A MINISTER advertised his Remembrance Sunday service as "un-PC and Christian" after becoming fed up with political correctness.

The Rev Peter Simpson, of Penn Free Methodist Church in Church Road, Penn, boldly advertised the event in reaction to a new Remembrance service produced by the Church of England "for all faiths and none".

Mr Simpson, 51, believes the new service proves that even churches have been bitten by the PC bug so much so that they are afraid to make Remembrance Sunday a Christian occasion.

He said: "Things are getting ridiculous now Christian symbols are being removed from public places, there's been criticism for using the word Christmas and even mainstream churches seem to be against patriotism and against loving one's country.

"With political correctness, it seems you must always have a global perspective but I think its very important on Remembrance Sunday to make it known that Christianity is the established faith of this country."

He added: "It seems that now we are never allowed to have an official, national occasion that is distinctly Christian. But I think love for one's country is a Christian virtue."

Mr Simpson said that, while his church loves and respects other faiths, he does not want to lose the Christian flavour of this country.

He said: "We want peaceful coexistence with other faiths. But the government and the media are denying the historic faith of this country in their obsession with political correctness."

Mr Simpson's sermon on Sunday, November 13, reflected his feelings on the matter, as it was poignantly based on the Old Testament character Phineas who stood up against the Israelites out of love for his country.