Our Racist Church - the Church of England
Image: Leave aside for the moment the question of how one can be “too” quintessentially anything – for “quintessence” is what it says it is: the very quick and soul of a thing. But, as the modern...
View ArticleCrisis for Church of England as older female churchgoers pass away
Image: In a new book, The Religious Lives of Older Laywomen, the sociologist Dr Abby Day of Goldsmiths at the University of London outlines how the financial and social structures of the Church of...
View ArticleWelby’s hero Keynes lost nearly everything in the 1929 crash
Image: He lauds Keynes for trashing thrift and savings. Why? Because since Keynes ‘it has been recognised that, rather than spending, the very wealthy choose to save more (what Keynes called...
View ArticleUK: Gay clergyman passed over seven times for promotion to bishop
Image: John, dean of St Albans Cathedral, was put forward for the post of Bishop of Sodor and Man in February, but failed to make it on to the shortlist despite positive feedback. The rejection came...
View ArticleArchbishop of Canterbury at Spring Harvest: 'We are going to heal the world's...
Image: WATCH Justin Welby talk about Spring Harvest this year and how Christians can live together when they have 'profound disagreements'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YbGPApg1mA'Jesus prayed that...
View ArticleRemains of five 'lost' Archbishops of Canterbury found
Image: Builders renovating the Garden Museum, housed at the deconsecrated church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, found a hidden crypt containing 30 lead coffins.Site manager Karl Patten said: "We discovered...
View ArticleBishop of Oxford's St Ebbe's Sermon Epitomizes Relational Dilemma for...
Image: It would be quite wrong to impugn the Christian sincerity of Dr Croft's desire to serve God's Church. His sermon was most edifying, biblically faithful and Christ-honouring. Lord willing, he...
View ArticleElevation of the Blessed Asparagus: a Church of England pantomime
Image: England might be a major producer of asparagus, and the Vale of Evesham might be hosting the world famous Asparagus Festival, but where exactly does this stop? Would the Church of England permit...
View ArticleAnglican Church names Nigerian bishop, the first African in 2 decades
Image: Dorgu joins Ugandan John Sentamu, currently the archbishop of York, who is the only other black bishop. He is the second most powerful leader of the church and was consecrated as bishop of...
View ArticleParents are using a "dubious interpretation of human right legislation" to...
Image: He said that parents are using a "dubious interpretation of human right legislation" to pull students out of the classes, warning that such actions create a "dangerous" precedent. Mr Holloway,...
View ArticleChurch of England 'homophobic' says gay marriage vicar
Image: He said he felt under constant pressure being a gay man working in the Church.Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Stephen Nolan, he said: "The people of the Church of England, the worshipping...
View ArticleArchbishop Welby should check his facts before uttering inanities
Image: I spent ten days doing an advanced course on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism at Yad Vashem. We had some of the world's best academics lecturing us in Hebrew, French and English. There was one...
View ArticleClergy accuse Archbishops of backing Tories in election letter
Image: It called on Christians to set aside "apathy and cynicism" and draw new inspiration from the ancient Christian virtues of "love, trust and hope".It also asked believers to pray for political...
View ArticleJustin Welby is a heretic, say breakaway conservative Anglicans
Image: Highlighting the level of concern over the CofE's teaching on homosexuality, Bishop Martin Morrison of the conservative breakaway Anglican Church in South Africa that oversaw the consecration of...
View ArticleThe Church needs to demolish its wall around conservatism
Image: Bishops Without Borders? Why not? Doctors Without Borders have been around for a bit, and they've been saving lives. So what's wrong with a new model of Évêques sans Frontières along the lines...
View ArticleJesmond Vicar warns against trying to discipline curate ordained bishop by...
Image: The action was taken without the knowledge of the diocese of Newcastle or its Bishop. In a statement, a Church of England spokesman said that the Bishop, the Rt Revd Christine Hardman, was now...
View ArticleCHEXIT:- Staying, leaving or consecrating new bishops
Image: We have for example, been presented with decades of egalitarian gender theory. Slowly but surely, the mystical gender theology of St Paul has been downgraded, ignored and now disowned, even by...
View ArticleTheresa May rules out forcing Church of England to perform gay marriages
Image: "I strongly support equal marriage, and I know that these debates will continue, but it will have to be for the church as a whole to decide if it wants to make a change to its canon law."Under...
View ArticleChurch of England beats professional investors
Image: The Church Commissioners, the group that oversees the fund, described the returns as "stellar." The overall value of the fund rose by nearly £1 billion ($1.3 billion) to £7.9 billion ($10.3...
View ArticleHeavens above! Church of England staff receive £1million bonuses... after...
Image: The payments brought charges of hypocrisy from City critics who say the CofE has opened a gap between what it tells other people to do and what it does itself.The annual report of the CofE's...
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