Now we all know Johnson has a habit of making flippant remarks, but this one caught my attention. Talking at a charitable conference, he said: "Faith groups who want to slip in the odd coded message in favour of salvation: I have absolutely no problem with that."
Although I work for a faith organisation, I have a problem with the approach that Johnson advocates.
I've spent a huge amount of time trying to justify to members of the faith community why we run generic youth work with no faith content. Conversely, I've often had to defend the faith aspect to those colleagues in non-faith environments who assume we are trying to convert young people. It's a difficult tightrope to walk, especially when people are unsure of your motives.
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