By Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream: In one sense, 2021 will be no different to any other year. Going right back to the time when Christ ascended, the task of Christians has been the same: to worship God and live in relationship with him, to participate in and support the church’s outreach and ministry of word […]

by Theo Hobson, Spectator: An editorial in the Guardian on Friday suggests that this year may be a good one for liberal Christians, and gives them a little pat on the back. The suggestion is based on four things: the churches have shown their social relevance during the pandemic; the incoming American president is a liberal Catholic; […]

by Brandon Showalter, Christian Post: COVID-19 has led to a rise in the number of young people in the U.K. who are seeking and believing in God, according to a survey, challenging trends indicating that Gen Zers are the most irreligious generation. A recent YouGov survey found that Gen Zers in their late teens and […]

by David Ould: What a year 2020 has been. What seemed like a localised event far far away has spread to affect so many of us. If it’s not hit your church community yet, it can only be a matter of time. I wish I was talking about covid. But the reality is that there’s […]

by Steven Doughty, Mailonline: The shutdown of churches and the ban on church weddings and funerals has plunged the Church of England into a £150million crisis. Highly-placed sources suggest it lost £150million in donations alone during the months when collection plates went unused and fees for special services such as weddings, funerals and christenings dried […]

by Rob Jessel and Helen White, The Critic: At Fair Cop we spent 18 months helping to reveal Stonewall’s pernicious influence on public life. Last Tuesday, Ofcom’s chief executive, Melanie Dawes, managed it in a sentence. Pink News, the blog that breaks important stories about how everyone is a bigot, homophobe and transphobe, gleefully reported […]

from Christian Concern: Dr Carys Moseley comments on why new proposals to expand the law on hate crime in England and Wales would be disastrous for free speech. The Law Commission has a consultation open on simplifying and expanding the law on hate crime in England and Wales. These proposals would have a significant negative […]

by Dan Hodges, Mailonline: Home Office report into abuse of young girls found attackers were ‘most commonly white’ despite evidence of mass grooming by Asian men… but DAN HODGES reveals the inside story of a politically correct cover-up. Last week, the long-awaited Home Office report into child grooming was finally published. Commissioned by former Home […]

from the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief: Fiona Bruce, Conservative MP for Congleton and Vice-Chair of the All-Party Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief, has been appointed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson MP as his Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief. Speaking on her appointment […]

A report on the IFTCC online Conference, November 2020, by Dr Lisa Nolland, for Anglican Mainstream: Though I am an ‘old girl’ who has been involved with these sorts of issues for decades, I was pleasantly surprised, hugely encouraged and further educated by the recent on-line conference of the IFTCC [International Federation for Therapeutic and […]