Welby Working Hard on Doctrine
Welby in Danger of Losing primus inter pares Role over Same-Sex Blessings
CHURCH OF ENGLAND ‘BLESSING’ GAY UNIONS WOULD VIOLATE BIBLICAL TEACHING & JEOPARDISE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY’S CONTINUING ROLE IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION by Paul Eddy The Most Reverend Justin Badi, Primate of South Sudan, and Chairman of the GSFA responded,...
Archbishops Differ on Practice if Not on Principle
Archbishops Differ on Practice if not on Principle Archbishop Justin Welby has revealed that he will not bless same-sex relationships, while Archbishop Stephen Cotterell has indicated his intention to do so. Explaining his decision, the Archbishop of Canterbury...
Pilgrim’s Process: Tone, Voice, & Speech
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Diocese of Oxford’s “Bloated Bureaucracy” Under Fire
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New Bishop of Liverpool
New Bishop of Liverpool Downing Street has announced that the Ninth Bishop of Liverpool is to be the Right Reverend Doctor John Perumbalath. Bishop John is currently in the the Diocese of Chelmsford, where he has served as Bishop of Bradwell since 2018. He follows...
Bishops That Have Condemned Blessing of Same-Sex Marriage
Church of England BINO Bishops Who Have Commended the Prayers for Same-Sex Blessings
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FIEC: Helping the Next Generation of Leaders at the Hub
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Church Society Invites Liberals to Leave the C of E
Church Society Invites Liberals to Leave C of E The Director of Church Society, the Revd Dr Lee Gatiss has a long response to the announcement of the BINO (Bishops in Name Only) Archbishops that they will support the blessing of same-sex civil marriages. His lengthy...
Anglican Futures: An Apology from an English Anglican to the Anglican Communion
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Church Society Invites Liberals to Leave the C of E
Church Society Invites Liberals to Leave C of E The Director of Church Society, the Revd Dr Lee Gatiss has a long response to the announcement of the BINO (Bishops in Name Only) Archbishops that they will support the blessing of same-sex civil marriages. His lengthy...
Former Diocese of Lincoln Clergyman Sentenced to 10 Years
Former Diocese of Lincoln Clergyman Sentenced to 10 Years A jury at Lincoln Crown Court found former vicar, Terrence Atkinson guilty on nine counts of indecent assault on 15 December. Judge Simon Hirst sentenced Atkinson to ten years imprisonment and banned him from...
Bingo: A View from the Pew
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The Calling of Bingo
The Calling of Bingo The Revd Benjamin John Allison was ordained deacon at Derby Cathedral on Sunday 26th June 2016. The cleric was hailed on the Derby Diocese website as ‘an award-winning performance poet.’ The Revd Ben, aged 29 and married with three young children,...
In Case You Missed a Real Story
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Southwark Cleric Rebukes Bishop Chessun
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Editorial: Delusion & Judgment
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Anglo-Catholic Provincial Episcopal Visitors Appointed
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Pilgrim’s Process: Discerning the Times
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Resistance vs Fidelity
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FIEC Pray for One Hundred
FIEC Marks 100 Years by Praying for One Hundred by Joel Murray The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC) has collated 100 mission initiatives from churches across the country to mark its centenary year. It can be tempting to focus on looking back when...
Church Official to be Sentenced for Fraud before Christmas
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Jesus in the Bleak Mid-Winter
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Sizer Tribunal Finally Issues a Verdict
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Bishop Sinclair Makes Clear Position of CEEC
Bishop Sinclair Makes Clear Position of CEEC The retired Bishop of Birkenhead and National Director of the Church of England Evangelical Council, the Rt Revd Keith Sinclair has spoken clearly as to the position of the organisation regarding LGBT issues. It has come...
Resistance and Fidelity by Julian Mann
Resistance & Fidelity By Julian Mann As the new conservative evangelical ‘flying’ Bishop of Ebbsfleet launches off, the Bishop of Rochester’s written answer to a question from a General Synod member shines a light on the Church of England’s direction of travel....
Editorial: Joy to the World Cup
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Church Leaders Mark 100 Years at FIEC Leaders’ Conference
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Editorial: For the Sake of Ten
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Melville-Knox Christian School Opens in Aberdeen
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Sanctuary Foundation Offers Free Advent Resource
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Oxford Good Stewards Trust Announced in Response to Bishop of Oxford’s Revisionism
St Paul’s Banbury, Oxford Answers Bishop and Announces The Oxford Good Stewards Trust The Revd Dan McGowan, Vicar of St Paul’s, Banbury in Oxford Diocese has answered Bishop Croft’s revisionist declarations about same-sex matters and announced the formation of The...
Pilgrim’s Process: John 3:16 The Gospel in Miniature
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Letter: Divorce
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Charity Commissioners Issue Strong Warning to Trustees of Christ Church, Oxford
Charity Commissioners Issue Strong Warning to Trustees of Christ Church, Oxford Rebuke Directly Related to Actions Toward Former Dean Christ Church has been involved in long and costly disputes involving its former Dean, who left his role earlier this year following a...
