from The Pastor’s Heart: A special edition featuring GAFCON’s new leaders Archbishops Foley Beach and Benjamin Kwashi. The most significant movement within the Anglican Church globally is GAFCON, representing 50 million of the world’s 70 million Anglicans. GAFCON aims to remain faithful to Jesus and the scriptures, and not follow the cultural winds. The GAFCON […]

by Justin Brierley, Premier: Rev Richard Bewes OBE, the former rector of All Souls church Langham Place in London, has died aged 84. Richard Bewes was an influential Christian leader in the UK throughout his life. He was the rector of All Souls from 1983 until his retirement in 2004. Rev Bewes also served on the Church […]

by Andrew Atherstone, Psephizo: It has been a great privilege, and in many ways a joy, to attend the seventeenth meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC-17) in Hong Kong, as part of the Church of England’s delegation. We spent eight days enjoying the abundant hospitality of our hosts and discovering the impressive ministry of […]

by Harriet Sherwood, Guardian: Islamic extremists vow to pursue Christian acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan. Asia Bibi has arrived in Canada hoping to start a new life after her years on death row. But although there is huge relief among campaigners for religious freedom that she is out of Pakistan, her ordeal may not be […]

from Transgender Trend: […] For those concerned about the teaching of gender ideology in schools and particularly in primary schools these comments from mothers raise alarm bells. It’s clear that something beyond the reaction of a conservative parent body is being expressed. The actual content of the teaching programme needs closer scrutiny. Most commentators have accepted […]

Patrick Sookhdeo, Isaac Publications, April 2019. 272pp £10.00. Reviewed by Chris Sugden: In his interim report on the persecution of Christians, commissioned by the Foreign Office (CEN report February 8th) and published on May 3rd, the Bishop of Truro likened the current persecution of Christians to genocide, as 245 million Christians are persecuted worldwide in […]

by Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. I’m going to have a go at a simple definition of Cultural Marxism (CM). The main contention of Karl Marx was that power is controlled by a class of rich people (the bourgeoisie), who oppress the much larger class of poor people (the proletariat) and deprive them of liberty and […]

from Christian Concern: The outcome of the Felix Ngole case is imminent, please pray urgently for justice. The result of the Felix Ngole case will change our society. We cannot stress enough what is at stake. In 2016, Felix was expelled from his social work course for saying on Facebook that homosexual practice and other behaviours […]

by Tim Wyatt, Church Times: AN ATTEMPT to bar traditionalists from ordination in the Church in Wales has been heavily defeated at a meeting of the Church’s Governing Body in Cardiff. The private member’s motion called on the Bishops to refuse to ordain any candidate who objected to the ministry of women priests and bishops. […]

by Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. For many faithful members of the Church of England, Christian experience is defined almost entirely by the local fellowship. The weeks just before and after Easter constitute the season for Annual Meetings in parishes and congregations. These deal with issues of finance and buildings, but many churches will also use […]