New Word Alive event
Further to our blog post some weeks ago about a new Word Alive event next Easter, UCCF have released a full statement of the reasons why they felt this necessary. You can read it by clicking here. Or click here to read a statement from Keswick (the other partner in the new Word Alive event), or [...]
Sexual Orientation Regulations
The Lawyers Christian Fellowship issued the following Press Release last night following the vote by 168 to 122 in the House of Lord’s in favour of the Government’s Equality Act (Sexual Orientation Regulations) 2007. “This Act marks the imposition of a new morality. It is a clear sign that despite saying they were going to [...]
More on University Christian Unions
Our first blog post, back in December, was about University Christian Unions coming under threat on university campuses. Several groups were featured in the national news at that time. If you go to the 10 Downing Street website you can sign an online petition which asks the Prime Minister to defend the right of Christian [...]
Praying together
As Emmanuel gets busier, we all face questions of priorities. As another week begins, what things shall I go to, and what things are optional. Here are three reasons why getting together to pray ought to be right at the top of our ‘to do’ list. 1. If we don’t pray we’re saying that we [...]
Plea for Prayer for the General Synod
Christian Concern For Our Nation have issued a plea to churches of all denominations in the run up to the next meeting of the Anglican General Synod. “On February 28th the Church of England’s decision-making body, the General Synod, will be debating two crucial motions on the subject of homosexuality in the Church. Because the [...]
Interview with Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins’ latest book ‘The God Delusion’ was one of the best sellers this last Christmas. He is the Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and one of a group of influential writers and thinkers known as ‘the new atheists’, driven by an evangelical fervour to convert others to their way [...]
Service times
The news from our January Members Meeting is that our Sunday meetings will continue to be at 3:30pm for now. From Sunday March 25 (the day when the clocks change) and for the whole of the summer, we will change our meeting time to 10:30am.
New Website Launched
As the new church is officially launched this afternoon, we also have the new website now available. Much of the content is still the same, but there is a complete new design, and new things will be added gradually. We really want the website to be useful, so please continue to send in ideas and [...]
Sexual Orientation Regulations
Hitting the headlines at the moment are the new SORs (Sexual Orientation Regulations) with a particular focus over the past week on the issue of adoption. This week Archbishops Williams and Sentamu confirm unified view of church in UK that “Rights of conscience cannot be made subject to legislation” Earlier in January over 3000 Christians [...]
Response to the Anglican Covenant
There have been a few responses to the release of the Anglican Covenant before Christmas. Bishop Tom Wright has been particularly vocal in his criticism. You can read his response here on the Fulcrum website. A response to some of these criticisms has been put together and can be found on the Anglican Mainstream website.
