, Honorary Chaplain, Newcastle University Revd Dr Ruth Gouldbourne, Co-Minister, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church Nicola Grey, Ordinand in training, Anglican Church Simon Grey, Clerk, Edgbaston Quaker Meeting Mark Griffin, Vicar of St Luke's, Sevenoaks Rev Michael John Grimsley, Methodist Minister, Leamington Spa Peter M Grimwood, Methodist Presbyter Harry Hall, Chair, Coventry multi faith forum Peter Hall, Hon Assistant Bishop of Birmingham Joyce Hallam, Local Preacher, Methodist Church Rt Rev David Hamid, Bishop in Europe Revd Ian P Hamilton, Member of Superintendency Team, Manchester Methodist Circuit Canon Nigel Hand, Birmingham Cathedral Revd Dave Hardman, Senior Regional Coordinator, Christian Aid, North West England Sheila Harvey, Clerk to Taunton Local Quaker Meeting Rev David Haslam, Convenor, Methodist Tax Justice Network Dorothy Haughton, Unitarian Service Leader Revd Rob Hawkins, Methodist Chaplain at Newcastle University Rev John Hayes, Minister, Methodist Circuit (Huddersfield) Brian Haymes, Baptist Minister Margaret Healey Pollett, All Saints Kings Heath Social Justice Action Group Rev Graham Hellier, Minister, Church of Scotland John Hellyer, Chair, South-East District, Methodist Church Chich Hewitt, Priest-in-Charge, Holy Rood, Swinton Christine J Hey, Methodist Minister V.L. Heydon-Matterface, Children & Family Lay Worker for Brownhills and Willenhall Methodist Circuit Malcolm Hickox, Minister, Methodist Church (Salisbury) Rt Rev Christopher Hill, Bishop of Guildford Rt Rev Mike Hill, Bishop of Bristol Symon Hill, Associate Director, Ekklesia Paul Hills, Regional Minister, Eastern Baptist Association Rt Rev John Holbrook, Bishop of Brixworth Rt Revd Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury Rev Caroline Homan, Minister, Birmingham Methodist Circuit Fleur Houston, Minister, United Reformed Church Walter Houston, Honorary Fellow, University of Manchester, Department of Religion and Theology Rev John Howard, Chair, Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury District, Methodist Church Trevor James Howard, Ministry Director, Anglo-Japanese Christian Ministries John Hughes, Priest-in-charge, St John's Old Trafford John M. Hull, Professor of Practical Theology, The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education Rev Jennifer Hurd, Presbyteral Minister, Methodist Church Ismail Hussein, Al-Furqan Centre Rev Jenny Impey, Chair, London District, Methodist Church D. Innamorati, Parish Priest Rabbi Margaret Jacobi, Rabbi, Birmingham Progressive Synagogue Cantor Zoe Jacobs, Cantor, Finchley Reform Synagogue, Movement for Reform Judaism Revd Dr Michael Jagessar, Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church Arvinder Jain, President, International Mahavir Jain Mission Vengai Jamanda, Steward, Methodist Church Rt Rev Martyn Jarrett, Bishop of Beverley Helen Jobling, Minister, Lozells Methodist Church Centre John Johansen-Berg, Founder and International Director, Community for Reconciliation Rev Neil Johnson, Superintendent minister, Birmingham Methodist Circuit William Johnston, Priest, Church of England, Midhurst Karen Johnstone, Coordinating Chaplain, Bucks New University Professor Barry Edward Jones, Emeritus Professor, Brunel University Rev Gareth Jones, Methodist Chaplain, University of Birmingham The Revd Dr Keith G Jones, Rector, International Baptist Theological Seminary Peter Jones, Parish Priest, Sacred Heart, Birmingham Stewart Jones, Rector, St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham Rev Dr Stuart Jordan, Chair, London District, Methodist Church Peter Kemp, Justice and Peace, St John's Cathedral Rt Rev William Kenney, Bishop of Birmingham Rev Stephen Keyworth, Head of Faith and Unity, Baptist Union of Great Britain Cllr M Afzal Khan CBE, Chair, Manchester Council of Mosques Khairul Huda Khan, Minister of Religion, Shahjalal Mosque Rev Dr Rosemary Kidd, Minister, Whaley Bridge Uniting Church LEP Rev Peter Killick, Retired Minister Michael King, Vice-President of the Methodist