Cathedral denies banning vicar from preaching at carol service
from Premier:
Derby Cathedral has denied banning a Church of England vicar from preaching at the city’s university Christian Union (CU) carol service which it is hosting next month.
Rev Melvin Tinker, vicar of St John Newland in Hull, accepted an invitation by students at the CU but was later informed that the invitation had to be withdrawn as bosses at the cathedral would not permit him to speak.
He says he’s not heard anything from the cathedral itself and has only been informed via the CU.
When asked what the cathedral might have taken issue with, Rev Tinker told Premier: “To be honest it’s very difficult not to cause upset in the Church of England now if one holds an orthodox line, just on the basic beliefs and basic Christian behaviour and discipleship.”
“It seems that basically the progressive agenda is one that is being bought into, and if you don’t buy into that, then by default you are excluded….I’m saddened and not surprised, because this is part of a bigger trend.
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