Church Leaders and Parliamentarians Pay Tribute
Church Leaders and Parliamentarians Pay Tribute In a statement given shortly after the announcement of the Queen’s death, Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby said: “As we grieve together, we know that, in losing our beloved Queen, we have lost the person whose...
Keene Review: God’s Church for God’s World Part One
God’s Church for God’s World Faithful perspectives on mission and ministry Tom Woolford and Adam Young (eds.) IVP, 2022 (ISBN: 9781789742244, 218pp, £19.99) Part One This is an important book which takes a snapshot of evangelical ministry in 2022. The title and...
Protestant Reformation Society Holds 2022 Conference
Protestant Reformation Society Holds 2022 Conference The 2022 Conference of the Protestant Reformation Society was held in Wycliffe Hall, Oxford from 30 August - 1 September. The conference theme was, “The Importance of Doctrine.” The main lecture room at Wycliffe...
New Church Society Declaration for Members
New Church Society Declaration for Members Best Financial Position in Ages Church Society had its AGM on 31 August. A new, even clearer declaration of the positions held and espoused by the oldest group within the Church of England was also adopted. Members were...
Margrave Files Formal Complaint with Bishop of Leicester
Margrave Files Formal Complaint with Bishop of Leicester An unapproved change for the Communion Table at St Nicholas’ Church in Leicester has drawn a formal complaint from General Synod Member, Samuel Margrave. Samuel Margrave wrote to the Bishop of Leicester: Dear...
Begg: The UK Has Been Through an Immoral Revolution
Begg: The UK Has Been Through an Immoral Revolution Pastor and theologian Alistair Begg has issued a rallying cry to Christians to embrace the ‘authority of Scripture’ in the face of hostility from the world. He did so whilst speaking at the 2022 Keswick Convention....
New Wine Conference Draws 14,000
New Wine Conference 2022 Draws 14,000 Organisers of the theologically charismatic, New Wine 2022 Conference report that 14,000 people attended the gathering in Peterborough between 23 July and 7 August. Another event called Sixty One, aimed at young adults in...
Prudence Dailey’s Commentary: Should the Church be Talking More, not Less, About Sex?
Prudence Dailey’s Commentary Should the Church be Talking More, not Less, About Sex? Please don’t rush to cancel your subscription to The English Churchman until you hear me out; but I’m currently reading a feminist book, and it’s rather good. I don’t routinely read...
Plural Truth: The Prize of Infinite Value
Anglican Futures Plural Truth Part 2: The Prize of Infinite Value? This is the second in a series of three blog posts, examining the concept of 'Plural Truth' in the light of what we have observed at the Lambeth Conference. This first looked at how 'Plural Truth' has...
Trinitarian Bible Society Text & Translation Conference 2022
Trinitarian Bible Society Text & Translation Conference 2022 The Trinitarian Bible Society will be holding its 2022 Text & Translation Conference on Thursday, 15 September at William Tyndale House in London. Scheduled speakers are Revd John Thackway on the...
Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches Issues Strong Rebuke to Revisionists
The Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches Issues Strong Rebuke to Revisionists Orthodox Anglican bishops from the Global South Anglican provinces issued a strong rebuke to revisionists. In an eighteen page Communique, they clearly set out their understandings...
Westminster Presbyterian Seminary’s 2022 Conference
Christ’s Mission for the Church Westminster Presbyterian Seminary’s 2022 Conference Westminster Presbyterian Seminary’s 2022 conference has been scheduled for 20 — 22 October. Located in Newcastle, the conference will feature presentations by Alistair Begg, Simon...
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
170 Bishops Affirm “Holiness” of Same-Sex Love 170 bishops from within the Anglican Communion signed a document supporting same-sex marriage and other issues promulgated by the LGBT community. This means 480 of those bishops in attendance did not sign. Over three...
Letter: The Abolition of Female Bishops?
Letter to the Editor The Abolition of Female Bishops? Dear Sir, Following the revelation at General Synod that there is no official definition of a woman, surely a Synod member could ask a further question, namely, ‘How many women bishops have served in the Church of...
