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GAFCONin theleaders have Angli“whcanolive among Muslims,Communiformer missionarybishop to South conferonence next year and elected Arch- declared that they will not especially those experienc- America now finds it necessarytodefend bishop Foley Beach of the USA as the be leaving the Anglican ingpersecution”. himself for supporting missionaryactivi- new chairman of the GAFCON Primates’ Communion, but intheir In their statement they ty in hisown country. Council. communiqué after meeting said: “Weare particularly The Primates said they would continue They declared that they wereprepar- in London this week they concerned about the Church to encourageand supportthe efforts of ingfor expansion and outlined plans to attacked recent develop- of England andthe drift of those “working to restorethe Churchof develop their ownsystem oftheological ments in the Church of manyfromthe Biblical faith.” England’s commitment to Biblical truth”. education and training of leaders. England. They also outlined support Therehad been speculation that the “Weare not leaving the Anglican Com- In particularthey declared that the use for Bishop John Ellison in resisting the Primates would signal the creation of a munion. The members of our churches of aChurch in Waterloo,south London, “unjust and uncharitable charges separate Anglican structureinEngland, stand at the heartofthe Communion, to host aMuslim prayer service was not brought against him by the Bishop of but this was conspicuously absent from which is why we arecommitted to its an ‘aberration’and saiditwas abetrayal Salisbury”, and in view of the Great Com- the final statement. renewal. We belong to the mainstream, of the Gospel and of those Christians mission,wenote the sad irony that this They also signaled another GAFCON and we aremoving forward.”

THEChuCHURCHESrcChildheProtections‘AdvisorasyServiceofaspectsttof understandingoucandhfimplementaortion ofabsafer papusiver:“The overalleaconclusionsdults’of the study arethat (CCPAS), hascalled churches asoft touchfor abusive recruitment processes that potentially undermined thereremains significant inconsistency in both under- volunteer workers. their effectiveness.” standing and implementation of safer recruitment The independent Christian charity working for better Thereportstates that the churches are the single measures across the Church. child protectionhas said thataDBS check alone is largest employer of childrenand young people’s work- “Despite therebeing pocketsofgoodpracticeand a ‘insufficient to ensurechildren’s safety’ and that ers but has notrecognised its ‘lack of attention’ with general desiretoget this process right, the inconsistent churches arenot following safer recruitment practices. regards to safer recruitment practices within its work- application of appropriate measures risks undermining HeadofSafeguarding at CCPAS, JustinHumphreys, force. their efforts and thereforecreating risk for vulnerable presented aresearch paper at the British Association The researchfound thatthe majorityofparticipants people. forthe Study and Prevention of Child Abuseand Neg- wereawareofchurch leaders or trustees whowere “If the Church is to become the safer place that is lect conference in Edinburgh. involved with sign-offormonitoring policies but that required for children and vulnerable adults, it must His paper revealedresearchtaken from interviews people’s understanding of senior leaders and trustees ensurethat it is able to facilitate agenuine commitment with voluntarysafeguarding co-coordinatorsinthe was ‘patchy’. to achieving this through avarietyofsafeguarding wider churchand found that ‘significant’ variations in One participant remarked: “I have afeeling thatitis arrangements. Amongst these areits safer recruitment both the understanding and practice of safer recruit- seen as picky and that people want to get on with what processes, which will often represent the first opportu- ment practices werebeing operated. the churchistherefor.” nity to protect vulnerable groups.” The paper said: “Therewas disjointedness in some Justin Humphreys told The ChurchofEngland News-

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Diocese of Bath &Wells THEDIARY THE An anonymous benefactor has given £1.5 million for the Send your events to Footprint repairs project forBath Abbey. [email protected] The anonymous donor said: “Much impressed by the or Tweet@churchnewspaper care andthe consultation that has been put in by the CHURCHIN Abbey,which issuch avital partofBath’s future. “This generation has asolemn duty to ensurethe 24 April Abbey isfit and able to carry outits service to the city andthecommunity for thenext hundred years.” 10am Walk Through the Old Testa- Laura Brown, Footprint Appeal Director,said: “Weare mentinaday.Fittleworth, ENGLAND very grateful for this amazingly generous gift from one near Petworth. A PACT remarkable individual. It came in an ordinary-looking Event. April 24 and 25. Cost is envelope, without pomp or fanfare, but the contentswere £14. just astounding.” 7pm: Hustings meeting at St George’s Church of England FoundationSchool, Broad- stairs. Candidates fromthe Diocese of Chichester main seven political parties have beeninvited to attend, including Nigel Farage of The Bishop of UKIP and comedianAlMur- Chichester,DrMartin ray ofFUKP. Warner,hosted apre- election debate for young people on 25 April Monday and Tuesday this week at St Peter’s 9.45am Converge,one-dayconfer- Brighton. ence seeking to unite stu- Bishop Martin said: dents to make adifference in “I think one of the their universities.Trinity, lessons of the recent Cheltenham. £5. Scottish Referendum 10am: “Change! Over My Dead was are-engagement Body!” a Christian reflection with key political onchange is being offered by questions amongst the BradfordSpirituality young people who Group, at St Peter’s Church really got involved in Hall, Addingham. Bookings what is, after all, their throughthe Rev John Smith, future.” 01423 391514. He added: “In what 11am:BBC SongsofPraise presen- will be areverse of the ter PamRhodesisthe special traditional Question guest at the30th Prayer Book Time format,Ihave Society Annual Festival assembled apanel of which takes place at Black- people to listen to what burn Cathedral. theyoung people have to say and to respond to some of theviews put 26 April forward.” 6.30pm Evening ofPrayer and Reflec- Diocese of Southwell tion for persecutedChris- and Nottingham tians and other minorities, hostedbythe BishopofBrad- ford, the RtRev Toby St Peter’s Church in Howarth, BradfordCathe- Nottingham held a dral. Diocese of West Yorkshire&the Dales hustings this week. The 7.30pm Godspell in Concert, candidates attending Brighton Dome Fivevicars from theDiocese will take partinafive-day motor biking ‘pilgrimage’ from Yorkshire included Andrew to theisland of Iona on theWest coast of Scotland on a725-mile round trip. Clayworth, Trade 27 April The motorcycling vicars arethe Rev Canon Stephen Kelly,Priest in Charge of Woolley with Unionist and Socialist West Bretton and Area Dean of Wakefield; the Rev Canon Paul Tudge, Vicar ofFarsley near Coalition; Lillian 12noon: John Belldiscusses Faith Pudsey,who will be riding with his wife Rosie as pillion passenger and the Rev VicIwanuschak, Greenwood, Labour and Faultlines:Aretreat at Incumbent of AllSaints, Pontefract. Priest in training, Phil Maries and his wifeBelinda, Brian Party; David Hollas, UK LaundeAbbey, running until Sanderson,Matt Dowson, Neil Crossley with wife Sonia,and Michael Beevers join them. Independence Party Friday,£425perperson (UKIP); Jane Hunt, Conservative Party and Adam McGregor,Green 28 April Diocese of Newcastle Party. 7.30pm Godspell inConcert,South- St Nicholas’ Cathedral will hold its Diocese of Gloucester sea, King’s Theatre annual ‘Be aChorister for aDay’ event for children on 6June. His Royal Highness The During the free day,children aged Duke of Gloucester KG, 29 April between 7-13 will be invited to sing GCVO will cut the ribbon on alongside professional choristers to the new West Front Porch at 6pm Parish communications meet get an idea of what singing as a Peterborough Cathedral this upforDioceseofLondon, Church chorister is like. week. with Liz Clutterbuck,St Director of Music, Michael The ceremony will mark Anne’s, Hoxton.Free. Stoddart, says: “It doesn’t matter if partofthe Letting It Speak 6.30pm BeyondElectionDay: Power, you’ve never sung in achoir like For Itself project, which aims Money, Government and this before. What we arelooking for to increase access to the Responsibility, StPaul’s aregirls and boys aged between Cathedral’s life and heritage. Cathedral. seven and 13 who love singing. The Rt Rev Donald Allister, That spark, that interest, is so Bishop of Peterborough, will important.” say prayers of dedication.

