Conservative Christians are flocking on board the ARC. I went along to find out why

Political firebrands and Christian apologists shared the stage at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) event in London. As 4,000 leaders including Jordan Peterson, Kemi Badenoch and Os Guinness discussed the future of Western civilisation, Sam Hailes went along to find out whether the faith is being co-opted by conservative politics, or a genuine revival is taking place in the public sphere

“Welcome aboard the ARC!”

With those words the Conservative Peer Baroness Philippa Stroud opened a conference unlike any other I have ever attended.

At times the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) three day event at London’s ExCeL felt like a Conservative Party, or perhaps Reform Party, conference. At other moments, I could almost have been attending a Christian apologetics seminar at Spring Harvest.

4,000 delegates gathered from all over the English speaking world to hear speeches, debates and panels on issues ranging from economics to parenting and from happiness to how to prevent the fall of Western civilisation as we know it.