from Premier: Most people who call themselves Church of England Christians never read the Bible. That is one of the findings of a survey commissioned by the Church of England to help revamp its evangelism efforts. Figures show that 60 per cent of self-declared followers of the Church admit they never read the Bible. Meanwhile, […]

by Paul Handley, Church Times: THE botched nomination of the Rt Revd Philip North to the see of Sheffield in January this year stemmed from one simple omission, a review has found. It did not occur to anyone to ask whether the diocese would accept a diocesan bishop who did not ordain women as priests. […]

by Canon Phil Ashey, AAC: Many of you will have read the statement of the Global South Primates Steering Committee from their meeting in Cairo this past weekend. In the swirl of the weekly news cycle, it’s easy to look at this statement as just another murmur from the background of Anglican geopolitics.  I’d like […]

By Justin Taylor, The Gospel Coalition. In Pilgrim Theology, the concise, lay-level version of Michael Horton’s Systematic Theology, Horton explains the four coordinates of the compass for integrating faith and practice as pilgrims seeking to glorify God: All of our faith and practice arise out of the drama of Scripture, the “big story” that traces the plot of history from […]

from Christian Concern. […] Nigel and Sally Rowe raised concerns with the school when another child in their six-year-old son’s class started coming to school on some days dressed as girl. But the school defended its approach. In a letter, the school implied that the Rowe’s six-year-old could be guilty of “transphobic behaviour” if he was unable to “believe a transgender person […]

A Statement from the College of Bishops on the Ordination of Women September 7, 2017 PREAMBLE In an act of mutual submission at the foundation of the Anglican Church in North America, it was agreed that each Diocese and Jurisdiction has the freedom, responsibility, and authority to study Holy Scripture and the Apostolic Tradition of […]

by Isabel Hardman, Spectator: What can politicians with socially conservative beliefs expect from public life? Is there now a faith glass ceiling under which lurks would-be party leaders whose views on abortion and homosexuality are just too unpalatable for voters? If there is one, Jacob Rees-Mogg might have a good chance of telling us where […]

Watch Dr Davidson being insulted by Piers Morgan on what is supposed to be an interview on Good Morning Britain. Details of how to make a complaint to Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, may be found here Read also: Owen Jones (Guardian) believes that for ITV to allow Mike Davidson to express his view is “an […]

By Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. Two very different articles about church decline catch my eye this week. First, Ruth Gledhill in Christian Today interprets the latest figures from the British Social Attitudes survey. Headlining with “massive collapse in numbers of Anglicans”, Gledhill highlights the main finding of the survey, that 53% of Brits now describe themselves […]

by Jonathan Sacks, Standpoint: There is an old Chinese curse which goes, “May you live in interesting times.” We are living in interesting times. Sometimes, I think the world has gone so crazy that the best account of it was that wonderful remark by Woody Allen: “More than any other time in history, mankind faces […]