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April 14 2016 By dvirtue Should the Church of England be disestablished?

The format of the discussion is interesting, with case and response put three times by each contributor in turn. Winkett is second each time, and whilst that might seem like a disadvantage, it in fact gives her a persuasive last word. The central point of her first comment relates to the understanding of religion in the public space:

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April 13 2016 By dvirtue Fresh push to find new clergy in the Church of England

Catherine Nancekievill, Head of Discipleship and Vocation for the Ministry Division of the Church of England, told Premier's News Hour the Church wants to encourage more minority and ethnic leaders.

She said: "If you don't see somebody leading who looks and sounds like you, then you're never going to think it's a possibility for you.

"One problem we have is about the role models we have out there already - so we're just encouraging churches and people to think about that."

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April 09 2016 By dvirtue How 1950s law change averted crisis in Anglican Communion

There was a time when that would have been the case, but Lambeth's legal experts were quickly able to establish that the old rule against illegitimacy had been abolished in the Fifties.

The Church of England's canon law had been largely unchanged since 1604. That was the year when the Convocation of Canterbury approved the Book of Canons, written in Latin, which had governed the Church of England ever since.

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April 07 2016 By dvirtue Archbishop of Canterbury on evangelism, unchristian hostility towards Muslims, and salvation

In an interview with Christian Today editor Ruth Mawhinney, the archbishop spoke of what's behind this change or awakening, saying, "I think it's a lot of things. There are good reasons and bad reasons. I think in some ways people recognise that decline in church numbers is a serious issue. But that's the bad reason, because you don't evangelise to ensure the survival of the church."

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April 05 2016 By dvirtue Evangelism in an age of terror, homophobia and indifference... An interview with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

It is just over three years since he was installed as Archbishop, after an unexpected rise through the ranks of Church of England hierarchy (he was bishop of Durham for just over a year).

In his in-tray in the last three years has been women bishops, church decline, terrorist attacks, abuse scandals and the unenviable task of trying to hold the Anglican Communion together when divisions over sexuality threaten to turn cracks into craters.

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April 05 2016 By dvirtue Former Bishop of Grimsby denies disgraced vicar's sex abuse was 'swept under carpet'

Crabtree subsequently admitted the offences to the Bishop on two occasions but was only arrested in 2015 after the church carried out a review of past complaints and the matter was passed on to police.

Speaking to the BBC, the Rt Rev Rossdale said he was first made aware of the offence in 2000 by the victim and had tried to pursue it.

He said: "With hindsight one might have tried to do different things but one is always subject and guided by lawyers.

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March 31 2016 By dvirtue CANTERBURY, UK: Charismatic movement gains as Church of England sputters

But for every Anglican church that has closed over the past six years, more than three Pentecostal or charismatic churches have taken their place, according to an analysis by The
Times of London.

These Pentecostal and charismatic churches are drawing young, black, Asian and mixed-race people.

Pentecostalism is one of the fastest-growing movements in world Christendom, with an estimated 500 million followers.

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March 30 2016 By dvirtue British magistrate fired for opposing gay adoption: 'I believe we need to stand and say what is right'

The 69 year-old, who serves as a lay Baptist preacher in his home village of Headcorn, is willingly defending his action to the print and electronic media, even to the openly pro-homosexual ITV host Piers Morgan, because he wants to defend the jobs of other Christians, not his own.

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March 24 2016 By dvirtue The cross is not a sword, but a key, and it opens the heart

If Jesus had been at all like most other revolutionaries, he should have entered Jerusalem on a horse with armed followers. But he turned the norms upside down by lurching in on a donkey, and without any weapons.

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March 16 2016 By dvirtue UK: Former Archbishop slams church for destroying reputation of George Bell

Last October the Church of England announced it had settled the claim formally lodged in April 2014 after expert reports gave them "no reason to doubt" its veracity.

The Argus subsequently revealed Bell's victim was a five-year-old girl at the the time of the abuse in the late 1940s and 1950s, who recalled him telling her "it was our little secret, because God loved me".

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