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Life expectancy, BOTHChristianTHE Conservative voand Labourte party leaders aged to become more activein health and education indicators SHAREHOLDERS at BP’s AGM attempted to woo the Christian vote overthe weekend,as agitating for changeasthe Bish- arebetter than ever before, and have approved the resolution from they attended separate religious gatherings. op of London launched Tear- technology has helped save mil- ‘Aiming for A‘ investor coalition and Prime Minister David Cameron spoke at the Festival of fund’s OrdinaryHeroes lions of lives and improve produc- NGOs ShareAction and ClientEarth Life on Friday,agathering of 45,000 members of the 732 campaign. tivity,especially forsmallholder calling for greater transparency church-member Redeemed Christian Church Group The new initiative encourages farmers in poor countries. from the oil giant in relation to its (RCCG). people to make small but signifi- “But if we don’t fundamentally annual reporting. The Conservative Party leader spoke about religious cant changes in their lifestyles. As change the ways we produce The resolution ‘Strategic freedom and the BigSociety,which he said was encapsulat- well ascalling for policy change, wealth and create prosperity, we Resilience for 2035 and Beyond’ ed by the RCCG community gathering. the campaign seeks to encourage will undo all this progress and was put forwardbythe Churchof “I believe in aspiration. Ibelievethe only limit to some- agrassroots movement of people push millions of peopleback into England’s National Investing Bod- one’spotential is their own ambition and talentand Ilook to take responsibility forbringing poverty.” ies, which arepartofthe £170bn out into this crowd and Ican see someone who will holdmy about change. The reportargues that high lev- ‘Aiming for A’ investor coalition, role and become Prime Minister of this great country. The Bishop, theRtRev Richard els ofconsumption and carbon comprised ofChurchInvestors “Foryears I’ve tried to explain to people what the Big Chartres, said that politics needs emissions have stretched the Group members. Society is: some people weredetermined not to understand big ideasand less short-term earth’s systems to breaking point, According to the Church Com- it but Ishouldhave brought them heretothe Festival of thinking. and that the impact —already missioners, as aresult of the vote Life because thisisthe Big Society in action,” he said. He said: “Welive in acenturyof being feltamong some of the BP will need to provide greater Shadow Minister for Employment and chair of the Chris- mingled promise and peril. The world’s poorest communities — transparency around operational tian Socialist Movement, Stephen Timms, also spoke at the decisions we takenow and the is most likelytoaffect people in emissions management, asset port- festival and encouraged Christians to get involved in poli- way we live nowwill have an the UK who arecurrently chil- folio resilience against 2035 scenar- tics: “People often say you shouldn’t mix faith and politics, impact on our children and on dren, aswell as generations to ios, low carbon energy R&D and and if you do, you areasking for trouble but Ithink they are generations to come –for good or come. investment, executive incentivisa- drawing the wrong message. ill. The scars visible on the earth “Ordinaryheroes arepeople tion during the low carbon transi- “Thetruth is faith in Christ is agreat starting point for arethe accumulating signs ofa who do simple but bold things to tion, and public policy activity politics,” he said. world in crisis –conflict, corrup- change their own economy,” says relating to climate change. Meanwhile, leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband took tion, climate change. Yetwith Paul Cook. “Some people will fly EdwardMason, Head of Respon- partinaservice at Praise House Community Church in these crises, we have made the less or consume only fairly traded sible Investment atthe Church Croydon. In abrief Q&A following the service, Miliband mistake ofconcentrating only on products, otherschoose to use Commissioners, said: “The ‘Aiming said he would look at legislation to protect religious expres- shorttermissues.” renewable energyintheir homes for A’ coalition’s engagement with sion at work. The Bishopwrote the foreword or invest their savings in ways BP has prompted an unprecedent- “Religiousfreedom is incredibly importantand that’s to the charity’s ‘Restorative Econ- that avoid exploiting others. ed response by an oil and gas major something we prize in our country. omy’ discussion paper,which sug- “Using our power as voters, and its institutional investors. “Wemust do everything we can to make surethat that gests that the development campaigners and consumersis “BP’s commitment to increased religious freedom is protected and Iamveryclear about success of the past 50 years will extremely important, and part of disclosure on its climate change that. be jeopardisedbyincreasinglev- ourcalling to pray and work for strategy will set anew standardand “The articulation of people’s Christian faith isathing that els of consumption. the Kingdom of God onearth -a is asignificant development in the they should be absolutely allowed to do. So we should look Paul Cook, Tearfund’s Advoca- world ofpeace, justice and hope.” relationship between institutional at how we protect the freedom of expression that people cy Director,said: “We’vecome a Moreinformation about the shareholders and the oil and gas have. Ithink it is an important partofreligious freedom long way.Globally,levels of OrdinaryHeroes campaign is at: industryonsustainability.” both hereand around theworld,” he said. poverty have halved in the last 25 www.tearfund.org/heroes

HPIVicLimited,araprimarsmysource of vehicleosinforttmationrufrom,stmembersedof the armedfoforcesrscame inelat fourliper ngcould alsobuseeduped by shinydcpaintworarkand arsock bot- for the UK motor industry, has revealed that vicars sell- cent of the vote, though 47 per cent of people said they tom price. ing used cars areconsidered the most trusted sellers in weremorelikely to buy aused car fromaperson wearing “If that vehicle is stolen or on outstanding finance, an the used car market. uniform, with police officers and firefighters coming out unsuspecting buyer could lose the vehicleand the One in four people said they would trust avicar when top. Lawyers and accountants cameinatsix per cent. money they paid for it, when it is returned to the right- buying aused car; this topped apoll ranking motor Neil Hodson, Managing Director for HPI,said: “It ful owner.” mechanics second and doctors and medical profession- seems that used car buyers need to als third. remember the old adage‘don’t Teachers came in fourth with 12 per cent of the vote, judge abook by its cover’. Nearly IT professionals at two per cent and builders at one per half of the people we surveyed cent. would be swayedbyaused car sell- Seecommunities Among the least trusted professionals to buy acar er in auniform, which means they transformed.

