from ACNS: The Soul Survivor charity, which runs youth discipleship and worship events throughout England, will close after its 2019 events, the trustees announced today. Soul Survivor began in 1993 when Mike Pilavachi was released by St Andrews Church in Chorleywood with 11 others to plant a new youth-focused Anglican church, Soul Survivor Watford, which […]

by Harry Benson, The Conservative Woman: There’s a deep irony about the subject of men and marriage. On the one hand, marriage appears to benefit men more than women. Men’s health, in particular, is better for those who marry and stay married. On the other hand, men appear to resist marriage more than women. In […]

by Brian Cooper, CEN: THE CHINESE Communist Party’s recent decision to end its post-Mao two-term limit on the state presidency, thereby granting Xi Jinping rule for life over the world’s most populous country, shocked all in the West hoping China’s capitalist prosperity would steadily lead to democracy. It also dismayed all concerned for religious freedom […]

from The Christian Institute: Wording in draft Government guidance threatens to stop teachers saying they disagree with same-sex marriage. It would shut down debate and block pupils from hearing an alternative view. A consultation on the guidance closes on Tuesday 5 June. Please respond urgently. The draft guidance says that a school will not meet […]

by Douglas Murray, UnHerd: My late friend Christopher Hitchens used to have plenty of effective arguments in his armoury when debating about God. Among his best was to point out to his opponents that even if they managed to prove to him that a divine creative being existed they still had “all their work ahead […]

by Matt Walsh, The Daily Wire: It’s the kind of headline we’re used to seeing at this point. STD rates are at record highs among young adults in California, according to a new report. The STD epidemic has reached historic proportions across the nation. This is just another rotten, putrid fruit to fall from the […]

from ACNS: There is “little appetite” in parishes to continue discussing human sexuality, the House of Bishops of the Church of Ireland has said, in a statement in which the stress that the province’s marriage service “remains unchanged and marriage may be solemnised only between a man and a woman.” In a separate statement, the […]

from Diocese of Bristol website: Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Very Revd Vivienne Faull, currently Dean of York, as the 57th Bishop of Bristol. Speaking at the Barton Hill Settlement in Bristol following the announcement, Viv said: “This is where my family comes from, and so coming here feels like I am returning […]

From Gafcon website: On Saturday, 12 May 2018, Brazilians  packed the Paróquia Anglicana do Espírito Santo (Anglican Church of the Holy Spirit) to celebrate the launch of the Anglican Church in Brazil and the installation of The Most Rev. Miguel Uchoa Cavalcanti as their first Archbishop and Primate. In 2005, the Bishop of Recife, The […]

from Sunday Express: BELIEVERS can wear crucifixes and other symbols at work, new official guidance will warn and dress codes will NOT be allowed to ban such items. Non-compliant companies could be fined or forced to pay compensation. Equalities minister Victoria Atkins is rounding on religious intolerance as long as symbols do not interfere with […]