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March 11 2022
UK: Lesbian vicar 'punched and bit her female partner in drunken lovers' spat after necking glass of wine in lockdown'
A court heard Rev Bailey had been staying with Miss Shaw during the coronavirus lockdown but their ten-month relationship had 'turned sour'.
Miss Shaw said that after going shopping Rev Bailey became 'agitated' when they returned home and shared a bottle of wine over dinner.
She then began pacing the bungalow the pair had just moved into before launching an attack which 'inflicted awful violence', the court heard.
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March 03 2022
UK A new survey claims most Anglicans back gay marriage. But the truth is very different
The survey claims that 55 per cent of Anglicans believe that same-sex marriage is "right" and The Times has a headline that the 'Majority of Church of England worshippers back gay marriage'. If you dig just a bit into the data however, you realise that the survey says nothing of the sort.
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March 03 2022
The real sins Justin Welby should confess
A couple of months ago you pointed your finger at Boris Johnson and said, 'You have to acknowledge where things have gone wrong.'
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March 02 2022
Russian Orthodox Church 'encouraged' Putin to invade Ukraine, says Bishop of Leeds
"Part of the reason Putin has been able to push the envelope so far over the last couple of decades, is because and this may be contentious, but I'm going to say it: Russians would still shed their blood for the Motherland. What would we shed our blood for? In the liberal West? You know, his line is you don't believe in anything."
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February 22 2022
Lambeth to house new unit to explain and promote Christian faith
The Centre for Cultural Witness is planned to run initially as a four-year project. It will operate in partnership with theological faculties in the UK. It will be funded by donations, including grants from the McDonald Agape Foundation, an American foundation dedicated to encouraging "distinguished scholars for Christ at elite universities", and the Archbishop of Canterbury's Charitable Fund. Dr Tomlin will lead a full-time team, for which recruitment will begin shortly.
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February 21 2022
UK: Bishop sides with Pride against orthodox clergy
I've been reflecting on this as a historical scene-setter to the intervention by Gavin Collins, Bishop of Dorchester, Suffragan of Oxford Diocese, in response to the naming on social media by Oxford Pride of those Oxford clergy and laity who signed the 'Ministers' Consultation Letter' calling on the government to re-think plans to introduce a ban on 'conversion therapy'. The key documents are here:
February 17 2022
Justin Welby claims he's 'not the Pope' -- but he's acting like one
But back in March 2020, Archbishop Welby and the then Archbishop of York, John
Sentamu wrote to all priests that they were bringing in measures to shut down churches.
It meant an end to weddings, funerals, baptisms and Sunday services -- the first time that
churches in this country had entirely closed their doors since the days of King John.
Services went digital with vicars live-streaming from their kitchen tables or rectory
February 15 2022
Martyn Percy: Oxford settled Christ Church row to save millions
Some, however, damned it as "morally repugnant" on the grounds it would preclude a woman from pursuing a claim that Percy had stroked her hair in the college cathedral 16 months ago.
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February 11 2022
Director of Church Society Calls for Action: Lays out Six Possible Options Including Exclusion from the Anglican Communion
1.) Full acceptance of gay marriage in the Church
2.) Pastoral Accommodation
3.) The Status Quo
4.) No change in doctrine. Enforcement of proper discipline.
5.) No doctrinal change. Enforcement of discipline, including internationally.
6.) No doctrinal change. Enforcement of discipline. Call to repentance.
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February 10 2022
LONDON: CEEC considers future of the Church of England at its annual meeting
The Council will continue to work for unity but agreed it was time to prayerfully consider a range of options, should the Church of England decide to move away from its current teaching on conclusion of the LLF consultation. Friends from Wales and Scotland were present, as well as those from the wider Anglican Communion, to tell their story.
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