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THE POLITICAL parties ue support forthe Interfaith planningtoabolish them (and right to buy scheme being and opposite-sex civilpartner- unveiled their General Election Network. cancel student debt), while extended tothose in housing ships, most ofthe proposalsare mEanifestosllasetweek,cofferingtAinumober ofissnues that havemLabour waant tocnapfeesiatfassoceiationpsropertiets. Howoev- finasncial to help familiesin voters arange ofchoices. been raised in General Synod £6,000. Ukipwould waive those er, that drew criticism from the work. While theeconomywas cen- and by theBishopsinthe House fees, but only forstudentstak- BishopofManchester,who said Ukip want to increase the tre-stage inall the documents of Lords are coveredinthe ing adegree in science, technol- itcould bethe“most blatant transferable personal tax released, other issues included Manifestos, but three–the ogy, engineering, mathsor transfer ofcharity assetstopri- allowanceformarried couples, transport, the Health Service Greens, the Lib Dems and medicine. vate ownership since Henry the Lib Demswant toextend and education. Labour – want toreform the Anotherissue in the educa- VIII sold off themonasteries.” legalrights to cohabiting cou- However,other areaswere Upper House,putting the con- tionfield is the teaching of sex It was also attacked by the ples in theevent ofrelationship also included, mostofwhich tinued presence ofprelatesin andrelationships. The Greens Rev Richard Coles,whosaid: breakdown or one partner werenot widely reported in the Parliament under threat. andthe Lib Demswant that to “So a housing association, like dyingwithoutawill. national media. Theissue ofacademies is also start in primary schools,with the one onwhose board I sit, Labour willabolish the mar- The Labour Party, as we addressed, with the Greens the proviso that it is age-appro- goes to the market, raises ried couples tax allowanceto reported last week, forinstance, vowing toremove public fund- priate, while Ukip want itstart finance, does deals with contrac- introduceanew 10p starting included a pledge toappointa ing from thoserun by religious at the secondary stage. tors and builds urgently needed rate for incometax if elected. GlobalEnvoy for Religious organizations. Ukip address the issue of units for people toliveinat There is a sharpdivisionon Freedom, whilethe Conserva- Ukip want toallow schoolsto foodbanks and say they want to social rents andthen the gov- the issue of wind farms,with the tives ‘would stand up for the become grammar schools, aim- develop theminto community ernment forces us to sell them Conservatives and Ukip freedomofpeople of all reli- ing for at least one ineach town. advice centres forthose most in off at a35percent discount. opposed to them being sited gions including supporting per- The Conservatives will turn need. That’s righttobuy? onshore. The Lib Dems, by con- secuted Christiansinthe everyfailing secondaryschool Ukip and Labourwould scrap “Sounds like righttosteal to trast,wanttoencouragemore. MiddleEast’. into an academy, and deliver the Bedroom tax,orspare-room me.” Theparties are divided over The Lib Demssaythey will free schools where parents want subsidy as the Government Marriagehasbeen a major zero-hours contracts, but two— work closely with faithandcom- them. prefers to call it. focus for Christian groups, but Ukip and the Lib Dems—say munity organisationstotackle Tuition fees continuetobe a One ofthesurprises inthe apart from aLib Dem promise they won’t banthem, but want hate crime and they will contin- majorissue, with the Greens ConservativeManifesto was the to legalise humanistweddings them betterregulated.

Lib Dem

Want drug policy to be decided by Dept of Health, not the Home Office. These are some of the other Reviewdrugs laws, with the aim of decriminalizing personal use. Implement the ModernSlaveryStrategy to reduce highlights from the manifestos: people trafficking and supportvictims. Increase sentences available for hate crimes. Outlaw caste discrimination and encourage all UKIP Labour businesses to have at least 1BAME candidate on their boards. End income tax on the minimum To push for an ambitious target in Provide morechoice at the end of life, and free wage; cut income taxes for middle Paris to get to goal of net zeroglobal end-of-life social care. earners and scrap inheritancetax. emissions in thesecond half of this Establish anew profession-led Royal College of Abolish government departments century. Teachers. and they have named the Abolish the married couples tax Guarantee all teachers in state-funded schools will Department for Energy and Climate allowance to introduce anew 10p be fully qualified or working towards Qualified Change, the Department for startingrate for income tax. Teacher Status (QTS). International Development,and the Provide security for renters by Extend free school meals to all children in primary Department for Culture, Media and guaranteeing three-year tenancies education as resources allow. Sportasthe first threetogo. with aceiling on excessive rent rises. Maximum stakes for Fixed Odds Betting Make parking at English hospitals Introduce acompulsoryjobs Terminals to be ‘substantially reduced’. free for patients and their visitors. guarantee, paid for by aBank Bonus Review sanctions procedures in Jobcentres. Allow British businesses tochoose Tax. to employ British citizens first. Anational referendum everytwo Greens years on the Conservative issues of greatest importance to the Give English MPs aveto over Reintroduce the Fuel British public. matters only affecting England. Duty Escalator. St George’s Day Scrap the Human Rights Act, Increase the minimum (England) and St replacingitwith aBill of Rights. wage ‘so that it is a David’s Day Rule out elected House of Lords living wage’. (Wales) to be for next Parliament. Remove charitable BankHolidays. Raise the 40 per cent tax rate to status from private Repeal recent wages above £50,000. schools. legislation Give Parliament the opportunity Provide the right to committing aid to repeal the Hunting Act on a assisted death, within a spending to 0.7 free vote, with agovernment bill rigorous framework of per cent of GNI. in government time. regulation.

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Islamic State’sactions ‘deeply evil ’, says Archbishop THE ACTIONS of the Islamic State are“deeply evil,” The narrator of the video called the men “crusaders” –even to its ownsupporters if they stray one inchoff the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin and “worshippers of the cross belonging to the hostile what isseenasthe right road.” Welby has said. Ethiopian church”. TheGeneralBishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church His 18 April remarks to theBBC came one day before An Ethiopian government spokesman told Reuters in the UK, Bishop Angaelos said: “Theseexecutions avideo purportedly filmed by IS was posted to jihadist they could not confirmthe nationality of the murdered that unnecessarily and unjustifiably claim the lives of socialmediasites showing 15 men being paraded on a men. “Nonetheless, the Ethiopiangovernment con- innocent people, wholly undeserving of this brutality, beach, clad in orange jumpsuits, being beheaded, while demns the atrocious act,” he said. have unfortunately become far too familiar. asecond film shows 15 men being shot to death in a In an interview broadcast on theBBC, Archbishop “Once again we see innocent Christians murdered semi-desertregion. Welby said he believed the “Islamic State is deeply evil purely for refusingtorenounce their faith.”

