by Harriet Sherwood, Guardian: The Church of England will create more than 100 new churches to “revive the Christian faith in coastal areas, market towns and outer urban housing estates” in the face of a record low number of people identifying as Anglicans. The £27m plan is part of an ongoing drive to refocus the […]

From Anglican Ink [Anglican Province in the far east will not renew partnership agreement with Diocese of Lichfield, after concerns about ‘departure from orthodoxy’.] To all clergy and licensed lay ministers in the Diocese of Lichfield:   Intentional Discipleship: East Meets West. Many of you will be aware of  – and hopefully attending – our ‘Intentional […]

by David Robertson, theweeflea: Steve Chalke is often presented on mainstream Christian media (and indeed the secular media) as a Christian preacher who presents one point of view – that many do not agree with – but who nonetheless remains a Christian whose views are just a different take on Christianity. In reality it has […]

by Tom Simpson, Jubilee Centre: The right, without constriction by prescribed doctrine, to freedom of teaching and discussion, freedom in carrying out research and disseminating and publishing the results thereof, freedom to express freely their opinion about the institution or system in which they work, freedom from institutional censorship.  UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of […]

by Jon Holbrook, spiked: The Supreme Court ruled last week on an issue that pitted individual rights against collective interests. Arguing for more individual rights were two claimants, Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld, who wanted to enter a civil partnership, an institution not open to heterosexual couples. The claimants’ arguments were rooted in their wants. […]

From Equalities Office, GOV.UK. Trans people are able to receive legal recognition of their acquired gender through a process set out in the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004. Since the GRA came into force, only 4,910 people have legally changed their gender. This is fewer than the number of trans respondents to the government’s LGBT […]

from Anglican Taonga: Anglican Taonga Negotiations are under way which will see most of the members from four Christchurch congregations cut their links to the Diocese of Christchurch. These negotiations follow from the decision taken by this year’s General Synod on May 9 which paved the way for the blessing of same-sex partnerships. Following that […]

from Barnabas Fund: In response to a Freedom of Information request from Barnabas Fund, the UK Home Office have just released figures on Syrian refugees resettled in the UK for the first quarter of this year (1 January–31 March 2018). Appalling as previous figures were, these are much worse. The UN High Commission for Refugees […]

by Andrew Boyd, Anglican Ink: The death toll from the latest attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria has risen to more than 200, according to reports from journalists in Plateau State. Upwards of 200 people in mainly Christian villages are reported to have been murdered by heavily-armed Fulani herdsmen. There are ongoing claims that some […]

from The Christian Institute: Thousands of Jewish people have called on the Government to protect their religious freedom, in the face of opposition from Ofsted. Some 7,000 Orthodox Jews met in London to challenge the ‘British values’ ideology. Following on from the mass meeting, Roman Catholic author and journalist Catherine Pepinster warned that Ofsted must […]