by Marc Horne, The Times: Scotland is poised to get its first openly gay bishop in a move that threatens to deepen a global split between liberal and conservative Anglicans. The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth, a campaigner for gay rights, has been shortlisted as a candidate to become the new Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. […]

from BBC News: A protest has been held at a church over the screening of a film that demonstrators say promotes “gay conversion therapy”. About 40 protesters gathered ahead of Thursday’s screening of ‘Once Gay – Matthew and Friends’ at Townsend Presbyterian Church in west Belfast. The Presbyterian Church said it was clear no therapy […]

from Christian Concern: Is Islam affecting our freedom of speech? Is it altering our democracy? Roger Kiska looks at the recent ruling of an Austrian woman convicted of ‘hate speech’ for suggesting a truth about Muhammad, and concludes that if we are to uphold freedom of speech, then “offence is a small price to pay”. […]

by Stefano Gennarini JD, C-Fam: Member states and pro-family organizations hosted a panel discussion on the importance of family stability at UN headquarters this week. “Policies to strengthen and protect the family are really a matter of life and death for hundreds of millions of people around the world,” said Austin Ruse, the president of […]

A response to the letter from the Bishop of Bangor, By Martin Davie, Reflections of an Anglican Theologian. A new letter from the Bishop of Bangor In his new episcopal letter to the Diocese of Bangor on 2 February 2019, Bishop Andy John does three things. First, he sets out the result of the voting on […]

from SPUC: “We are calling on the College to abandon this survey and instead, if it so desires, to conduct polling in the fair and democratic way it has approached previous polls on this issue.” Nearly 1500 medics have signed an open letter opposing attempts by the Royal College of Physicians to drop its historic opposition to […]

House of Lords debates same sex marriage in the C of E; Pastoral Guidance steers towards unity in diversity. By Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. The day when the secular government seeks to compel the Church of England to conform fully to ‘equality legislation’ draws ever closer. An amendment to end the C of E’s exemption […]

from Christian Today: Most Anglican churchgoers have a ‘total lack of confidence’ in speaking about faith ‘at all and with anyone’, according to a report for the Church of England’s General Synod. The report from the Church’s Evangelism Task Group and Evangelism and Discipleship Team highlights research showing that while 70 per cent of churchgoers could […]

by Jordan Peterson: Comment on the APA Guidelines for the Treatment of Boys and Men. The American Psychological Association (APA) recently released their Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Boys and Men (paralleling, in principle, their 2007 guidelines for girls and women). It manages to be simultaneously predictable, reprehensible, infuriating and disheartening — no mean feat […]

from ACNS: Three members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the UK Parliament, have tabled an amendment to a Bill on marriages and civil partnerships that would have removed the exemption for members of the clergy to solemnise the marriage of a same sex couple. But the amendment was withdrawn by the […]