Wal-Martwins appeal over Archbishop’s

TrAN AMERICAinityNA,Wppeals CouralthaslSoverturtreened a boartcdtorhaegulatellthesenale of gproductse that offend flying visit to Egypt lower courtruling requiring Wal-MartStores Inc. “family values.” THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury, to let shareholders vote on aproposal submitted The courtupheld the complaint but on 14 April the Most Rev Justin Welby,has made by the parish of Trinity Wall Street in New York to 2015 aPhiladelphia appellate judge ruled“Wal- aflying visit to Egypt to offer his con- halt sales of ammunition clips and explicit rap Martmay exclude Trinity’s Proposals from its dolences to President Abdel-Fattah Al- music in its stores. 2015 proxy materials.” Sisi and the country’s Christian With assets of over $2 billion in real estate, In aletter to the parish filed at the startofthe leaders on the murders of 21 Egyptian shares and investments, the Manhattan congre- lawsuit, Trinity’s rector Dr James Cooper wrote Copts by the terrorists aligned with gation is considered the wealthiest parish in the that the parish was seeking the halt the sales of the Islamic State in Libya earlier this Anglican world. And it has used its financial clout products “especially dangerous to the public” and year. in recent years to influence the corporate world. “offensive to the community.” On 18 April Archbishop Welby, On 1April 2014 the parish filed acomplaint in Aspokesman for Wal-Martapplauded the deci- accompanied by Archbishop Mouneer theDelaware Federal District Courtasking it to sion saying the courthad properly recognised the Anis of Egypt, the primate of the Epis- compel Wal-Marttoallow materials to be distrib- errorofhaving the courts regulate acompany’s copal Church in Jerusalem and the uted to shareholders that calls for the company’s lawful business practices. Middle East, met with President Al- Sisi at the presidential palace in Heliopolis. According to presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef in a statement released through the Egyptian State News Agency, Bishop lodgescharge Archbishop Welby offered his condolences to thepresident for the Februarymurders and praised the Egyptian leader for issu- ing acall for Islamicleaders to refute IS’sclaims of areligious sanction for their attacks on Christians. against assistant bishop The state news agency reported President Al-Sisi thanked THE BISHOP of Salisburyhas initiated acomplaint under the Clergy Discipline Measureagainst the ArchbishopWelby for his condolences, but also expressed that Hon Assistant Bishop of Winchester,the Rt Rev John Ellison, for violating ecclesiastical law. inEgypt Christians arenot aminority and have the equal rights BishopEllison, the former Bishop of Paraguay,isalleged to have exercised episcopaljurisdiction of all Egyptian citizens. over achurch in the Diocese of Salisburywithout the permission of the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam when The president “praised the Egyptian church’s role and he participated in aservice of Thanksgiving last year at ChristChurch Salisbury—acongregation of stressed the importance of many cultures in enriching human the Anglican Mission in England. life.” In an interview broadcast last week with Anglican TV,the former Archbishop of Sydney,DrPeter After meeting with the president, Archbishop Welby paid a Jensen confirmed “the Bishop of Salisburyhas delivered adisciplinarynote to Bishop John Ellison” courtesycall upon the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayb and charged him with violating the ecclesiastical boundaries of his diocese. and the Coptic Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria. 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successor thatthere was no Diocesan Church about 30 Shared Conversations Questions and answers more money left? No mention minutes driveaway, the first Sir,Very helpful, Angus Sir,What an interesting edition of CEN (17 April).The of the numbersof pastoral visit in the 60years Ritchie. Your article (17 questions raised by the Rev Dr Angus Ritchie on page 9were unemployed, of the since my coming to a firm April) helps people to surely put into focus, if not actually answered, by the parallel foolishnessinforcing biblically based Christian appreciatethat thechurch news items on page 3. excellent polytechnicsinto commitment.Aprevious vicar could indeed prophetically The BishopofBuckingham continues on his crusade of university status producing ofthe sameparishsaid hedid model‘Good Disagreement’ destroying the authority of theBible concerning sexual degrees that were useless in not have time to visit homes. or‘Generous Diversity’ to behaviour,our understanding of what constitutes authentic theworkingenvironment? Thirty plus years ofmy thesecular cultureatlarge, I marriage, and the required standards and discipline required He cites the Bishopsas working life was spent wonder,however what the of those in Holy Orders whilst our fellow Anglicans abroad stating thatwehave become visitingparents intheir great manyMainstream consider answering the great need of themany faithful afundamentallyunequal homesfollowing up child Anglicans willdoin response Christians in our land appalled at the current antics of some society-ishe not amember welfare issues. Withindays of to this. Will a Reform of clergy and at least one minor bishop. of that society withhis commencing this rolethe ‘marriage’have animpacton Christians with same-sex attraction need the friendship and university education andan value of visiting people in Canon Lawandliturgythat supportoffellow Christians but this does not allow for the intellect that the vast their homes became evident. will indeedtake many years destruction of the clear biblical teaching concerning sexual majority,including myself,do Pastoralvisits are of workingthrough. activity and relationships, and Bishop Wilson would surely be notpossess? invaluable. There must be awayin better employed listening to those Christians who have this There seemstobe a culture Reg Lobb, which conversations are attraction but who live celibate lives in obedience to God’s of envyanddisparagementof Stanwell Park NSW ‘nourishingandgenerous’ revealed Word. anything that is creative. That andyet there must also be Alan Minchin, is not Christiananditis not some kind of conclusion on Stratfordupon Avon honest. Those whodisagree #0// 1-$ ($++-)& $( with this attitude are not 0.(".%0.! &20( +*+") this issue thatisgoingto &- +)0(-. '2*+/*0.(, take a great deal of prayerful parasites nor are welazy L?*"K''OK'7'<) *;:!'7;%6"!7 working out. Are we finally insights” or interpretations Dishonest election? bastards. The people of the <'K7:?:'8 6; 28!7;< 5"?:M?!<7B ‘accepting’or‘affirming’ – can alter that, whatever this Sir, AlanStorkeyheads his State have rights and they are K"; #8'?6MG ?::8'*!?6' "?3!<# there is some difference confused culture maysay. article ‘the dishonest election’ right toexercise them. 74!6?>M' M!6'8?648' 6; "?<) ;46B there. Mrs SWilson, and thenproceeds to lambast Howeverthe State has a >'*?47' :8!7;<'87 "?3' 6; RachelMarszalek Tandragee, CoArmagh those who do not share his mouth and astomach with 7:'<) 7; =4*" 6!=' !< 6"'!8 *'MM7@ Viaemail politicalviews. He statesthat which to swallow and digest -' "?3' ?MK?G7 >''< #M?) 6; the storybeing told about the them, which it willsurely do ); 6"!7B >46 6"' :;76?#' *;767 Electionresources economyislargely amirage. unless it is restrained in the "?3' '7*?M?6') ;3'8 6"' G'?87B creationof2million powersitpossesses. Alan ?<) K' <'') "'M: 6; *;<6!' =;76 #8?6'%4M %;8 global envoy for religious KLICE. Your readersmay freedom,amirage? He says );46!;' 7'<6 that thefirst part of that aseries of13articles is not honest. Really? Where Pastoral visits 6;N ."' L)!6;8B sentence was that theywould appearingsince December resources were spent in such Sir,Asan 81-year-old I am ."' 5"48*" ;% L<#M?<) appointaninternational 2014 offering theological aprofligate manner as to today experiencing surprise E'K7:?:'8B LGBT rights envoy. reflectionsonall the main cause thethen Chief and shock.Today Ireceived +& H8'?6 5;MM'#' /68''6B So the views of the LGBT Britishpoliticalparties, on Secretary to the Treasury to my firstever pastoral visit F;<);< /-+2 (0, D*"'94'7 :?G?>M' 6; )-1!(!%+1 , 1.6 percentofthe population the party system and on leaveamessage to his fromtheRectorofthe Sydney
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Naïve liberalism is causingdamagingeffects The horror of boatloads of migrants from Libya capsizing is becom- ing aregular occurrence. Colonel Gaddafi, former ruler of Libya, had warned the West thathecouldturnonthe tap of immigrants whenever he wished to. He was another dictator of aMuslim coun- trytoppled by westernairpower,and the result has been to turn thatcountryinto afailedstateofwarring tribesand factions. ISIS now has afoothold thereand has murdered Ethiopian Christians in The decline of the most brutal fashion. While Muammar Gaddafi was indeedadictator,his removalby westernpower mustnow be seen as adreadful mistake with ghast- ly outcomes. It seemed the nice thing to do, to bomb the dictator’s forces while committing no ground troops, but this ‘nice’ idea led to hat’s fine, for you caneasily become something mass bloodshed and disaster. ChristianlseinexttMondayymorning. Iraq is not now anice liberal democracy,moreaShia-dominated PETERMULLEN Thechoices arelimitless. Except not quite. state, with Sunnis alienated –helping the rise of the demonic ISIS. The one thingthat is taboo –you might say it is Under SaddamChristians wererelatively secure, and the Muslim the new and theonly mortal sin –isto objectto women of Basra could dress as they wished, but such freedoms are In fivedecades, Imust startwith acorrection. this moral chaos. (Sorry, Imean of course this now obliterated. Religionisinterminal decline all across Europe liberating new gospel of diversity). Assad, dictator of what was Syria, is indeed undemocratic and and particularly in Britain according to anew If youclaim that your traditional Christian brutal, so the West chose to helpinsurgents weaken his power,but report. Tenyears ago, only three per cent of morality and your conscience prevent your now the region is ahell on earth, again with ISIS free to do as it British people described themselves as having agreeing to accommodate homosexuals in your pleases. Westernpoliticians seem to assume that to uproot anasty no religion; now the proportion is 50 per cent and B&B, then I’m afraid you will lose your B&B. Or secular dictator will bring out alovely westernliberal democracy, amongthe under-25s it is two thirds –ademo- if you oppose homosexual “marriage” you will and not an equally nasty religious regime. The mass ‘don’t want to graphic that spells death for the church. incur thewrath of the commissars of the new knowthe scoreand look away now’. Murder ofChristians in that But hereismycorrection: religion is not in social dictatorship. All opinions areallowed – partofthe world has been moreorless ignored by the West. decline in Britain or in Europe generally,but except that which clings to theChristian teach- Eireisholding areferendum on gay marriage, and Mary Christianity is. Islam is thriving. The report’s ing of the last 2,000 years. McAleese, former president, is arguing that this is needed to help findingsare an update on the figures recorded in Everyone is permitted freedom of conscience – ‘gay children’ be happy in the future. But thereisnoevidence that the 2011 census. This revealed that, owing to except Christians, who arenot allowed to have a children areborngay,and thereisahuge social constructive massive immigration over the last 10 years, there conscience. Therehas been arevolution and the aspect involved. So such amove will add strength to the state con- has been a75per cent increase in the Muslim secularising diversity-mongers have wonit. It is a ditioning and creating ‘gay children’ and adults –again rigorous population since theprevious census. In those fait accompli, adone deal supported by all politi- investigation is being omitted for the need to appear nice and toler- years alone, afurther 600,000 Muslims immigrat- cal parties and policed by the new secular author- ant. ed to Britain. So that 10 per cent of the under-25 itarians. No use moaning about this.The old LordNeuberger,President of our Supreme Court, population in Britain is now Muslim. Moreover, order–including Christianity –has been over- hasgiven alectureinwhich he advocates witnesses almost half of British Muslims arethemselves thrown. The counter-cultureisthe culturenow. being allowedtowear thefull Arabic face veil in court, below the age of 25. Now,inthe face of this unrelenting, savage, as this will help to make them feel comfortableand at By contrast,nearly aquarter of British Chris- secularising assault on Christian faith and prac-

