Gordon Brown will become British Prime Minister Wednesday 27 June, bringing an end to Tony Blair's decade in power.
Blair is scheduled to meet the Queen today and depart from Downing Street after a final Prime Minister's Question Time. Brown is then expected to meet the Queen at Buckingham Palace early in the afternoon, when she will formally offer him the role of Prime Minister.As Brown prepares to take over the office, the Evangelical Alliance, which represents more than a million evangelicals in the UK, has called on the new Prime Minister to "stand up for justice, family and freedom of conscience during his premiership".
An official statement made by the EA said: "The Alliance would like to congratulate Gordon Brown on his new office, and to welcome his openness about his Presbyterian background and how his church minister father's 'moral compass' has affected his outlook on life."
Dr R David Muir, the Evangelical Alliance's Public Policy Director, added: "Gordon Brown has said the values he grew up with will guide him in his leadership - including honesty, family and respect for others.
"I hope these values will be evident through the policies he adopts.
"I also hope that his leadership and advocacy of a 'new politics' of openness and inclusion will encourage greater participation in civil society and remove some of the cynicism about politics in our country."
The EA, along with Christian Today, are members of anti-poverty coalition 'Micah Challenge', which earlier this week urged Britain's new Prime Minister to take a powerful stand to stamp out global poverty.
