Chris Ringland
Chris joined the Evangelical Alliance as public policy officer for Scotland in 2021. In this role he represents our membership of churches, organisations and individuals to the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament, seeking to make Jesus known. He has also completed the Evangelical Alliance's Public Leadership programme. Previously, Chris worked in the Scottish Parliament. He is originally from Northern Ireland and completed degrees in both Geography & Politics and Public Policy in Scotland, and is a massive West Ham United fan (champions of Europe 2023). He is married to Eilidh.
What we need to see from our new first minister of Scotland
29 March 2023We asked our member churches in Scotland what they wanted to see from their new government.
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Gender recognition & Scottish devolution: How can we respond?
23 January 2023Chris Ringland (Public policy officer, Scotland) discusses how we can respond to this significant cultural moment
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Scotland: Government told commercial sexual exploitation must stop
9 December 2022Evangelical Alliance Scotland and Restore Glasgow are calling for legislative change to protect the vulnerable and recognise commercial exploitation as a crime
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Scottish Independence: How did we get here?
25 November 2022The UK supreme court has ruled that the Scottish Parliament does not have the power to bring forward an independence referendum under its devolved powers
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Drug deaths remain unacceptably high in Scotland
3 August 20222021 marked the end of seven years of consecutive increases in drug deaths in Scotland, but the death rate is still far higher than any other country in Europe
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Gender recognition reform: giving evidence to Scottish parliament
9 June 2022Chris Ringland, our public policy officer (Scotland) shares a helpful summary of what he spoke about in parliament and why issues of gender recognition matter
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Scotland moves closer to tackling commercial sexual exploitation
4 March 2022Let's support MSPs seeking to make online pimping illegal, and other crucial changes
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COP26: Helping churches in Scotland to become net zero
11 October 2021We are pressing the Scottish Government to match our ambition for every congregation in Scotland to have a carbon neutral church
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Public Leader Scotland: Back for our fifth year
24 September 2021We joyfully report back from our first weekend together as part of our public leadership work here in Scotland
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Churches in Scotland: Physical distancing ends but face masks remain
4 August 2021Good news for churches: from 9 August in Scotland, there will no longer be any limits in law on numbers of people at gatherings or physical distancing, indoors or outdoors
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Redeeming the time
24 June 2020The COVID-19 lockdown can be our catalyst to go deeper with God, discovering His heart for justice
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