John Clark

A town has claimed a new Guinness World Record for the largest live nativity gathering. BBC 4 December 2016 John Clark

Is there a ‘hot’, emotional case for Christian faith that takes a different approach? Francis Spufford thinks so, and makes such a case in his fascinating book Unapologetic. He deliberately deploys the word in both senses: this is not a rational apologia; and he certainly makes no apologies for the faith he presents. Ian Paul. Psephizo. … Continue Reading

Government officials know so little about religion that they cannot see the difference between Muslim extremists and traditionalist Anglicans – and so just assume both are “bonkers”, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury. John Bingham. Daily Telegraph. 8 November 2016 John Clark

An organisation of evangelical Protestant churches in Egypt has defended its behaviour towards Anglicans and has denied it is trying to appropriate their churches. Ruth Gledhill. Christian Today. 1 November 2016. John Clark

Several gay ministers will write to church leaders to say they are already in same-sex marriage and want official position reconsidered. Nicola Slawson. Guardian 21 August 2016 John Clark

Timothy Garton Ash says Britain is ‘too feeble’ at supporting free speech  Oxford professor, 60, insists public must stand up against self-censorship Says UK universities are encouraged to block even non-violent extremists Claims this could have included Karl Marx, Charles Darwin and even Christ By Mark Duell for MailOnline. 31 May 2016 John Clark

Kenneth E. Bailey, renowned New Testament scholar, seminary professor, author, Presbyterian career missionary, and international lecturer, died on Monday, May 23, 2016, at age eighty-five after a short illness involving some weeks of hospitalization and a brief period of palliative care. The Presbytery of Shenango website. 24 May 2016   John Clark

Admitting you believe in a higher power is like confessing that you slept with the postman, yet people continue to get married in church Janet Street-Porter. Independent 27 May 2016 John Clark

The newly published report into Contemporary Catholicism in England and Wales from the Benedict XVI Centre at St Mary’s University makes for bracing reading.Although not primarily about non-religiosity that is how it has been reported.  This was not, as its author Stephen Bullivant suggested at the report’s launch in Parliament really newsworthy.  Nick Spencer. Theos. 26 … Continue Reading

The Archbishop of York has released data taken from his iphone detailing the distances covered during his 6-month long Pilgrimage of Prayer, Witness and Blessing which concluded yesterday in York Minster. Diocese of York website 23 May 2016 John Clark