Hymn Singing Society & Christian Voice Sponsor Hymn Sing
Hymn Singing Society & Christian Voice Sponsor Hymn Sing 30 - 31 July The Hymn Singing Society and Christian Voice are sponsoring a hymn sing this weekend at All Saints Church, Monkland which is near Hereford. For GPS directions, the postcode is: HR6 9DB. ...
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?
Prudence Dailey’s Commentary What is the Crown Nominations Commission, and How Does it Work? Another Group of Sessions of the General Synod (this time in York) is now over; and during the course of the proceedings (aside from picking up an unwanted souvenir in the...
London PRIDE Parade: What One Pastor Witnessed
London Pride Parade What One Pastor Witnessed Pastor Peter Simpson of the Penn Free Methodist Church attended the London PRIDE parade on 2 July. What follows are his remarks on the parade and what was witnessed. On Saturday July 2nd the 50th annual Pride parade in...
English Churchman Columnist Named to Crown Nominations Commission
English Churchman Columnist Named to Crown Nominations Commission Miss Prudence Dailey MBE Elected Miss Prudence Dailey MBE, columnist for the English Churchman and long-term member of the General Synod from Oxford Diocese was elected to serve on the Crown Nominations...
Editorial: Lambeth 2022 Communion at a Crossroads
Editorial Lambeth 2022: Communion at a Crossroads By the time this edition of The English Churchman lands, hundreds of bishops of the Anglican Communion will have arrived for the 2022 Lambeth Conference. The majority world will gather at Kent University and it will...
Anglican Futures: Anglican Alphabet Spaghetti
Anglican Futures Anglican Alphabetti Spaghetti A dummies guide to the plethora of organisations and acronyms linked to faithful Anglicans in the UK and Europe. I once spent some time around military personel. Everything had its own TLA (Three Letter Acronym) right...
Canterbury Tales: Favourite Bible Stories Retold by Archbishop Justin Welby
Canterbury Tales Favourite Bible stories retold by Archbishop Justin Welby The Good Samaritan A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead, halfway...
Anglican Mission in England Elects Two Suffragan Bishops
Anglican Mission in England Elects Two Suffragan Bishops The Anglican Mission in England (AMiE) met in Synod on 18 June. While there, they elected two suffragan bishops to aid Bishop Andy Lines in providing episcopal oversight for the overall work. Bishop Lines also...
Prayer Book Society Raising Funds to Put BCPs in the Hands of Choristers
Prayer Book Society Raising Funds to Put BCPs in the Hands of Choristers The Prayer Book Society, which will soon celebrate its 50th Anniversary, is raising funds to put a special edition BCP into the hands of junior choristers around the nation. The idea came to...
Editorial: Lessons to be Learned from the American Pro-Life Movement
Editorial Lessons to be Learned from American Pro-Life Movement Friday, 24 June 2022, the Feast of St John the Baptist, will be a date which will live in infamy amongst the supporters of abortion. On that date, the US Supreme Court, overturned the precedent set by...
Pilgrim’s Process: For Life
Pilgrim’s Process By the Revd Dr Peter Sanlon For Life With a quarter of all pregnancies in the UK ending in abortion, the reversal of Roe v Wade by America’s supreme court ought to give all in our country pause for thought. Considerable support for abortion has been...
Did Welby Threaten Rwandan Anglican Archbishop on Visit to UK in 2019?
Did Welby Threaten Rwandan Anglican Archbishop on Visit to UK in 2019? By David Virtue American Anglican journalist David Virtue reports on a potentially embarrassing story involving the Archbishop of Canterbury and Archbishop Laurent Mbanda of Rwanda. In an exclusive...
Marriage, Sex, and Culture Group Holds Conference
Marriage, Sex, and Culture Group Holds Conference The Pansexual Revolution: What Can I Do? The Marriage, Sex, and Culture Group, London has announced a conference to be held in early August to address the problems of what is termed, “pansexuality.” It is entitled,...
