‘Marvin’s trying to introduce a theocracy’-worry, addressed by the mayor

As part of his mayoral campaign, the mayor gave two interviews to Christ Church in Clifton on the same day.

The following video clip of the audio recording mentions how he uses and deals with his faith in politics. It is from the session called 10 Gathering.

I have written two stories on the mayor’s links to Evangelical churches in the UK and the US. The first was about the mayor’s faith advisor and graduate of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, Rachel Molano, published July 2019[link] and the second was published March 2020 and was about the Bristol Housing Festival being used to revive the Monastery [link].

Transcript

[Marvin Rees:] I often use Biblical proverbs in my talks, you know. People don’t know they’re from the Bible but they are [laughs]. Suffering, perseverance … hope, this is a big one for me in Bristol as well.

It’s been quite easy in many ways because as I said, if your approach is to find good people who want to get good stuff done and…