Have your say on sex ed – as long as it’s by 12 Feb
Should children really be bombarded with sexual information in school lessons? The public was only given until 12 February 2018 to respond to a survey on sex education in schools.…
Farron recants
Tim Farron MP, with fish badge on his lapel, has opened up about his failure under fire during the general election
Brexit, impossible national debt and complete moral breakdown
Prayer sessions were led by Pastor Dennis Greenidge (left), David Hathaway and Clifford Hill (right) Why I’ve appealed for another National Day of Prayer this March by David Hathaway I…
BBC U-turn on religion?
The BBC has announced it will “raise our game across all output” in terms of religious content, after a year-long review of religion and ethics programming.
Welby stands his ground on abuse
THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury says he will not change his mind on the case of Bishop George Bell, the late bishop accused of abuse. Despite criticism from several academics in…
Fortnum’s ‘gay biscuits’ are bad taste
ADVERTISING THAT offends Christians shows no sign of abating. Fortnum & Mason have launched an ‘Adam and Steve’ circular biscuit box which shows two men in the Garden of Eden…
MPs ‘devastated’ at persecution
Open Doors UK and Ireland CEO Lisa Pearce talks to MPs about persecution around the world AFTER MPs were briefed on the horrific persecution of many Christians globally, they rushed…
UKIP’s Christians want Bolton out
AFTER THE UK Independence Party’s NEC passed a unanimous motion of no confidence in its leader, Henry Bolton, the patron of the party’s Christian Soldiers magazine says a new leader…
LCGC founder awarded MBE
Reverend Bazil Meade, co-founder of the exuberant London Community Gospel Choir (LCGC), has been honoured with an MBE for his contribution to music. The New Year’s honours list recognised Reverend…
Street preachers escape prosecution
Two Christian street preachers questioned by police after preaching on a Surrey high street in December will not face criminal charges. Charges were dropped against preachers Dave Barker (right) and…
‘Dead’ church will be born again as youth outreach
St Nicholas Church in Bristol will be refurbished and its work financed for six years at a cost of £3.8 million The Church of England is relaunching a Bristol church,…
Tories give travel cash for abortions
The new funding for low-income Northern Irish women to travel to England for an abortion has stunned Christian campaign group CARE. CARE explained that the UK Government “does not have…
Fifty years of legalised ‘choice’
Pro-life peer Lord David Alton protested on the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Act with supporters, outside Parliament Abortion ‘greatest shame of our nation’ Pro-life champion Lord Alton of Liverpool…
Anglicans to debate gay blessing
The Church of England is to consider whether to offer blessing ceremonies to same-sex couples. One of the five cathedrals singled out for the Reformation challenge was Hereford, whose bishop,…
Laity leader quits ‘heretical’ bishops’ council
Leading evangelical Lorna Ashworth has resigned from the Archbishops’ Council in protest at increasingly liberal attitudes on gay issues. One of only two representatives on Church of England’s governing body…