Judge Rules Against Archie Batersbee
In a ruling on 13 June, handing down judgment in the Family Division of the High Court, Mrs Justice Arbuthnot, ruled that “on the balance of probabilities” Archie had died. On that basis, she authorised: “Medical professionals at the Royal London Hospital (1)...
Robinson to be Ordained in Free Church of England
Robinson to Be Ordained in Free Church of England Public Invited to Service Calvin Robinson, former ordinand in the Diocese of London of the Church of England, will be ordained Deacon by The Rt Revd Paul Hunt of the Free Church of England. Hunt is the Bishop of the...
Archbishop Welby Denounces as “Unbiblical” Decision of Nigerian, Rwandan, and Ugandan Churches to Skip Lambeth Conference
Archbishop Welby Denounces as “Unbiblical” Decision of Nigerian, Rwandan, and Ugandan Churches to Skip Lambeth Conference From Lambeth Palace Press Office: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has written to the Primates of Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda to tell...
Justification: Rome & Protestants
JUSTIFICATION: ROME AND PROTESTANTS Clearing Up Michael Nazir-Ali’s Confusion Many today insist that the old Reformation divide between the Roman Catholic Church and Protestants (Lutherans, Anglicans, Reformed, and evangelical free Churches) over justification is...
“Unbiblical” Archbishops?
Editorial “Unbiblical” Archbishops? The Most Revd and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury does not have an easy job. He is the Primus inter pares of the Anglican Communion. We are now told that means 85,000,000 people look to him as the first...
Her Majesty’s Coronation Oath
Madam, is your Majesty willing to take the Oath? And the Queen answering, I am willing, The Archbishop shall minister these questions; and the Queen, having a book in her hands, shall answer each question severally as follows: Archbishop: Will you solemnly...
Archbishop of Canterbury Tests Positive for Covid
Archbishop of Canterbury Tests Positive for Covid Will Miss Platinum Jubilee Thanksgiving at St Paul’s The Most Revd Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury has tested positive for Covid and will miss the Platinum Jubilee service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral....
The Gospel Magazine’s Platinum Jubilee Resolution
Gospel Magazine’s Platinum Jubilee Resolution The Trustees of the Gospel Magazine, published continuously since 1766, met on 11 May and passed the following resolution to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The resolution reads: “We, the...
A Layman Questions £1.2b Grant to Assist Parishes
Op-Ed A Layman Questions £1.2b Grant to Assist Parishes — I Wonder Whenever concerned Christians write letters to the papers criticising Church leadership they often bring about a response from the House of Bishops. Regrettably, the responses defending their action...
Metropolitan Police Confirm Arrest for Suspected Fraud
Metropolitan Police Confirm Arrest for Suspected Fraud The Metropolitan Police confirmed information the English Churchman received some weeks ago about suspected fraud within the Diocese of London. This publication has seen information from within the Diocese...
National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast 2022 Scheduled
National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast 2022 Scheduled The first in-person National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast in three years has been scheduled for Tuesday, 5 July in Westminster Hall. The programme begins at 07:30 and completes at 09:00. Several seminars will...
Free Church of Scotland Against “Declaration of Friendship” Meeting Prior to Church of Scotland General Assembly
Free Church of Scotland Against “Declaration of Friendship” Meeting Prior to Church of Scotland General Assembly The Synod of the Free Church of Scotland has gone on record as being in opposition to the proposed “Declaration of Friendship” between the Church of...
Prudence Dailey’s Commentary: The Queen Still Unites Our Nation
Prudence Dailey’s Commentary The Queen Still Unites Our Nation Walk down any High Street in England, and you will be greeted with a sea of red, white and blue. Union Jack bunting bedecks roads and shopfronts, while windows proffer an array of merchandise in the...
Sheffield Cathedral Flags Up Its Pride
Sheffield Cathedral Flags up its Pride A rainbow flag adorned the Communion Table of Sheffield Cathedral as part of an Affirming Prayer Vigil on Wednesday 25 May. The Vigil, which was promoted by the Cathedral on social media, was timed to coincide with the visit of...
