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Revealed: 33 Scots public bodies have Stonewall link

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in Gay Activism | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute Scottish taxpayer-funded organisations from across the country are partnering with ‘gay rights’ group Stonewall to become “diversity champions”. The revelations come in the wake of the news that ... Read more..

The 16 Countries of TEC

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in Anglican Communion, TEC | Comments Off

By Mark McCall, ACI It has become commonplace for The Episcopal Church to proclaim itself an international church of sixteen countries. For example, the minutes of the October 2009 Executive Council ... Read more..

Conference in Italy with Dr. Joseph Nicolosi

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in Gender, Healing, Homosexuality, Political Correctness | Comments Off

By  Lucia Braghini,  NARTH "'Diversity' also includes those of us with more traditional anthropological viewpoints."   On May 21-22, 2010, a conference entitled "Gender Identity and Freedom" was held in Brescia, Italy and ... Read more..

Rev: New BBC2 sitcom about the life of an East London vicar

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in Media | Comments Off

From Church Times Blog A new sitcom based on the life of a Church of England vicar starts next week on BBC 2. The BBC website describes Rev as a 'sitcom ... Read more..

ITV will broadcast just one hour of religious programming this year

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in Media | Comments Off

by Martin Beckford, Telegraph Adding to fears that Britain’s commercial television stations no longer see the value of traditional shows about faith, Channel 4 has scrapped the post of commissioning editor ... Read more..

Not a question of conversion

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in Evangelism, Faith | Comments Off

By Jenny Taylor, Guardian The Church of England was urged not to be embarrassed or "awkward" about converting others to the Christian faith in a new document published today.   At least that's ... Read more..

The End of Men? — A Hard Look at the Future

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in Demographics, From Lisa's Lookout, Gender, Thought | Comments Off

By Albert Mohler What does it mean for large sectors of our society to become virtual matriarchies? How do we prepare the church to deal with such a world while maintaining ... Read more..

Pregnancy counselling group launches life-saving project on London Underground

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By John Smeaton, SPUC The Good Counsel Network, a London-based pregnancy counselling organisation, are planning to take out advertising on the London Underground. On their blog, they say: We would like to ... Read more..

Home Depot Hosts Children’s Workshop at Gay Pride Festival

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in Children/Family, Gay Activism | Comments Off

By Kathleen Gilbert, LifeSite News The American Family Association (AFA) has launched a protest against Home Depot for setting up a children's workshop at the Southern Maine Pride Festival, which took ... Read more..

‘Freedom of Worship’ Worries

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in Politics, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today "Freedom of worship" has recently replaced the phrase "freedom of religion" in public pronouncements from the Obama administration. Experts are concerned that the new rhetoric ... Read more..

FiFNA 2010: Bishop Ackerman calls for new Oxford Movement

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in Forward In Faith | Comments Off

From Anglican TV Bishop Ackerman calls for a new Oxford Movement Read more..

Prayer Book 350th Anniversary campaign for coin and stamp

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in Church of England, Prayer | Comments Off

From The Prayer Book Society People are being urged to back a campaign calling on the Royal Mint and Royal Mail to recognise the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of ... Read more..

Rowan’s Ordinariate

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, Church of England, Women Bishops | Comments Off

By Fr John Hunwicke SSC (Hat Tip Fr Ed Tomlinson) I regard the proposals which the Archbishops of Canterbury and York are promoting as profoundly disappointing. I had been led by ... Read more..

Scots taxpayers funding Stonewall accreditation

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in Gay Activism | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute Scotland’s prosecution service has had its impartiality called into question following the revelation that it has signed up to Stonewall’s “diversity champion” register. The Crown Office, which ... Read more..

Bishop Edwin Barnes’ Reaction to the Archbishops

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, Church of England, General Synod, Women Bishops | Comments Off

From Fr Ed Tomlinson Bishop Edwin Barnes has given an early reaction to the amendments being proposed by both Archbishops: Forward in Faith has welcomed the amendments which the two Archbishops are ... Read more..

WATCH Women and the Church) responds to the Archbishops

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in Church of England, Women Bishops | Comments Off

Hat Tip: Thinking Anglicans All bishops are equal but some are more equal than others. WATCH has studied the outline proposals of the Archbishops’ intervention in the progress of legislation for women ... Read more..

‘Beyond anything I have ever seen’ – Dr Kim in Nigeria

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in News, suffering church | Comments Off

"Dr. Kim," the director of VOMedical, has been a medical professional for more than three decades. He's worked emergency rooms and performed autopsies. But none of the horrors he has ... Read more..

On Marriage

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in From Lisa's Lookout, Marriage, Morality, sex | Comments Off

From David Ould at Stand Firm:  Breaking up is hard to do...... ...It is commonly acknowledged amongst Christians that God's intention for male-female relationships, if  they occur (not when, as anyone ... Read more..

The Social Costs of Pornography

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in Children/Family, Culture, From Lisa's Lookout, Pornography | Comments Off

Pornography, by offering an endless harem of sexual objects, hyperactivates the  appetitive system. Porn viewers develop new maps in their brains, based on the photos and videos they see. Because ... Read more..

Bishop of Lynn to be Bishop of Rochester

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in Church of England, News | Comments Off

Kent Online  The Right Reverend James Langstaff will be the 107th Bishop of Rochester. Bishop James, 53, currently Bishop of Lynn in Norwich, succeeds the Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, who retired in September ... Read more..