Reflections on Day 1 of Synod

Nov 14, 2023 by

by Susie Leafe, Anglican Futures: (received by email) Last Monday night I sat in a hotel room reflecting on the privilege of having  had dinner with the Gafcon Primates and their advisors.  The Statement they published on Thursday is...

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Say NO to transgender ideology funding – Act now!

Nov 14, 2023 by

by Chris Joyce, CitizenGo: SIGN PETITION HERE Public funds are being used to promote transgender ideologies and lifestyles to young children! The National Lottery recently handed LGBT schools charity Just Like Us £432,500 over three years...

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Framing Israel

Nov 14, 2023 by

by Melanie Phillips: How the media are reporting the war against the Jews and the west. This morning, I appeared on TalkTV to discuss the anti-Israel demonstrations in London, particularly those that took place this last Saturday. You can...

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Woke church abandons struggling parishes to their fate

Nov 14, 2023 by

By Victoria Baillon, TCW: IN A Telegraph article, Simon Heffer observed that ‘too many institutions are now run by people who want to please a progressive agenda’. None more so than the Church of England, whose unelected and unaccountable...

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Gafcon Primates offer sanctuary for conservatives if same-sex votes go against them

Nov 14, 2023 by

by Francis Martin, Church Times: THE debate on same-sex relationships in the General Synod this week is being watched closely by conservative Anglicans around the world, who have offered a refuge for English conservatives if the Synod...

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What do bishops actually have to believe?

Nov 14, 2023 by

from Anglican Futures: Mr Benjamin John, a lay member of General Synod is on a mission to find out what bishops in the Church of England are required to believe. And the answer is frightening. Some readers of this blog may remember how Mr...

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Dystopia begins here: parents would need a licence to raise children to screen out homophobes, transphobes and racists

Nov 14, 2023 by

By Kimberley Ells, Mercator. A handful of philosophers through the years have trotted out the idea that parents should be required to get a license to raise their own children. After all, doctors and plumbers get licenses. Why not license...

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Christian Conversion

Nov 14, 2023 by

By Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism. Some are questioning the depth of author Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s announced conversion to Christianity because she cites strengthening the West against its enemies as partly her justification. Ali is the once...

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Archbishop of York backs experimental services of blessing for same-sex couples

Nov 13, 2023 by

by Francis Martin, Church Times: THE General Synod is to vote on whether stand-alone services of blessing for same-sex couples should be authorised immediately for experimental use rather than first undergoing a full synodical process....

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General Synod – Reactions

Nov 13, 2023 by

Timetable Agenda Papers Newer items at the top: In search of “Formal Structural Pastoral Provision” – a suggestion for discussion from Anglican Futures A personal ‘Barmen Declaration’ in the light the Church of England’s current...

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