SACRIFICING THE Bible’s place in society will cause moral decay, the Bishop of London has warned. Speaking at a symposium on the Bible in the House of Lords this week, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres said that “culture and civilisation” were founded on scripture. “The economy and politics must have ground beneath them,” he said. [...]
Near Neighbours, the Church’s new charity for fostering relationships between different faith communities, has announced Baroness Margaret Eaton as its chair, and Liz Carnelley as programme director. Church Urban Fund and the Archbishops’ Council are launching the charity with a three-year project to bring together people in diverse communities by a £5m Government award from [...]
Canon AT (Tim) Houghton was chairman of the Keswick Convention for 21 years, a record. In this role and for the work he did for BCMS (now Crosslinks), he will be well remembered by many readers of CEN. But in his earlier life he was a missionary to Burma and would have been a [...]
Susie Howe Resistance Fighter IVP, our price £6.23 Lynda Scott Lynda Sovereign World, our price: £8.99 Stuart Windsor God’s Adventurer Monarch, our price: £6.99 Having read these three books back-to-back I think I need a bit of a lay down. Each is action-packed. Each tells a tale of a rather amazing life. The continents and [...]
The Bishop of Winchester has accused the Government of ignoring the plight of asylum seekers returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bishop Michael Scott-Joynt, who retires at the end of this month, said the Government did not have in place systems to check on the safety of returned asylum seekers and there were constant [...]
The Bishop of Swaziland has been presented on misconduct charges by his clergy. While the allegations leveled against Bishop Meshack Mabuza have not been made public, they are understood to centre round the use of funds donated to the church in Swaziland from the Dioceses of Iowa and Brechin. The financial misconduct charges follow upon [...]
There is much to be improved on in the European Convention on Human Rights, but it offers a contribution to ridding the world of hate, violence and justice, the Bishop of Bath and Wells has said. Bishop Peter Price made his comments as peers debated the Human Rights Act in the House of Lords. He [...]
British agents are out gunning for him the breakaway bishop of Harare, Dr. Nolbert Kunonga, told his supporters last week, seeking to kill him in retaliation for his support for Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe. However, the government may be tiring of the controversial bishop, as an article in the state-run Sunday Mail printed on May [...]
The long-awaited Sunday in May dawns, and after unprecedented dry, sunny weather for an English spring, rain and wind are hammering the conservatory windows. This the day of the Choristers’ Cup on the lawn at Marlborough House, St James’ Palace. The choristers of the Chapel Royal are first to sing joint evensong in The Queen’s [...]
Steve Morris How to tell others about our faith may just be the hottest question of all… I’m just about at the end of running another Alpha Course. Running the Alpha has been part of my life for a number of years and every group has a different character. The banners may proclaim that we’re [...]
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