from ACNS: A congregation in the north-east Scottish coastal city of Aberdeen is preparing to leave the Scottish Episcopal Church. Members of Westhill Community Church voted last night (Thursday) by 83 per cent to 13 per cent to leave the Anglican Communion’s province in Scotland following what they say is the “continued liberal trajectory” of […]

from Christian Concern: The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has decided to adopt a neutral position on whether the law should be changed to allow assisted dying. Up until now its position has been to oppose a change in the law, and this has been backed by surveys of its members showing that a majority […]

Gafcon General Secretary’s farewell blog post: On January 1st Archbishop Ben Kwashi became General Secretary of Gafcon in succession to me. I cannot say how pleased I am to welcome him into this role. I admire him very much as a wise man of God, and think that his passion for prayer and the sharing […]

by Shannon Roberts, MercatorNet: Europe is split by striking differences in its attitude to God and the role religion plays in national identity.  Overall, Central and Eastern Europeans are much more religious than Western Europeans. Romania is Europe’s most religious country, according to research undertaken by the Pew Research Center.  The research found that 55% […]

by Archbishop Cranmer: The Anglican Centre in Rome is the Embassy of the Worldwide Anglican Communion to the Roman Catholic Church. Its Director is effectively the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Ambassador to the Vatican; Justin Welby’s personal representative to the Holy See, tasked with pursuing peace and justice in the world and the promotion of Christian […]

from ACNS: The Bishop of Albany, William Love, has had a partial restriction placed on his ministry over his refusal to permit same sex marriages in his diocese. The US-based Episcopal Church’s General Convention voted last year to approve a motion requiring all bishops to permit their clergy to conduct same-sex marriages in dioceses where […]

by Stefano Gennarini, Public Discourse: Indifference to human life in the prenatal phase is the original sin of the multilateral system, enshrined in its constituent agreements and diligently propagated throughout its institutions. Nothing short of a revolution in international policy will do if the human rights project is to be truly reclaimed. As the United […]

By Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” said Nathanael to Philip. Do we have anything to gain from associating with those like Jesus from an insignificant backwater? Can we learn anything from disadvantaged people like his mother? Nathanael’s perhaps jesting but dismissive question is recorded by John. In Luke’s Gospel, […]

by Tom Gould, The Oxford Student: A petition to remove Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy John Finnis from teaching has attracted three hundred and fifty signatures in five days. Finnis has been accused of having “a long record of extremely discriminatory views against many groups of disadvantaged people”, including the LGBTQ community. Finnis […]

from Psephizo: Andrew Goddard writes: The October 2018 letter from the Bishop of Blackburn and ten other evangelical Church of England bishops produced a range of different responses.  The most significant and helpful for me were undoubtedly the three articles entitled “Same Sex Marriage & Scripture: Affirming Evangelical Response” which were commissioned by Jayne Ozanne for […]