By Tommy Sharpe I Premier Christianity I 21 May 2026 The Alpha course pioneer and former leader of HTB has been accused of promoting communism and unbiblical ideas after he called Spirit-filled Christians to fight inequality. Tommy Sharpe says he’s shocked at the comments. Confronting injustice is a deeply biblical mandate, he says. When Nicky Gumbel posted on his Instagram: “Those indwelt by the Holy Spirit should be at the forefront of the fight for gender, racial, and so

CEEC News Release 18 May 2026 In July this year, the Church of England will see the most significant Private Members’ Motion (PMM) on sex and marriage in the last 40 years being brought to General Synod. It has been confirmed by the Business Committee that the July General Synod will debate the PMM proposed by Professor Helen King, which seeks to affirm the compatibility of intimate same sex relationships with Christian discipleship. The controversial motion (in full below)

Op-Ed By Anglican Futures I May 13, 2026 On the 11th of May 2026, a jury at Kingston Crown Court determined that the Revd Jonathan Fletcher had committed at least sixteen acts of indecent assault on a man over a period of about twenty-five years. The majority of assaults involved being beaten on the naked buttocks with a gym shoe, as a punishment for masturbation, including one beating that was so serious it provoked prolonged suicidal ideation. Another alleged assault invo

OPINION By Rev Dr Ian Paul PREMIER CHRISTIANITY 27 April 2026 The former Archbishop of Canterbury is no fan of managerialism, but it can be necessary and effective to help church leaders focus on evangelism and growth, says Rev Dr Ian Paul. When it doesn’t, it must be ruthlessly cut out - starting right at the top In a recent interview, Lord Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, made a rather startling remark about Church bureaucracy. He was in a conversation

Concluding presentation at Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) summit April 14 2026 From Anglican Mainstream April 28, 2026 Scripture makes it clear that there are grounds for distancing ourselves from those in error in the church: Romans 16.17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 1 Corinthians 5 9-11 I wrote to you in m

Queen Anne’s Bounty first charter 1704 By Ian Paul PSEPHIZO Blog April 8, 2026 Professor Richard Dale writes: KICKING IN THE CATHEDRAL DOOR How the Church Commissioners relied on bogus history to denounce their predecessors and vilify their own Church It is over three years since the Church Commissioners published their controversial report on the Church’s links to the slave trade. Since then critics have challenged the Commissioners’ historical research while both the Churc

By Canon Dr. Chris Sugden ANGLICAN MAINSTREAM April 8, 2026 The parish One point needs to be remembered. The Church of England has been rooted in its parishes, since well before the Reformation. In the New Testament we learn that from the earliest days of the church there was a structure made up of apostles / bishops, elders and deacons and ‘those with gifts of administration’ (1 Cor 12.28). The apostles founded churches and visited them, but there was no plethora of assistan

By Jon Brown THE CHRISTIAN POST April 04, 2026 King Charles III has prompted concern from members of the public and some Christian leaders in the United Kingdom for declining to issue a formal Easter message to his subjects this year, despite offering one last year and commemorating Ramadan with a statement in February. King Charles III and Queen Camilla held the Royal Maundy service on Thursday in Wales for only the second time in its 800-year history, though the king's lack

The Prince of Wales is not a regular churchgoer like his father the King or his late grandmother THE INDEPENDENT March 21, 2026 Prince William is reestablishing his commitment to the Church of England and his “quieter” approach to faith ahead of his role as future King. The Prince of Wales is set to attend the Archbishop of Canterbury’s enthronement this week and has met with Dame Sarah M

By Richard Eden, Diary Editor THE DAILY MAIL 14 March 2026 For more than 30 years he devoted himself to preaching the gospel and praying for peace and goodwill on earth. But, in the aftermath of his resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury in difficult circumstances last year, Justin Welby was always likely to find life a little less serene – although he might not have expected that one of his first, and fiercest, battles would be at the £1,700-a-year Travellers Club. That

