Bureaucracy

Chartres' Lambeth Lecture: the Church must be "vision-led and not problem-led"

October 5, 2015
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While the Archbishop of Canterbury pored over the Blogosphere on his iPad (to which he is apparently rather attached), the Bishop of London psyched himself up for the latest Lambeth Lecture: 'New Fire in London'. 'Lambeth Lecture' sounds a…

Bishop of Chelmsford repudiates episcopal "talent pool"

October 1, 2015
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It was a glorious sermon, with an audacious, if not subversive (which some may call prophetic) intervention on the Church of England's emerging "talent pool" approach to recognising bishops.…

Compassionate Conservatism and Social Justice - bedfellows or bugbears?

September 15, 2015
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Talk to most Labour supporters about 'compassionate conservatism', and they'll scoff at the very notion, as though the evil Tories had stolen the robe of Christ and were masquerading…

Bishop demands asylum for "the infidel's military translators"

August 24, 2015
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"It seems to me that interpreters are like priests; they are mediators and help connect cultures and communities," said the Rt Rev'd Alastair Redfern, Bishop of Derby, speaking in…

Justin Welby's "spiritual magpie" plan to save the Church of England (DV)

July 17, 2015
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There’s a fantastic article this weeks' Spectator entitled 'God’s management consultants: the Church of England turns to bankers for salvation'. It’s the sort of piece that is bound to…

Conservatives for Britain – but not if you're on Government payroll

June 8, 2015
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"Conservatives for Britain has been formed among Tory parliamentarians to discuss the criteria by which to judge the Government's EU renegotiation. We are willing to consider how to prepare…

We must fight harder for vulnerable, abused and neglected children

May 10, 2015
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This is a guest post by Dr Krish Kandiah – President of the London School of Theology and founding director of Home for Good, a new fostering and adoption charity.…

Votewise 2015: a biblical case for localism, subsidiarity and restored national sovereignty

May 6, 2015
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Over the last couple of months this site has covered some of the most prominent publications that have sought to define an appropriate form of Christian engagement with political…

Church of England mistakes mission for the management of decline

April 23, 2015
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One of the best things Christians are doing all over the country at the moment is organising and hosting General Election hustings for their local communities. Last time round,…

Church of England to spend £2m on "new approach" to leadership

December 15, 2014
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Politicians are out of touch. We know that, because we constantly hear about the 'Westminster bubble' or the 'Westminster Village', and Nadine Dorries once told us that neither David…

Why doesn't Welby demand abolition of the Common Agricultural Policy?

December 7, 2014
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"I have seen the hunger that stalks our country... it shocks me more than Africa," writes the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Mail on Sunday. In a lucid piece…

Gendercide Abortion - a Bill to unite Pro-Life and Pro-Choice advocates

October 31, 2014
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Fiona Bruce MP has drafted a rather important Ten Minute Rule Bill which she intends to present to Parliament on Tuesday 4th November. It has the support of a…

Ofsted go on the offensive against faith schools

October 27, 2014
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If there is one thing that will strike fear in the heart of all teachers, it is those two little words ‘Ofsted inspection’. There’s good reason for this. Even…

Why can bishops organise to condemn foodbanks but not genocide?

August 12, 2014
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After the Holocaust, the whole of civilisation united behind two simple words: "Never Again". If the free world is not prepared to eradicate the Islamist evil spreading over the…