from Barnabas Fund: The United States recently announced that its embassy in Israel will move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the modern state of Israel. It is now known that this will take place next week, on Monday 14 May 2018. There has been […]

By Phil Ashey, AAC. I am writing from Recife, Brazil at the launching of the new Anglican Church in Brazil and the installation of its first Archbishop, The Most Rev. Miguel Uchoa.  At the invitation of Archbishop Uchoa, I presented a workshop on the Anglican Communion to more than 100 leaders from this new province. […]

By Eno Adeogun, Premier: The Anglican Church in New Zealand has voted in favour of blessing couples in same-sex relationships. It means priests will now be able to bless same-sex civil marriages or civil unions. Same-sex marriages, however, are still not permitted to be conducted in churches. The decision is likely to spark tension among Anglicans. […]

by Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. Saturday’s (5th May) rally in London in support of unborn children and their mothers concluded in a sunny Parliament Square, with a large crowd standing quietly, heads bowed, as Bishop Michael Nazir Ali read some well-known Scriptures as evidence for the sanctity of human life in the womb from conception, […]

from Christian Concern. On Wednesday 2nd May, Wilberforce Publications launched a new book, The New Normal, with a well-attended event at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. The book critiques several attacks on the Christian view of sex and sexuality –particularly the transgender agenda. It features contributions from multiple authors with different areas of expertise, and had […]

by Andrew Wilson, The Gospel Coalition. Every generation faces specific theological challenges. If asked for ours, I would highlight at least four: Scripture and the character of God: how we hold together the pictures of God presented in the Old and New Testaments on matters like inclusion, law, and divinely sanctioned violence. Church: our apparently […]

from Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, Gafcon. My dear people of God, Next month we are expecting almost 2,000 delegates to gather in Jerusalem for our third Global Anglican Future Conference. I know that those working so hard to organise this great undertaking are very much aware that ‘the time is short’, but as the Apostle Paul […]

by Mark Simpson, BBC News NI: After a two-day hearing in Belfast, judgement has been reserved in the so-called ‘gay cake’ case. Ashers Bakery had challenged the ruling over its decision not to make a cake iced with the slogan “Support Gay Marriage” for activist Gareth Lee. Mr Lee tried but failed to order the […]

Ways to renew the church explored at Oxford Conference. Church of England Newspaper May 4 Senior conservative evangelical Anglicans, Anglo-Catholics, members of the Ordinariate and Roman Catholic delegates met recently to reflect on how orthodox the faith and practice of Anglican patrimony might contribute to the renewal of the whole church. The conference was told […]

by Peter May, Euro Leadership: In this article, we will look at the ‘hidden’ first 25 years of the Christian era, examining the impact of Christ upon the ancient world and drawing some lessons for today. An Astonishing Claim. Famously, Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk […]