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Welcome to the Anglican Mainstream website, featuring daily postings of news and articles from around the world (editorial policy here). We aim to inform and assist thinking about key issues facing church and society, from an orthodox Christian point of view.
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Some readers find that the Anglican Mainstream website does not automatically update to the latest page. If so, this can normally be resolved by pressing the ‘refresh’ button. The headline boxes above each contain collections of articles on recent important topics which have attracted much...
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by Stephen Fay, Church Times: THE Vatican has acquired a taste for cricket. It is represented by the St Peter’s Cricket Club, which draws on seminarians from theological colleges in Rome, and whose team is touring England this summer. There are games against the House of Commons, for example, and...
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by Chris Sugden, Church of England Newspaper: One of the Private Member’s Motions for Synod Members to sign at the York sessions last weekend highlighted the need for such a Bill that would also contribute to protecting the free practice of all faiths globally. Sponsored by Sarah Finch (London) it...
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by David Kurten, The Conservative Woman: As Christianity is deliberately marginalised from national life, the powers that be have created a whole host of celebrations to fill the void left by the absence of the acknowledgement of God. These centre around equality, diversity and inclusion. Instead...
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by Calvin Freiburger, LifeSite: The native-born population of the European Union (EU) is on the decline thanks to more deaths than births in 2017, new government figures reveal. On Tuesday, the European Union’s statistics office Eurostat released a report on the latest population data, just in...
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by Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post: Bus ads promoting an upcoming evangelistic festival with Franklin Graham in England were pulled in response to outcry from LGBT communities. “Blackpool Transport has recently been made aware of an advert in place on the side of some of our double decker...
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by Jonathon Van Maren, LifeSite: I’m often told, when I address the transgender ideology, that it is an exaggeration to claim that trans activists actually wish to impart their ideology to children. Surely, people say, all trans activists really want to do is help teenagers who are grappling with...
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by Rhoda Hardie, Anglican Ink: In a major new survey – the results of which are released today* – over 4,000 people were asked about their feelings towards religion and only 10% of the public agreed with the statement that ‘religion is a negative influence on society’. In fact, 44% of people...
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from Barnabas Fund: Nearly 500 years after the Bishop of London burned copies of William Tyndale’s New Testament outside St Paul’s Cathedral in 1526, to prevent ordinary people having access to Scripture in their own language, St Paul’s has once again turned on the Word of God. A man...
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by Chris McGovern, The Conservative Woman: Schools across the country have just finished celebrating Diversity Week. How was it, I wonder, for your children or grandchildren? Initiated in 2016 by Just Like Us, ‘the charity for LGBT+ young people’, the event aims to ‘empower schools across the UK...
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by Sally Weale, Guardian: Amanda Spielman says school leaders must resist pressure on issues such as the headscarf. The head of Ofsted has again stepped into the debate over the wearing of the hijab by primary school pupils, accusing minority groups with a “sense of religious or cultural...
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