Robinson Leaves the Church of England for FCE
Robinson Leaves the Church of England for the FCE Says Hierarchy Has “Forgotten About Christ” Former Church of England ordinand and GB News presenter, Calvin Robinson has left the Church of England and has joined the Free Church of England. Robinson who recently...
Archbishop of Canterbury Entangled in Robinson Case
Archbishop of Canterbury Entangled in Robinson Case Information has been made public that seems quite clearly to show that the Archbishop of Canterbury has been entangled in the public disputes over the cancellation of the ordination of former Church of England...
FIEC Hosts Servants of the Word Conference
FIEC Hosts Servants of the Word Conference The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches is hosting a Servant of the Word Conference put on by Cornhill Scotland, from 21-23 June in Glasgow. Teachers for the three day event will be Andy Gemmill, David Jackman,...
Talking Jesus Research Results
Talking Jesus Research Results A consortium of Christian ministries joined together to commission a poll amongst people in the UK about their understanding on various topics related to the Christian faith. The ministries involved were; Alpha, the Evangelical...
130th Anniversary of the Bible League
130th Anniversary of The Bible League A special meeting was held on Saturday, 7th May at 'Providence' Baptist Church, Cheltenham, in thankfulness to God for sustaining the Bible League for 130 years. Rev Neil Pfeiffer chaired the meeting and Rev Pooyan Mehrshahi...
Letters: Regarding the Lambeth Conference
Regarding the Lambeth Conference Dear Editor, With reference to the front page article of the EC, No 8104 concerning restrictions on media access to the Lambeth Conference, I would say that their organisers have every right to vet all who attend. After all it...
Parish Poverty: Reduce the Number of Bishops to Lighten the Load
Parish Poverty Reduce the Number of Bishops to Lighten the Load Donald Clarke Church Treasurer I have for some years been battling with the finances of my rural parish which, although relatively well endowed (by chance rather than by our own endeavours), has suffered...
Editorial: Necessary for These Times
Necessary for These Times The last editorial generated much discussion about its opinion that the Caleb Clergy Stream was not suited for purpose. Some cheered whilst others jeered. We still maintain that it is a manifestly bad idea; however might there be a way of...
Church of England Evangenlical Council Launches Two Initiatives
Church of England Evangelical Council Launches Two Initiatives The Church of England Evangelical Council has launched two new initiatives to “serve evangelicals in local churches across the C of E.” The CEEC was the brainchild of the late John Stott, then Rector of...
Maidstone Commitments Issued for Complementarian Churches
Maidstone Commitments Issued to Complementarian Churches The Rt Revd Rod Thomas, Bishop of Maidstone (Provincial Episcopal Visitor for Complementarian Congregations) has issued a series of Commitments to be followed by all complementarian “Resolution” churches. This...
Prudence Dailey’s Commentary: How a Non-Christian Tech Billionaire Became Good News for Christians
Prudence Dailey’s Commentary How a Non-Christian Tech Billionaire Became Good News for Christians Although I have a Twitter account (@PrudenceDailey -– not very original, I fear), I rarely use it. Little of what I might have to say can be communicated in 280...
Pastor & School Caretaker Wins Employment Court Ruling
Pastor and School Caretaker Wins Employment Court Ruling Mr Keith Waters, Pastor of Ely New Connexions Church won an Employment Court ruling last week after he was fired for posting on Twitter “LGBTQ Pride events are harmful and should not be attended by Christians...
Mixed Review of Welby’s Easter Sermon
Mixed Review of Welby’s Easter Sermon Poll Shows Majority Want Welby Out of House of Lords Publicly expressed opinions on Archbishop Justin Welby’s Easter Sermon were mixed. The Guardian generally praised his political comments condemning the Government’s programme...
Is God Not Permitted to Use His Preferred Pronoun?
Is God not Permitted to Use His Preferred Pronoun? Controversies about language and gender dominate media and social media. Not surprisingly, it also clouds debate in the church at times, in the language used of God and his identity. One recent example is the World...