nt home. This surely is classic naïve liberalism, giving mul- tians areover 65, and their average age is nearly tice, you would imagine that the church might ticulturalist favours to areligious group despite it being twice that of the Muslim population. At the most protest and even resist, as the saints and martyrs against the interests of full transparency and truth in the recent count, therewere1,743 mosques in did of old. But instead, what do we find? Only that process of assessing witness veracity.Janet Street Britain. In the next 10 years there will be many the church, so farfromresisting secular innova- Porter on ITV’s popular Loose Women programme more. Meanwhile churches areclosing almost as tions, vigorously supports them. rejected LordNeuberger’s idea,and addedthat it took fast as the pubs. So, as anation, we arenot It was Archbishop Rowan Williams, no less, the cause of women backwards, undoing the work of becoming less religious, only less Christian. who, in one of his lastpronouncements before the suffragettes. Why is the Christian faith in catastrophic his retirement, declared: “The church has alot of Rowan Williams is arguing that women teachers in decline in Britain? It can’t be because we don’t catching up to do with secular mores.” Forgive mme schools be allowed to teach in what must be scaryArab have enough bishops: thereare twice as many me if Inow repeat the comment Imade at the garb to children –yet morewell-meaning but crazy lib- bishops in Britain today than therewereinthe time, “So, Dr Williams, we shouldcatch up with eral emotivism. Naïve liberalism is blighting UK politics 19th centurywhen aquar- secular mores? 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hristian Vocations has set out the criteria for a‘good mission BMS World Mission offers short-termplacements, which can be Gtrip’,owhethersthatp’s withinethe UlKorovermseas. essanythingafromgafewemonths, upcto twoeyears. Anynplacementrtwillal to C also be accompanied by aweek of cross-cultural training at the The key is a‘gospel-based agenda’, and aChristianpartnership, International Mission Centre, the mission-training department of the whereone canlook passed differences of location, wealth and BMS. These trainingweeks areheld in March, July and November. cultureand see equality among Christian brothers andsisters, If you want aplacement on thecontinent, then the European learning fromthem, as others will from you. Christian Mission (ECM) might be for you. The ECM describes Theoptions arecountless, but youmight startbyconsidering themselves as an interdenominationalmission. They plant churches GOfest 2015 in Buckinghamshire,the UK’s largest mission-focused in Europe and work across 21 countries, together with existing festival, running from 19-21 June. Churches. Currently,they have projects launched in an Arab Baptist Thefocus for this year’s festival is the Gospel and how itisworked Church in Belgium, theChiesa Evangelica in Italy and Claremorris out aroundthe world. Speakers will include James Hudson Taylor in Ireland, along with ahost of other setups. IV.Jamiebecame Field Director of Chinese Ministries after being If you arelooking for awell-established mission centrewithin the relocated to Hong Kong, andhas since served OMF’sChinese UK, then Operation Mobilisation (OM) might be for you. OM’s Ministries working on cross-cultural mission. mission tagline is ‘Mission at the Heartofthe Church and the Other speakers include Executive Director of theTheological Church at the Heartofthe Community’. The short-termmission’s Commission for theWorldEvangelicalAlliance, Rosalee Velloso- department organises regional community outreach programmes, Ewell and Dr Joseph D’Souza, Bishop and Moderatorofthe Good such as sports outreach and teaching,within interreligious ShepherdChurch andits Associated Ministries, among others. communities. OM has an ‘ethnic ministry’ focus, which seeks to Trained, experienced staff will also be on hand in the ‘Vocationzone’, sharethe Bible with cross-faith communities. along with 30 different agencies represented in the exhibition Theatreand the Arts also have aplacewithin the mission grounds. community.Riverside Performing Arts offers its missioners an Short-termservice opportunities can varyaccording to location, opportunity to develop their performance abilities as well as serve but also include your skill set and interest. One of the major the Churchthroughperformance. The Christian TheatreCompany opportunity providers areWycliffe Bible Translators, so if linguistics is currently taking applications for its 2015-2016 Performing Arts areyour thing, you may want to find out what they havetooffer you. Course, anine-month, full-time discipleship programme, which it Wycliffe supports over 300 people involved in Bibletranslation runs annually from October to June. around the world. Wycliffe’s mission is to have Bible translation Participants will learnChristian discipleship and forwardtheir programmes initialised in everylanguage by 2015 through it’s series Christian faith, as well as engaging with theatreperformance. of partnerships in over 100 affiliated organisations worldwide, part Short-termministryhas oftenbeen thought of as an overseas of the Wycliffe Global Alliance. placement, but thereisalso arangeofopportunities within one’s If you arelooking for something based in disaster relief, thenthe own hometown. The Abernethy operates four outdoor adventure centres in Scotland to sharethe Good News; the London City Mission provides training and achance to develop inner city mission and UK agency,Meco, is ateam of people who mobilize people to serve and pray for the Middle East. ThTTthebiiggggeesstttfacactot of The Education Charity (TLG) puts education at thecentreofits UK-based mission, working in partnership with churches to supportyoung ChChrriiststiaiannwwiittnenessss inin peopleintheir schooling. Thereare ahost of online guides to help you makeyour short-termmission choice, whether BrBrititaiainandndIIrreleland you areastudent, achurch group, new to ministryorjust looking to serve in Christian fellowship, therewill be something for you. Christian witness