Conference Rt Revd Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherbourne, Church of England Rev Marcin Kordel, Parish Priest Revd Catherine Lack, University Chaplain, Newcastle University Ravi Ladva, Representative, Birmingham Council of Faiths Prem Lal, Vice-Chair, Wolverhampton Inter-Faith and Regeneration Network Rt Rev Michael Langrish, Bishop of Exeter Revd Canon Christopher A Lamb, Retired Church of England Priest Rev Chris Lane, Senior Pastor, Vineyard Church St Albans Rev Nick Lear, Senior Minister, Colchester Baptist Church Jayne Lee, Priest, Church of England Rev Dr Kenneth Leech, Retired Priest Gerard Lennon, Priest, Birmingham Rev Art Lester, Unitarian Minister, Croydon Rev Stephen Levett, Methodist Minister, Bromsgrove and Redditch Mrs Helen Lidgett, Church Secretary, St Andrew's United Reformed Church, Chesterfield Rabbi Aaron Lipsey, Jewish Chaplain, Newcastle University Rt Rev Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham Alisdair Longwill, Regional Minister, West of England Baptist Association Ashley Lovett, Minister, Baptist Church Rev Roy Lowes, Moderator, West Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church Rev Benjamin Lucas, Minister, Westbury on Trym Baptist Church Richard Lupson-Darnell, Director, The Bridge Church, Cheltenham Revd Dr Andrew MacIntosh, Fellow and Emeritus Dean, St John's College Cambridge Rev A. Malcolm, Minister, Birmingham Methodist Circuit Gajan Malholtra, Committee Member, Arya Samaj Imran Malik, Methodist Student minister John P. Mall, Minister, Baptist Church Colin Marsh, Birmingham Churches Together Rev David Masters, Minister, Southamption Central Baptist Church James Mather, Minister, Kensington United Reformed Church Rt Rev Peter Maurice, Bishop of Taunton Rt Rev Christopher John Mayfield, Former Bishop of Manchester Rabbi Monique Mayer, Rabbi, Bristol & West Progressive Jewish Congregation Vidhu Mayor, President, Arya Samaj Derek McAuley, Chief Officer, General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches Darren McClintock, Team Vicar of Bilton, St John and St Luke, Harrogate Roger Medley, Canon, Diocesan Missioner Peter Merson, Chairman, Jubilee Debt Campaign Multifaith Project Rabbi Maurice Michaels, Rabbi at Alyth Rev John Miles, Minister, Cowes Baptist Church Steve Miller, Chair, Tzedek - Jewish Action for a Just World Craig Millward, Pastor, Baptist Church Mr Usman Mohamed, Funeral Director, Masjid Zeenatul Islam Val Morrison, Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church Alister Mort, Team Rector, St John's Bilton, Harrogate Rev Ros Murphy, Retired Methodist Minister Father Bishop Michel Naguib, Priest of the Coptic Orthodox Church Gerald Nembhard, Chair, West Midlands Faith Forum Edmund Newey, Vicar, St Andrew's, Handsworth, Birmingham Sidney Brian Newey, Reader, Dorchester on Thames Team Rt Rev Adrian Newman, Bishop of Stepney Jeffrey Newman, Emeritus Rabbi Finchley Reform Synagogue Rev John Nightingale, Canon Emeritus Prof Richard Norman, Vice-President, British Humanist Association Con O'Connell, Cordate Community Lesley O'Neal, Co-Clerk, Harrogate Quaker Meeting Gary O'Neill, Director of Studies for Ordinands Canon Dr Paul Oestreicher, Canon Emeritus, Coventry Cathedral Rev Catherine Ogle, Dean, Birmingham Rev L Osborn, Chair, Newcastle-upon-Tyne District of the Methodist Church Rev Stuart Owen, Vicar, All Saints Edmonton Revd Dr Simon Oxley, Baptist Minister Crispin Pailing, Vicar, St John's, Perry Barr Rowena Pailing, Priest-in-charge, St Michael Handsworth Jonathan Pain, Treasurer, St. Gabriel's Church, Basingstoke Bhagwant Singh Pandher, Treasurer, Nanaksar Temple Paul Parker, Recording Clerk, Quakers in Britain John I Parkin, Reader, All Saints Kings Heath Rev Robert Parkinson, Minister, Didsbury Baptist Church Rt Rev Robert Paterson, Bishop of Sodor and Man Rev John E. Paxton, Mission Development Officer, Diocese of Worcester Rt Rev Geoff Pearson, Bishop of Lancaster Rev Dr Ann Peart, former president, General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches Gillian Peel, Unitarian Minister, Rochdale Rev Michael Perry, Rector, Cam Vale Benefice, Somerset Rev Jenny Petersen, Anglican Chaplain, Queen Mary, University of London Enid Pinch, Quaker Andrew Piggott, Archdeacon of Bath Rev Pete Pillinger, Chair, Plymouth and Exeter District, Methodist Church Stephen Pimlott, Pastor George Pitcher, Priest, Church of England Rt Rev Stephen Platten, Bishop of Wakefield Canon Denise Poole, Chaplain, Bradford Rt Rev Tony Porter, Bishop of Sherwood Rev Eric Potts, Minister, Methodist Church Revd Gillian Poucher, Gainsborough United Reformed Church Bob Pounder, Minister, Oldham Unitarian Chapel Colin Arthur Powell, Clerk in Holy Orders (Retired), Church of England Rt Rev Peter Price, Bishop of Bath and Wells David Primrose, Director of Transforming Communities, Lichfield Don Pritchard, Deacon Rev James Pritchard, Methodist Minister and Chaplain, Aston University Revd Alan Race, Rector, St Margaret's, Lee Albert Edward Radcliffe, Retired Anglican Priest James Ramsay, Vicar, St. Barnabas Church Stephen Rand, Leadership Team, Fresh Streams Rt Rev John Rawsthorne, Bishop of Hallam Rt Rev Alastair Redfern, Bishop of Derby Rhiannon Rees, Assistant Clerk, Quaker Peace & Social Witness Patrick Regan OBE, Foudner & CEO of XLP G.P. Revill, Minister, Stocksfield Baptist Church Revd Gethin Rhys, Minister, United Reformed Church Ben Rich, Chief Executive, Movement for Reform Judaism Rev Alison Richards, Methodist Minister, Malvern Stephen Richardson, Assistant Methodist Chaplain, Newcastle University River, Quaker Manchester Gillian Roberts, Lay leader, St Michael's and All Angels, Stockton Rev Maud Robinson, Unitarian Minister, Edinburgh P.P. Robinson, Retired Clergy, Manchester Diocese Rt Rev Tony Robinson, Bishop of Pontefract Deacon Stephen Roe, Methodist Chaplain, Bangor University John Rohrbeck, United Reformed Church, Rodborough Tabernacle Patricia Rogers, Vice Chair, British Humanist Association Revd Sylvia Rothschild, Rabbi, Wimbledon Synagogue Anne Roussel, Methodist Local Preacher Professor Christopher Rowland, Queen's College, University of Oxford Mark Rowland, Minister, Methodist Church Rev E.C. Russell, Methodist Minister Rev Peter Russell, Minister, Methodist Church Rev Donald Sampson, Supernumerary, Birmingham Methodist Circuit Denys Saunders, Retired Minister, Methodist Church John Scrivens, Minister, Methodist Church (Fordingbridge) Anne Sear, Reader, St Peter's Church, Somerset Harjimder Singh Sehmi, Coventry Interfaith Network Moqapi Selassie, Vice-President, Ethiopian World Federation Israel Selvanayagam, Professor of Religions Haim Shalom, Rabbi, Menorah Synagogue, Cheshire Reform Congregation Andrew Shanks, Canon Theologian, Manchester Cathedral Rev G Howard Sharp, Moderator, Mersey Synod of the United Reformed Church Rev James Sharp, Curate, Church of England Noel Sharp, Methodist Presbyter in the Gloucestershire Circuit Rev Peter Sheasby John Sheldo, Clerk, Warwick Quaker Meeting Anthony Shepherd,Vicar, St Peter's Harrogate Rabbi Sybil Sheridan, Vice-Chair of Rabbinic Assembly, Movement for Reform Judaism Amrick Singh, Director, Nishkam Centre Mr Baldev Singh, Member Faith Advisory Panel, Near Neighbours - The Big Society Programme of the UK Pall Singh, Community Development Worker, Lozells Project Rt Rev Alan Smith, Bishop of St Albans Barrie Smith, Regional Minister, Heart of England Baptist Association Deacon Janet Smith, Birmingham Methodist Circuit Mt Rev Peter Smith, Archbishop of Southwark Revd Dr Kevin Snyman, Training & Development Officer, URC, Wales Synod Peter J Spiers, Clerk, Wirral and Chester Area Quaker Meeting Rachel Stephens, Lay Preacher, Methodist Church Rev Kenneth Stokes, Methodist Minister, Salford Sujatin, Buddhist Chaplain, Newcastle University Rev Emma Sykes, Associate Rector, St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham Rabbi Larry Tabick Dr C Mark Taylor, Chairman, All Saints Community Development Company, Birmingham Martin Taylor, Chaplain Michael H. Taylor, Emeritus Professor of Social