Gospel-Driven Anglicanism: Towards a Strategy, Pioneering
Towards a Strategy Revitalisation by Pioneering Pioneer Revitalisation begins here. The immediate task is firstly ensuring that there are enough gospel- hearted ministers, who have been thoroughly equipped and well-trained, with convictional courage and gracious...
Anglican Futures: Of Frogs & Fish Part 2
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US State of Oklahoma Bans Most Abortions
US State of Oklahoma Bans Most Abortions Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed legislation on Tuesday, 12 April that bans most abortions in that state. The legislation requires that doctors convicted of performing an abortion would receive up to 10 years of prison...
Uxbridge Court Finds Pastor Sherwood Innocent
Uxbridge Court Finds Pastor Sherwood Innocent Special Report by Roland Parsons That any police force would attempt to criminalise the Bible message on Christian Marriage should be a wake-up call to Christians in Britain. At Uxbridge, the constituency of the Prime...
Concerns About Christians Being Labelled “Far-Right Extremists”
Letter to the Editor Concerns About Christians Being Labelled “Far-Right Extremists” Sir, Scotland's largest Mosque known as the Glasgow Central Mosque is currently being used as a Covid jab centre even for people who do not live nearby. Glasgow has numerous other...
Editorial: Via Media?
Editorial Via Media? Can there be anything more injurious to a free and democratic society than censorship of the press? It is shocking therefore to read the following in the Media information for the 2022 Lambeth Conference: “The Lambeth Conference reserves...
GB News Religious Affairs Editor Blocked from Ordination
GB News Religious Affairs Editor Blocked from Ordination Does Mutual Flourishing for Conservatives Exist? Conservative commentator Calvin Robinson, Religious Affairs Editor at GB News and an Ordinand of the Diocese of London, has been blocked from being ordained this...
Welby Asks Government to Work with Faith Groups to Achieve Net Zero by 2030
Welby Asks the Government to Work with Faith Groups to Achieve Net Zero by 2030 The ever trendy Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Justin Welby asked the Government to work with faith groups to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2030. He did so in a speech...
Trinitarian Bible Society Offers Platinum Jubilee Commemorative Bible
Trinitarian Bible Society Offers Platinum Jubilee Commemorative Bible The Trinitarian Bible Society is offering a special edition commemorative Bible to mark the Platinum Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth’s accession to the throne. TBS views the edition as ideal for...
Government Does a U-Turn on Conversion Ban Therapy
Government Does U-Turn on Conversion Therapy Ban Final Version to Exclude Transgendered The UK Government did a quick U-Turn on the proposed Conversion Therapy Ban. The Government had initially intended for legislation to bar any attempt to dissuade someone from any...
Pilgrim’s Process: Peter Sanlon
Pilgrim’s Process By the Revd Dr Peter Sanlon “Dissertation Concerning the Nature of True Virtue” As we make our pilgrimage through this world we need to be alert to the ways our sense of what is good and right can be distorted by the complexity of our hearts. The...
Memorial Service for Prince Philip
Memorial Service for Prince Philip The memorial service for the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday, 29 March. Approximately 1,800 people gathered for the forty-minute service. His funeral, held during Covid restrictions...
Archbishop’s Attempt to Meddle in Rustat Case Ignored by Judge
Archbishop’s Attempt to Meddle in Rustat Case Ignored by Judge Archbishop Welby’s attempt to influence the outcome of the case before the Consistory Court in the Diocese of Ely regarding the Rustat Memorial was ignored by the judge, The Worshipful Mark Hodge QC. He...
Judge Issues Clear Judgment on Rustat Memorial Question at Cambridge
Judge Issues Clear Judgment on Rustat Memorial Question at Cambridge The Worshipful David Hodge QC, Deputy Chancellor for the Diocese of Ely has rendered a very clear and carefully nuanced judgement in regard to the Tobias Rustat Memorial controversy at Jesus College...
