Welsh Christian Party leader Jeff Green has become Britain’s first confessional Christian ‘faith based’ elected politician.
Cllr Elect Jeff Green stood for the Christian Party “Proclaiming Christ’s Lordship” in the town council by-election held last Thursday in Llandrindod Wells. The election was triggered when two ward councillors, including the Mayor Tony Phillips, resigned two months ago after a row over the town’s tourist information centre.
With two council seats being contested Cllr Green beat the former Mayor, Tony Phillips, into third place. The Conservative Powys County Councillor Sarah Millington, topped the poll by a margin of just eight votes.
Cllr Green commented “I understand that this is the first Council seat won by the Christian Party in the UK and I believe this is a great way forward for Christians to gain experience in the political arena and at the same time, have influence over their town or city.
"I believe we have the basis of a system to help people get elected into these positions so they can affect positive change and start turning this nation back into a godly nation.”
Christian Party leader, the Rev George Hargreaves, added: “I give all the glory to the Lord. This is both awesome and historic. This is the first time that a confessional Christian faith based political party has won political office in Britain. This is ‘first fruit’. This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvellous in our sight.”
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