By Bishop Joanne Grenfell East Anglian Daily Times February 21, 2026 Church is for everyone: God has made us to live in communities, and their foundation must be love. I believe that gay people should have the same opportunities as straight people to have their faithful, loving, and stable relationships blessed in church, and to know that the Church wants to support and celebrate the God-given love that is contained within their relationship. I value the ministry of LGBTQI+ c

OPINION by Bijan Omrani THE TELEGRAPH February 19, 2026 As it is, the Church simply isn’t doing enough - James Manning/PA Wire This past year, there has been a lessening of the multi-generational gloom that has hung over British churches since the 1960s. The conviction that Christianity would soon be swept away by secular modernity has been recently overturned by the “Quiet Revival”: the idea that many, particularly the young, are beginning to find faith and even retu

By Gavin Ashenden From Substack Feb 16 It started in America. So much does. In the 1980’s TEC, the Episcopal Church led the way with the legitimisation of homosexual blessing and marriage. It split denominations, shrunk congregations, and changed the focus of Christian living from holiness to self-authentification. The strategy was always the same. You start with talking about the authenticity of ‘lived experience’ and then change Church rules. The same strategy and play book

Progressive Christians speak of pain and anger as issue is put in deep freeze after London meeting By Harriet Sherwood THE GUARDIAN 12 Feb 2026 The hopes of progressive Christians in the Church of England have suffered a big blow after years of bitter and divisive debate, with the C of E’s ruling body agreeing to halt work on LGBTQ+ equality. At a meeting in London on Thursday, the General Synod backed a document from bishops concluding that consensus between conservative an

By Mark Greaves THE CATHOLIC HERALD February 10, 2026 Anglicans who take up the Pope’s offer of an Ordinariate may be allowed to continue worshipping in their Church of England buildings, it emerged this week. Until now commentators had assumed that groups wanting to join the new structure set up by the Pope would have to abandon their Anglican churches. But William Fittall, secretary general of the Church of England General Synod, said it would be “entirely possible” f

OPINION By Rev Dr Christopher Landau PREMIER CHRISTIAN NEWS 21 January 2026 After several years of fractious debate, the CofE’s consultation on sexuality and marriage officially draws to a close this month with no clear conclusions. Living in Love and Faith (LLF) has left the Church more divided than ever, says Rev Dr Christopher Landau Source: cunaplus (Alamy) This month marks an “imperfect, untidy” conclusion to the Church of England’s eight year process of trying to find

By Rowan Williams https://www.independent.co.uk/ January 19, 2026 The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has accused Vladimir Putin of “heresy” after the Russian President claimed his invasion of Ukraine was a “holy mission”. During a speech to mark Orthodox Christmas earlier this month, Putin called his soldiers “warriors” who were acting “as if at the Lord’s behest” and “defending the fatherland”. Mr Williams, who served as the Archbishop of Canterbury from 20

BBC December 25, 2025 The church of Holy Trinity is a solid red-brick presence at the top of Guildford's medieval High Street. There has been a place of worship on the site since at least the 14th Century, and today's Georgian building includes the tomb of an archbishop of Canterbury from the reign of the Stuarts. The pre-Christmas scene here could not be more traditional - children from the local Church of England school putting on a Nativity show of song, dance and drama.

December 15, 2025 A petition on Change.org argues that Sarah Mullally should resign for safeguarding failures. It has been posted by the Rev. Fr. Paul Williamson. Williamson argues that as Bishop of London, she kept a file of false sexual allegations about the Rev. Alan Griffin for two years, which later resulted in his taking his own life. Coroner Mary Hassell confirmed this, and Mullally did not investigate to discover the truth of these allegations. She then broke the law

by John Sandeman Thedothercheek.com November 5, 2025 New attendance stats released by the Church of England are in marked contrast to the Bible Society’s report of a quiet revival in the UK. The Bible Society “Quiet Revival” report claimed that “Church attendance has risen by 50 per cent over the last six years,” according to stats from a You Gov survey in England and Wales conducted for the Bible Society. “In 2018, just 4 per cent of 18–24-year-olds said that they att