Welby Denounces P&O for Sacking 800 British Workers
Welby Denounces P&O for Sacking 800 British Workers The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has denounced P&O Ferries for sacking 800 British workers before replacing them with cheaper paid foreign workers. Mr Welby also called on Secretary of State for...
Banner of Truth Conference Dates Set
Banner of Truth UK Conference Dates Set The Banner of Truth Conference has been scheduled for April 25 — April 28th. The theme for this year is, “Communion with God.” Announced speakers are; David Campbell, Minister at North Preston Evangelical Church in Preston,...
MPs Debate Gender-Specfic Religious Persecution
MPs Debate Gender-Specific Religious Persecution Persecution of Christian Women & Girls An Ongoing Problem MPs debated the ongoing problem of the persecution of Christian women and girls on 17 March. Northern Ireland MP, Jim Shannon (DUP) spoke first. He said,...
Pilgrim’s Process: Evidence
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New Archdeacon of Canterbury Named
New Archdeacon of Canterbury Named The next Archdeacon of Canterbury has been named by the Archbishop. The Revd Dr William Adam has been named as the next Archdeacon of Canterbury and Residentiary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral. He is currently the Deputy General...
Anglican Futures: Learning from Moses
Anglican Futures Learning from Moses There are few if any experiences that better define Christian discipleship than accepting powerlessness. Only newborns come into The Kingdom and only little children inhabit it. Helplessness in the face of sin, foolishness in the...
Bureaucratic Frustrations Meet Congregation Trying to Help Ukrainians
Bureaucratic Frustrations Meet Congregation Trying to Help Ukrainians Emmanuel Anglican Church in Tunbridge Wells is trying to aid a Ukrainian pastor and family find refuge under the UK government’s Ukrainian refugee programme. They are meeting with frustratingly...
Campaigner Seeks Relief after London Censure
Christian Concern Reports Campaigner Seeks Legal Relief after London Censure Christian Hacking, 31, an employee of the Centre for Bio-ethical Reform UK (CBR UK) has sought legal relief from the Administrative High Court. In October 2019, Mr Hacking, while leading a...
House of Lords Votes Down Another Assisted Suicide Bill
House of Lords Votes Down Another Assisted Suicide Bill The House of Lords has voted down another proposed bill that would enable assisted suicide by a vote of 179 to 145. The vote took place on 16 March 2022. The bill, with an amendment proposed by Lord Forsyth, was...
The Society Meets to Discuss Episcopal Vacancies
The Society Meets to Discuss Episcopal Vacancies The Council of Bishops of the Church of England’s Anglo-Catholic group known as “The Society” met recently to discuss the episcopal vacancies at Beverley and Ebbsfleet. It is supported by Forward in Faith. “The...
FIEC Holding Conferences Around UK Through June 2022
FIEC Holding Conferences Around the UK Through June 2022 The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches is holding conferences to encourage both laity and church staff now through the end of June. Each of the meetings start at 10:00 and end at 15:30. The...
Oak Hill College to Hold Open Morning for Those Consdidering Theological Training
Oak Hill College to Hold Open Morning For Those Considering Theological Training Oak Hill College, an evangelical theological training institution, will have an Open Morning for those considering theological training in April. According to the description on the...
Boys’ Brigade Produces Ukraine Conflict Resources
Boys’ Brigade Produces Ukraine Conflict Resources The Boys’ Brigade has launched a special set of new programme resources to support and equip children and young people to explore the current conflict in Ukraine. Over the last week, children and young people across...
National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast Scheduled
National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast Scheduled “Serving the Common Good” The National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast for 2022 has been scheduled for Tuesday, 5 July in Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament. The event will commence at 07:30 and end by 09:00....
A Little Good News from Morley
A Little Good News from Morley Morley Community Church, a member of the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches (EFCC) was recently given a boost when the Trustees of the Zion Independent Church in Morley transferred to it their building and cemetery. The...