Rithaghtnow,uptfand downigthehtscountry,churpoch membersvearecomingrtytogether in readiness for Christian Aid Week (10-16 May). No wonder this annual event hashad aprofound impact on the faith of so many,considering that Christian Aid has been dropping little redenvelopes through people’s front doors since 1957. The mass pilgrimage of so many of the faithful onto the streets wheretheir friends and neighbours live is thebiggestact of Christian witnessinBritain and Ireland. Hereisthe church, turning out come rain or shine, not for itself, but collecting for our brothers and sisters in need in places wherewemay never go, but which westill careabout. Even now,75per centofthe money raised during Christian Aid Week comes fromthese house-to-house collec- tions. This year,our walking the streets may remind us of Loko, who lives in rural Ethiopia, and walks for eight hours aday to collect firewood in order to earn enough to feed her children. With your help, Christian Aid partners aregiving cows to the poorest women in these places, women like Loko. This gives women abetter way to make aliving, but also raises their standing in the eyes Hlou of their neighbours and gives them avoice in their society. Christian Aid Week changes lives for people in churches in the UK and for people living in poverty around the world. Former Archbishop of Canterbury 101 0––1616 MMAAY o? Rowan Williams reminds us that ‘the vision of Christian Aid is something cen- tral to what it is to being aChristian, to being ahumaninthe world we inhabit caweek.org today’. For moreinspiration, visit caweek.orgtofind all the resources you 11 need to organise aneighbourhood collection as well as an abundance of other ©Chi iAid Ail1Ph Ch ii AidJ fundraising ideas. People makeChristian Aid Week happen –please join us.

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Come young, Lee Abbey has opportunities for ... come old! Administration Team members LizDiskin, whocoordinates short-term teamsfor LatinLink, discovers there House Team members arenobarriers to being amissionary

What comes to mind when you hear theword‘missionary’? ASuper-Chris- Youth &Childrens Team members tian, who’s got it all sorted, knows the Bible offbyheart,and is confidentin single-handedly changing the world? ThemoreIwork in mission, the more Kitchen Team members Isee that’s acommon misconception thatexcludes many from participating in God’sexciting work across the Estate Team members world. However,this isn’t the only misconception… Lee Abbey has somes exciting 1yeareaar or 3months “I’mtoo old!” Many people Ispeak to about short- innovative openopenings,ings, and we are lolookingooking for term mission say,“I’mtoo old, Ihave nothing to give!” We’ve seen mixed- people who have the skills to join us! age teams and older teams enriched by havingpeople withmorelife expe- This Easter,Latin Link has sent out Could God be calling you to the challenging aand enriching rienceon-board. People in their 60s two Step short-termteams. One has and70s offer awealth of practical and gone to Peruinpartnership with Craft experience of CommCommunityunity life? Lee Abbey is set in a280 acre professional skills –and can get along- Aid International.The youngest team estate on the stunnistunningng North Devon coast. TThe package side people of similar ages in Latin member is 13; most areintheir 70s. America. All areusing their experience with includes accommodation, allowances and ongoing training. crafts to build asocial enterprise to To receive thehffullll jobbbkbddescriptionescription pack ffor ananyny offhthe aboveb “I’m too young!” givepeople with disabilities achance Others exclude themselves because to earnaliving.The other team has contact: they feel they’retoo young and have gone to CostaRica: their youngest nothing to offer –noforeign-language member is 18, the oldest 75. Personnel, Lee Abbey, Lynton, North Devon EX35 6JJ. skills, or no experience in preaching, We need both young and old in mis- teaching or leading ayouth group. sion. We all have something to offer: Tel: 01598 754250 Email: [email protected] But young people bring an enthusi- we just need to be available to God! asm and energy that’s contagious. To find out more about LatinLink’s www.leeabbey.org.uk/devon They see opportunities and show cre- short-termteams, visit www.latin- ativity in meeting needs. link.org.uk/step

