2025 marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War and the setting up of the United Nations with its aim, as expressed in the preamble to the UN Charter, to ‘save succeeding generations from the scourge of war’. This seems like an opportune moment to pause and reflect on our attitudes as people of faith towards violence and the use of armed force. We in the peacebuilding team at Tearfund are therefore researching how Christians in the UK and abroad think about security, what security means to them, how they define it, what they see as the major threats to their security and the priority for spending to ensure their security. 

We are hoping to combine the data from this research with data from the countries within which Tearfund works to present a global perspective on security at a conference in London in January 2026; the 80th anniversary of the first meeting of the UN General Assembly, which also took place in London, in Central Methodist Hall.

If you would like to take part in this research, please complete the short online survey, which can be accessed through this link: https://ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/rsC7RLaN. It should take about 10 to 15 minutes to complete. We will analyse the data and share the results with you in a short report and set of slides.