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Church-goers to grill MSPs on independence

Church-goers to grill MSPs on independence

Christians across the north and north-east will be given the chance to grill politicians on both sides of the independence debate next month.

Evangelical Alliance Scotland is staging events in Aberdeen and Inverness.

The first husting at Gerrard Street Baptist Church in Aberdeen on June 16 will feature Angus North and Mearns SNP MSP Nigel Don, who supports independence, and north-east MSPs Alex Johnstone (Con) and Lewis Macdonald (Lab) who will speak for the union.

Highland and islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant will debate against Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch SNP MSP Dave Thompson at an event in Smithton Culloden Free Church in Inverness on June 28.

Each panellist will share their vision for Scotland before taking questions on how it might affect the economy, family, civil society and the environment.

The events are part of Evangelical Alliance Scotland’s Seven Cities Tour.

The organisation released its referendum manifesto, titled What Kind of Nation? last month. It called on politicians to allow ordinary people to be heard on issues of poverty, welfare and investment incentives for the wealthy.

Fred Drummond, national director of Evangelical Alliance Scotland, said: “It is our hope and prayer, that politicians will answer the big questions about Scotland’s future and go beyond the narrow debate that has characterised much of the conversation so far.

“We hope they will focus instead on how independence would affect our families, our communities and our environment.”

The Alliance represents more than 750 organisations and two million evangelical Christians in 3,500 churches across 79 denominations in Scotland and the UK.