Consultant Statistician Refutes Spin of YouGov Poll
Consultant Statistician Refutes Spin of YouGov Poll The Revd Peter Ould who is also a consultant statistician, refuted the spin being placed on the findings of a YouGov Poll about attitudes toward homosexual marriage. In a column that first ran on the Premier...
Church of Ireland Archbishops Issue Joint Statment on Easing of Covid Restrictions
Church of Ireland Archbishops Issue Joint Statement on the Easing of Covid Restrictions Whilst Anglican churches in England, Scotland and Wales await the lifting of final Covid restrictions, the two Archbishops of the Church of Ireland have issued a joint statement...
How to Spot a Healthy Church by Jonathan Bond
How to Spot a Healthy Church By Jonathan Bond Are you familiar with being asked the question “how many baptisms have you had in the last three years?” Have you sat with a fellow pastor or filled in a questionnaire when that question came up (as well-meaning as it is)...
Cambridge College Refuses to LGBGTQ+ Flag
Cambridge College Refuses to Fly LGBT Flag Cambridge University’s Gonville and Caius College, more commonly referred to as Keys College, has decided not to fly the LGBTQ+ Flag during LGBTQ+ History Month. Founded in 1348, Keys College decided that its own flag was...
2022 AGM of the Essex, Suffolk, & Norfolk TBS
The 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk Auxiliary of the Trinitarian Bible Society. By Philip Lievesley On Saturday 5th February 2022 Oulton Broad Free Presbyterian Church hosted the 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Essex, Suffolk, and...
Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s Moderator on Givan Resignation
Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s Moderator on Givan Resignation Although it was not covered on the front page of a single national newspaper, the Northern Ireland government collapsed when First Minister Paul Givan (DUP) resigned on Thursday, 3 February. His...
New Moderator for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Ministers and elders from the Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s (PCI) 19 regional presbyteries met across Ireland this evening and chose Portrush minister, Rev John Kirkpatrick, to be the Church’s next Moderator. Known as the Moderator-Designate until the Church’s...
Editorial: Bishops of the Bubble
Editorial Bishops of the Bubble This edition of the English Churchman marks one full year since your Editor has been in the job. It has been a challenging time and will no doubt continue to be so. Ecclesiastes 1:9 finds itself writ large: “no new thing under the...
Letter: Call for a Renaissance with Biblical Authority
Letter to the Editor Call for a Renaissance with Biblical Authority Dear Sir, EC No 8096 reported on Mr Stephen Knott being given the post of Secretary for Appointments with the approval of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, a key position. This has caused...
West Anglia Auxiliary of the Trinitarian Bible Society Annual Meeting Scheduled
West Anglia Auxiliary of the Trinitarian Bible Society Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of the West Anglia Auxiliary of the Trinitarian Bible Society will be held, God willing, on Saturday, 26 February 2022 at 3.00 p.m. at Providence Baptist Chapel, Thirlmere...
MSC Seminar: Cultural Marxist Challenges & Us: Exposing, Resisting, & Restoring
MSC Seminar Cultural Marxist Challenges & Us: Exposing, Resisting, and Restoring The Christian advocacy group, MSC (Marriage, Sex, and Culture Group, London), will hold a half-day seminar in London on Tuesday, 1 February. Facilitated by Dr Lisa Nolland, the...
GAFCON Ireland Bible Conference: What is the Gospel?
GAFCON Ireland Bible Conference St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast 26 March The Irish branch of GAFCON (Global Anglican Futures Conference) will be holding a day-long Bible conference at St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast on 26 March. Planning for the event has long been in the...
Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches Announcne £162,000 in MInistry Grants
Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches Announce £162,000 in Ministry Grants The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches has announced £162,000 in ministry grants. Students at Oak Hill College, Crosslands, Union School of Theology, and the Midlands...
Prudence Dailey’s Commentary: The National Health Service: A Secular Religion?
Prudence Dailey’s Commentary The National Health Service: A Secular Religion? I was absent from the previous issue’s columns following a brush with the National Health Service, having injured my right forearm on a protruding door handle whilst dashing for the phone at...