PM says faith has role to play in restoring morality

David Cameron has called on faith groups to play a part in transforming society and mending broken Britain.

Writing in the latest edition of Keep the Faith magazine, the Prime Minister said faith had a role to play in mending the "breakdown of responsibility" in Britain.

"For too long in our society we have been unwilling to talk about behaviour and morality," he said.

"I believe faith leaders have a key role to play in instilling this greater sense of right and wrong – and it is up to us to help in this mission to build a fairer, stronger and more responsible society.”

The latest edition of Keep The Faith, the magazine for Britain's black Christian community, is focusing on the riots that swept through English cities during the summer.

Offering his take on the cause of the unrest, the Rev Ade Amooba of Christian Concern for the Nation wrote that a united black Christian community could have prevented the riots.

Rev David Shosanya called on churches to give financial support to organisations working with disenfranchised and vulnerable youths whilst Rev Rose Hudson Wilkins said that liberal society had left a void which churches will have to address.

There are contributions from other church leaders and thinkers, including the Rev Wale Hudson Roberts, Racial Justice Coordinator for the Baptist Union of Great Britain, theologian Dr Robert Beckford, and the Rev Stephen Brooks, National Development Manager of Excell 3.

There is also an interview with Jennifer Blake, a former female gang leader who now runs a youth project in Peckham, south London