Theology, University of Birmingham Revd Philip Taylor, Superintendent Minister, Amber Valley Methodist Circuit Rev Roger Taylor, Minister, Brightlingsea Baptist Church Richard Tetlow, Interfaith Convenor David T Thomas, Anglican Priest Diane Thompson, Parish Priest Rev Graham Thompson, Chair, East Anglia District, Methodist Church Revd John Thompson, Retired Baptist Minister Rev Dr Patricia Took, Past President, Baptist Union of Great Britain Rt Rev Tim Thornton, Bishop of Truro Shirley Torrens, Clerk, Stoke-on-Trent Quaker Meeting Roberta Topham, Methodist Minister, Harrogate Rev Dr Simon Topping, ISR - Churches for Work and Social Justice David Tucker, Elder, Wey Christian Fellowship Rev Edward Turner, Vicar, St Aldhelm's Church, London Dr Kiran Vaja, Birmingham Council of Faiths Mark Van Beeumen, Priest David Veale, Assistant Anglican Chaplain, Birmingham City University Bryan Vernon, Honorary Chaplain, Newcastle University Penny Vernon, Co-Clerk, Heswall Quaker Meeting Susan Joyce Vernon, Honorary Chaplain, Newcastle University Rev Canon Peter Vowles, Retired Clerk in Holy Orders Manu Vyas, Chairman, Walsall Multi-Faith Forum Francis Wainaina, Vicar, St Andrew's Church, Starbeck, Harrogate Rt Rev David Walker, Bishop of Dudley Rt Rev Martin Wallace, Bishop of Selby Margaret Walmsley, Social Responsibility Coordinator, North Fylde Methodist Circuit Amy Walters, Minister, Methodist Church The Revd Dr Mark Wakelin, President of the Methodist Conference David Warbrick, Priest-in-charge, All Saints Kings Heath Rev Judith M Ware, Rector, St Matthew with St Mary, Crumpsall Rt Rev Andrew Watson, Bishop of Aston Kevin Watson, Moderator, Yorkshire Synod of the United Reformed Church Marjory Watt, Elder, Church of Scotland Rev Martin and Penny Wells, Catholic clergyman and wife Ernie Whalley, President Elect, Baptist Union of Great Britain Rt Rev Peter Wheatley, Bishop of Edmonton Canon John and Mrs Jean Wheatley Price, Retired clergyman and wife Rob Whillier, Wight Church Network Rev Dr Dominic White, Catholic Chaplain, Newcastle and Northumbria Universities John White, Team Vicar, Kings Norton Birmingham Priscilla White, Vicar, St Faith and St Laurence Mark Wickenden, Lead Minister, Frimley Baptist Church Akuppa John Wigham, Buddhist Chaplain, Northumbria University Rev John Wilkinson, Priest, Birmingham Tom Wilkinson, Retired Methodist Minister Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham (Church of England) Stuart Murray Williams, Chair, Anabaptist Network Rt Revd Paul Williams, Bishop of Kensington Revd Paul J Williams, Minister, Trinity Village Baptist Church Rowan Williams, Master, Magdalene College, Cambridge Mark Willott, Community Group leader, Riverside Church Rev Jane M Wilson, Minister, South West Worcestershire Methodist Circuit Rev Dr Simon Woodman, Co-Minister, Bloomsbury Baptist Church Sue Woolley, Unitarian minister Rev Canon Martin Wright, Clergyman Umesh Yador, Minister of Religion, Arya Samaj West Midlands Salim Yakub, Lay Leader Richard Young, Non-Stipendiary Minister, Church of England Rev Michaela Youngson, Chair, London District, Methodist Church Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers A. Zwart, Cordate Community Total: 443 signatories List updated, 14 March 2013 More SIGN THE LETTER: Add your name to the faith leaders letter >> ARTICLE BY JOHN SENTAMU, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK: Unjust debt goes to the heart of inequality. We need a new jubilee, 9 October 2012 >>		DONATE In this section: ACT NOW: Sign the call for a new debt jubilee ACT NOW: Tell UK to return excess Mozambique profit The Jubilee We Need Today REPORT: The State of Debt ACT NOW: Sign the Faith Leaders Letter Signatories to the Faith Leaders Letter Order Campaign Materials Jubilee in 2012: A Movement for Financial Justice Campaign Latest UK backed 'development' factory costs Mozambique millions in lost taxes BRIEFING: How Europe cancelled Germany's debt Download: Faith leaders letter Format: PDF, 124kb

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