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She believes that the overall UK organicmarket should break the £2billion barrier in 2016. Another recent news storysaid that women over 50 arenow the biggest buyers of beauty products andI would certainly hope that those women arelooking to find the most natural and most effective products. Of course luxuryisimportant too: gone arethe days JaneyLee Grace when it was ok for natural products to have poor pack- aging andlook inferior,thereisagrowing trendfor products that look and behave equally as good as their conventional competitors. Live Healthy! Live Happy! Ican honestly say Ihave now found literally bril- liant, effective, affordable alternatives to absolutely everything. Thereisnoneed to compromise any- more, no need to Britain turns to organic products say… ‘Oh Isim- The UK and Europe’s biggest Natural and Organic Prod- Organic Market. ply can’t find any- ucts showhappened lastweekend in London and it was Initiatives like Organic Week and ‘Natural and Organic thing that is as interesting to note the huge rise in the success of thenat- ProductsEurope’ really helped to move natural and good as my L’O- ural and organic industry, especiallyinthe natural skin- organic beauty into the mainstreamand enable more real, ormyClar- careand beauty sector. consumers to discover the benefits. ins’ –yes you When Iwrote my first book Imperfectly Natural At one time it was onlythose who wereveryeco-con- absolutely can! Woman,(which was anumber one Amazon best-seller) scious ornaturally mindedthat sought out natural and Check out my about eight years ago,therewereonly ahandfulofnatu- organic products, but interestingly Emma Reinhold from recommenda- ral make-up brands and notmany moreorganic and nat- the Soil Association saidthat:“Leading organicbrands tions on my web- ural skincarebrands; now the choice is huge. arealso increasingly looking beyond the environmental- site: Sales of certified organic healthand beauty products in ly conscious coreconsumers that originally drove the www.imperfect- the UK increased by 20 per cent in 2014 to £44.6million, market, to appeal to awider,less ideologically driven lynatural.com. according to arecent reportbythe Soil Association’s public looking for morenatural products thatwork.” Doing God in America Gaycelibacy DavidCameron may be the only politicalleader in Britain who is ready to call Wesley Hill is establishing himself as thespokesperson forgay Christians who himselfaChristian but the American presidential contest will see anumber of areopen about their orientation but say they arecalled to acelibate lifestyle. believers campaigning for the White House. HillaryClinton is alife-long Methodist Hill first spoke out in Washed and Waiting: ReflectionsonChristian Faithfulness who stayed in touch with Rev Don Jones, the youth pastor who influenced her in and Homosexuality. Now he haspublished abook this month, Spiritual her teenage years, until he died in 2009. Possible challenger for theDemocratic Friendship,which offers apositive view of celibacy for gay and lesbian nomination, Michael O’Malley,isaCatholic who has been labelled as a‘Pope Christians. Raised aSouthernBaptist, Hill felt drawn to Anglicanism and was Francis Democrat’. Republican ranks arecrammed with committed Christians. Jeb confirmed by Justin Welby while he was studying foraPhD at Durham Bush is aconverttoCatholicism who takes his faith veryseriously.ScottWalker, University.Back in the US, heteaches at Trinity School for Ministry. Hill says the Governor of Wisconsin, is the son of aBaptist pastor and an evangelical. But he is waryabout being held up as a‘poster boy’ for atraditional Christian view perhaps the most interesting spiritual biography belongs to Marco Rubio, the of marriage and sexual ethics. “My storyissimply one person’s storyand charismatic young senator from Florida who has already announced his candidacy. shouldn’t be considered apattern to which aChristian who experiences same- The son of Cuban immigrants he was baptised aCatholic but converted to the sex attraction should conform,” he says in an interview with Christianity Today. Latter Day Saints and spent three years as adevout Mormon. As an adult he But Hill is convinced that the church has to give aclear ‘Yes’ to gay people and became an evangelical and joined aBaptist megachurch in Miami, which is strong not just anegative message. He quotes Roman Catholic Ronald Rolheiser’s view on exorcism, Young Earth creationism and denial of evolution. It alsohas an anti- that the central organ of love is the human heart, not the genitals. Friendship is homosexual hiring policy.Rubio hasgiven $50,000 to this church and still attends aformoflove that is opentoall, married or single. Hill says he accepts services but he has now returned to hisCatholic roots and says he values the traditional church teaching on sexuality but is still working to understand it, to sacraments. Although Rubio has not taken apublic position on demon possession see its beauty and rationale and live it in alife-enhancing way.InBritain or exorcism he has been reluctant to openly reject creationism. Vaughan Robertsand the websiteLiving Out werepioneers of the approach Hill istaking. It is an approach that deserves more supportfromthe churches.

At the Hustings Going with the flow Hustings have been taking place in churches all over Britain. Even cathedrals have got in on theact with Bradford, Derby,Lichfield, Manchester andPortsmouth all Two younggay menwho featuredonHillary Clinton’sdocumentary involved. A CEN hack decided to go to the hustings held in Streatham, South announcingher candidacyfor the WhiteHouse haveinvited hertotheir London, sponsoredbythe local churches and held in theBaptistChurch. Shadow wedding. Until recently Clintonfavouredastate-by-state decision on same-sex business secretaryand former Southwark Cathedral choir boy,Chuka Umunna, weddings.Obama did notcomeout in favour beforehis 2008election is defending the seatand one of thepeople who wants to take it from him is bid.It’s safe to saythis is anissueonwhich most politicianshave JonathanBartley,founder and co-director of the liberal Christian think tank gonewith theflow (David Cameron being braverthan mostin Ecclesia. Also taking partinthe hustings wereaLib Dem, aTory, aUkip defyingalarge section of his party). Politicians usually bend with candidate and acandidate from the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition. thewind butpeople expectconviction from churchleaders, The socialist representative had plenty to say but thehustings soon whichmakes it a pitythat Bishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon’s developed into abattle between Chuka and Jonathan. Bartleyhad the appointmentasSecretary General of the ACC has attracted advantage in that the audience of over 150 seemed to be largelymade so much criticism. Do churchleadersalways haveto up on his supporters, all anxious to attack austerity.The two reflect the fashionable view or are they allowed to stay candidates wereastudy in opposites. Jonathan worejeans and an true to their conscience?Idowu-Fearon has denied openneck shirt; Chuka was immaculately attired in abeautifully supporting thecriminalising of homosexuals and US tailoredsuit and although he took his jacket off, he kepthis tie PresidingBishop Katherine Jefferts Schori hasgiven on. Jonathanwas the first togofor the jugular withanallegation him her support, saying he has workedhard to get thatChuka had received £170,000 to help runhis office from people of different views to talk to each other.Aformer Price Waterhouse (infamous for advising on tax avoidance)but editorofthis paper, Philip Crowe, rightlyfailedinabid Chuka hitback by reminding Jonathan that while he now wants to get General Synodtoimpose aban on ordainingor to nationalise therailways he onceadvised the Tory politician Whispering appointing to highofficeanyoneopposedtothe

who privatised them. Bartley (who worked for John Major’s The Gallery ordination of women. Candidatesfor office shouldbe leadership campaign) admitted he has been on ajourney. committedtodialogueand to trying to hold the church Final result was adraw: Jonathan 1, Chuka 1. together butthey areentitled to respect for their own conscientiously heldviews.