Going Backwards: Lichfield Diocese Rebuilds Shrine to House Relics of St Chad
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Contending with Lamb-like Gentleness and Lion-like Courage by Mark Pickles
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Free Church of England Cleared by Charity Commission for England & Wales
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The Book of Common Prayer Deserves a Fresh Consideration
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The Gospel Magazine Resolution of 2022
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1,100 Church of England Clerics Willing to Conduct Same-Sex Marriages
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Hodder Faith Scoops Publisher of the Year Award
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Former London Diocesan Head of Finance & Property Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement of £5,200,000
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Report from the Trinitarian Text & Translation Conference
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Letter to the Editor: Open Air Preaching Under Assault
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CEEC Urges Church of England to “Learn from Their Mistakes”
CEEC Urges Church of England to “Learn from Their Mistakes” Over Same-Sex Blessings Releases “Learning from Elsewhere” Film The Church of England Evangelical Council has just released a second film in its “God’s Beautiful Story” series. The new film, “Learning from...
Wholly Trinity: Northern Churchman
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Knotty Influence Demonstrated in Latest Senior Appointment
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General Synod: Gospel Driven Anglicanism
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CEEC’s Basis of Faith
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Anglican Network in Europe/GAFCON to Hold Conference for Disaffected C of E Clergy
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Cranmer’s Collect The Christian Voice of Hope
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Pilgrim’s Process River of Death
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Tutu’s Daughter Barred from Presiding at Church of England Funeral
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Anglican Futures Let Him Who is Without Sin…
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Trinitarian Bible Society AGM Report
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Bishop Lines Ordains Deacon for Trinity Church Scarborough
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Ozanne to Take Sabbatical Strange to Substitute
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Prudence Dailey’s Commentary Reflections on the State Funeral of Her Majest Queen Elizabeth II
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Church Leaders and Parliamentarians Pay Tribute
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Keene Review: God’s Church for God’s World Part One
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Protestant Reformation Society Holds 2022 Conference
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New Church Society Declaration for Members
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Margrave Files Formal Complaint with Bishop of Leicester
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Begg: The UK Has Been Through an Immoral Revolution
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New Wine Conference Draws 14,000
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Prudence Dailey’s Commentary: Should the Church be Talking More, not Less, About Sex?
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Plural Truth: The Prize of Infinite Value
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Trinitarian Bible Society Text & Translation Conference 2022
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Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches Issues Strong Rebuke to Revisionists
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Westminster Presbyterian Seminary’s 2022 Conference
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Banner of Truth Borders Conference 2022 “Not Ashamed of the Gospel”
Held at the Church of Scotland Chapel in Carlisle, it is a gathering intended particularly to serve those in northern England and southern Scotland with fellowship and faithful biblical teaching. The conference is open to all, whether in full-time ministry in the...
170 Bishops Affirm “Holiness” of Same-Sex Love
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Letter: The Abolition of Female Bishops?
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Hymn Singing Society & Christian Voice Sponsor Hymn Sing
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Anglican Futures: “Recycle and Be Baptised Every One of You”
"Recycle and Be Baptised Every One Of You" Poppy was baptised in her family’s parish church when she was four months old, just as her late grandmother expected. Neither parents nor godparents pretended that they had any Christian faith or that bringing Poppy to...
What is the Crown Nominations Commission and How Does It Work?
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London PRIDE Parade: What One Pastor Witnessed
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English Churchman Columnist Named to Crown Nominations Commission
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Editorial: Lambeth 2022 Communion at a Crossroads
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Anglican Futures: Anglican Alphabet Spaghetti
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Canterbury Tales: Favourite Bible Stories Retold by Archbishop Justin Welby
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Anglican Mission in England Elects Two Suffragan Bishops
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Prayer Book Society Raising Funds to Put BCPs in the Hands of Choristers
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Editorial: Lessons to be Learned from the American Pro-Life Movement
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Pilgrim’s Process: For Life
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Did Welby Threaten Rwandan Anglican Archbishop on Visit to UK in 2019?
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Marriage, Sex, and Culture Group Holds Conference
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Judge Rules Against Archie Batersbee
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Robinson to be Ordained in Free Church of England
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Archbishop Welby Denounces as “Unbiblical” Decision of Nigerian, Rwandan, and Ugandan Churches to Skip Lambeth Conference
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Justification: Rome & Protestants
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“Unbiblical” Archbishops?
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Her Majesty’s Coronation Oath
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Archbishop of Canterbury Tests Positive for Covid
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The Gospel Magazine’s Platinum Jubilee Resolution
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A Layman Questions £1.2b Grant to Assist Parishes
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Metropolitan Police Confirm Arrest for Suspected Fraud
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National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast 2022 Scheduled
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