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

PRESS RELEASE October 28, 2025   On Wednesday 15 October, an update was released by the Church of England on the Living in Love and Faith process, following a House of Bishops' residential meeting the previous week.   The House of Bishops reviewed documents produced by the Church of England's Legal Office and the Faith and Order Commission (FAOC) addressing outstanding questions following the 2023 General Synod's commendation of the Prayers of Love and Faith (PLF).   Remainin

Religion Media Centre October 20, 2025   A number of clergy in the Church of England are resisting a decision by the House of Bishops which put the brakes on moves to allow stand-alone services for same-sex blessings and to allow clergy to be in same-sex marriages.   Canon Simon Butler, an influential vicar in “Inclusive Evangelicals”, says the Canons of the Church of England do, in fact, permit stand-alone services. He has officiated at two in his church, Holy Trinity & St M

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By Karolos Grohmann, THE INDEPENDENT August 28, 2025   Victims of abuse within the Church of England have revealed that the personal...

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