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  • GAFCON 2018: Letter to the Churches
    June 22nd, 2018

    Greetings from the land of the birth, ministry, death, resurrection and ascension of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. The third Global Anglican Future Conference (Gafcon) was held in Jerusalem in June 2018, a decade after the inaugural Gafcon in 2008. Gafcon 2018, one of the largest global Anglican gatherings, brought together 1,950 representatives from 50 countries, including 316 bishops, 669 other clergy and 965 laity. A unanimity of spirit was reflected throughout the Conference as we met with God in the presence of friends from afar. We celebrated joyful worship, engaged in small group prayer and were inspired by presentations, networks and seminars.

  • CT: Ugandan bishops may boycott Lambeth 2020
    June 20th, 2018

    Ugandan bishops will boycott the archbishop of Canterbury's Lambeth Conference in 2020.

    The 10-yearly meeting is an opportunity to bring the 80 million worldwide Anglican Communion together. But deep divides exist between the 42 provinces, particularly over approaches to same-sex relationships.

  • Premier: Rico Tice on leaving CofE evangelism team
    June 20th, 2018

    Speaking at GAFCON's conference in Jerusalem, the British evangelist Rico Tice warned God would "take his power, his spirit and his gospel outside of the institution" unless Anglicans "submit to scripture and repent of our sin". He also revealed he stepped down from the Archbishops' Task Group for Evangelism after Bishop Paul Bayes affirmed same sex relationships.

  • GAFCON 2018: Largest International Gathering of Anglicans in 50 Years Meets in Jerusalem
    June 20th, 2018

    The largest international gathering of Anglicans in 50 years is meeting in Jerusalem this week under the theme “Proclaiming Christ Faithfully to the Nations.” 1,966 delegates from over 50 countries have come on the 10-year anniversary of the renewal movement’s founding in the Holy Land to launch 9 new ministry networks.

  • Belfast Telegraph: May urged to support timetable for change on Northern Ireland abortion legislation
    June 12th, 2018

    Amnesty International has called on Prime Minister Theresa May and Home Secretary Sajid Javid to "commit to a time-frame" for a bill which could lead to the decriminalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland.

  • The Guardian: Ban on anti-abortion protests at London clinic disproportionate, court hears
    June 7th, 2018

    An anti-abortion group seeking to overturn the UK’s only exclusion zone around a Marie Stopes clinic, in Ealing, west London, have told judges they believe the council’s actions amounted to an illegal discrimination against their right to free speech and peaceful protest.

  • Belfast Telegraph: Abortion: 14 SDLP councillors affirm pro-life stance
    June 7th, 2018

    Fourteen SDLP members of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council have issued a statement saying they are "unapologetically pro-life" and against "abortion on demand".

  • BBC: Supreme Court rejects NI abortion law case
    June 7th, 2018

    Human rights campaigners have lost a Supreme Court appeal over the legality of Northern Ireland's abortion law.

  • The Telegraph: We should applaud the end of the nuclear family, says top judge
    June 1st, 2018

    Britain should "welcome and applaud" the collapse of the nuclear family, the most senior family judge in England and Wales has said. 

  • BBC: Irish government will examine NI access to abortion
    May 29th, 2018

    The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told parliament that his government will examine access to abortion for women based in Northern Ireland.