The College of Bishops has spent the last two days together, meeting for Bible study, prayer and discussion at High Leigh Conference Centre in Hertfordshire. Church of England website 19 January 2024
Latest report on Christian persecution chronicles the rising danger of Islamic militants and autocratic regimes, from Nigeria to Nicaragua. Jayson Casper. Christianity Today. 17 January 2024
Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. BBC Radio Four. Available for 27 days. 14 January 2024
The Rt. Rev. Colin Buchanan, the last of a certain kind of evangelical bishop in the Church of England, died suddenly in the Leeds General Infirmary on November 29, at 89. The Church Times described him as “a devoted Reformation Anglican, R. William Franklin. The Living Church. 3 January 2024
The family of co-founder of Youth With a Mission (YWAM), Loren Cunningham, has announced he is living with Stage 4 cancer. In a message posted on Facebook, his wife Darlene said their priority was his quality of life, over extending the 87-year-old evangelist’s life with the disease. Premier News. 7 March 2023
Famous for smuggling Bibles across the Iron Curtain in a blue Volkswagen Beetle, Brother Andrew, has died aged 94. Alex Collett. 28 September 2022
The Anglican Network in Europe, a GAFCON-affiliated church body, announced plans to consecrate four assistant bishops at a service in a Vineyard church in Hull, England on October 21. Tim Davies and Lee McMunn, plus two bishops who will soon be named, will serve under the Rt. Rev. Andy Lines, who since 2017 has led … Continue Reading
‘Bedrock’ of Church of England shows signs of crumbling, as analysis by The Telegraph shows nearly 1,000 have closed in just over 30 years Gabriella Swerling. Daily Telegraph. 3 January 2022
Change in papal law in 1336 to allow twice-weekly consumption caused problems at Muchelney Abbey Mark Brown. Guardian. 19 August 2021
This is the script of this morning’s (2 August) Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Bishop Nick Baines blog 2 August 2021