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I’ve often complained about Liverpool take on Blackburn immigrant vessels thereby View from the Pew the increasing problem of Rovers’. reducing their number.The oversensitive offence-taking Now when the words ‘Twit- trouble is that thereisnoreal and the modern-day enthusi- ter’ and ‘storm’ come together comparison. The vessels on asm for playing the victim. in anynews story, you know the Mediterranean on which These characteristics aredis- thatthe barrel is truly being people arebeing packed by played on social media ad nau- scraped. In reality,this storyis unscrupulous traffickers are seam, and it is one of the main the equivalent of aman in a verydifferent. So is the des- reasons why Ican’t bear to pub after afew drinks saying peration of those fleeing vio- GAFCONmakes spend too muchtime on either something offensive. It lence in Libya and Syria. Facebook or Twitter. deserves no attention and no The answer to Katie Hop- But last Wednesday when I publicity.Silly and offensive kins’ brazen self-publicity is to fewer ripples checked out the Daily Tele- thingswill be said all the time ignoreher rather than to hiss graph websiteIwas aston- by drunkards, scoundrels and andrail at her everyoutrage. The Global Anglican FutureConference, otherwise known as ished to see two stories that the feeble-minded and no one Without all the faux offence GAFCON, has come and gone without making the blindest bit of dif- should never have got past an should spend their timetaking shewould struggle to gain an ference to the average Anglican. attentive news editor.One trivial offence. audience in her local parish I have become much less confident in the ability of all these prolif- storywas headlined ‘Aus- Itend to think that should be magazinelet alone the Sun erating acronyms and movements to do anythingtosteady the course tralian mother attacked by the attitude of most readers newspaper. of the Anglican Communion, mainly because it seems to me that itis Facebook friends over con- towards mostnewspaper com- already broken and fragmented. The last thing we now need is further stant baby posts’. The story mentators, especially the kind proliferation and whereIagree with GAFCON is that this must be was about aspat between a who seek to provoke and based on orthodoxy rather than heterodoxy. group of friends over avery shock, rather thanadvance a I believe that the GAFCON approach is undermining the small proud mum who kept posting serious argument. measureofunitythat remains in the Anglican Communion rather over-enthusiastic pictures and The Sun columnist, Katie than enhancing it. details of her baby’s develop- Hopkins,who owes her fame Furthermore, the movement is hindering the ministryofthe Arch- ment. It is truly bizarre that a solely to reality television bishop of Canterbury, who Ifirmly believe, has to be given achance slight disagreement between appearances on The Appren- to play his partinrestoring the health of the Communion. The suburbanfriends on the other tice, isacase in point. In the GAFCON approach is overly judgemental and thereforehypocritical. side of the world merits any past she has said variously Thereismuchcriticism of developments in westerndemocracies attention whatsoever in a sneeryand offensive things so suchas‘gay marriage’ but silence about the reprehensible and British newspaper. itshould comes as no surprise renewed breaching of the rights of sexual minorities in parts of the Another storythat, though thatinapretty malicious col- Middle East and Africa. moreserious, had the same umn she describes the While Iwholly shareits view on gay marriage, itisutterly indefen- elementoftriviality was head- Mediterranean migrants as siblefor amovement like this to tolerate criminalisation and victimi- lined ‘Muslim men branded ‘cockroaches’ and advocates sation of homosexuals –something that thankfully we, in the UK, left “disgrace” for praying at sending gunships rather than behind with Wolfenden in the1960s. Anfield’. The storywas intro- the coastguard. She claims to Sadly,some of the Primates of GAFCONhave supported new laws duced with the standfirst: be makingaserious argument making the life of homosexuals in countries like Nigeria and Uganda ‘Stephen Dodd causes storm based on her advocacy of an absolutely intolerable and dangerous. after allegedly tweeting pic- Australianapproach to the Just as Ibelieve we must supportpersecuted Christians so we must tureoftwo solicitorsworship- issue in which Tony Abbott’s Katie Hopkins standalongside all those who face oppression. That includes those ping during half-time break as government has faced-off who we may sometimes disagree with.

BobHoMayo wboredomfor thecdayaandnhasking for God’selpblessing oournwhat we Borpraedom is creativeyeand prayerrlisifsubveersive because weregoing to doanyhow.Our cravings as ahuman each imagines how things could be different to how There is something compelling about athoroughly being don’t become prayer just because it is Godweask they now are. Iowe much of my creativity to long prayed-in life. One such person was my lovelyspiritual to attend to them. melancholic boring holidays as achild. director Ruth Etchells. Inthe weeks beforeshe died Thereismoretoprayer thansimplychatting to Jesus It is simple to workthrough the list of those for whom she talkedabout her life being shot through with lovely as afriend. The essence of prayer is to let Jesus pray in one wants to pray and to exhaust one’s oxygen of ideas. grace. The qualities of discipline, perseverance and us and to take us into the veryheartofGod, the Father. Itisthen easy to feel that that my prayers aredone and patience(Romans 5:4) needed for alife of prayer do not Just as Jesus empties himself out of love for us, we in to conclude. Aperiod of low-level boredom is an invita- fit naturally with atask-driven society. return empty ourselves, we push away the selfish tiontopray for longer and workone’s way through to In aparish thereare always jobs to be done-bills desires and the limiting images that crowd into our thegentleness and peace of God. need to be paid, emails to be answered and people to be heads, we make room, we empty our minds and hearts Boredom is curious and creative. It is looking for visited. As aparish priest Ican find my prayer life easily so that the love of God can fill them. something morethan what is immediately available. ignored and my spirituality becoming quickly arid. The RS Thomas described prayer as being like gravel John Wesley travelled 250,000 miles on horseback danger of making avirtue out ofworking hardisthat flung at the sky’s window hoping to attract the loved averaging 20 miles aday for 40 years. He preached busyness becomes aquality to be admired. The idea of one’s attention. 40,000 sermons, produced 400 books, andknew 10 lan- praying without ceasing (1 Thess 5:16-18) becomes one Isit silently in thechurch for half an houratthe start guages. At 83 he was annoyed that he couldn’t write for moretask on alist of things to be done. of the day in order to push back the busyness that clam- more than 15 hours aday without hurting his eyes and When my prayer life is squeezed Ifall into atrap of ours for my attention and to create space in my mind for at 86hewas ashamed that he could not preach more busyness and self-pity.Iend up feeling that however the Holy Spirit. “If we really want to pray,” said TS Eliot, thantwice aday.Hecomplained in his diarythat there much Idoisnot enough. Reading the scriptures and let- “we must first learntolisten, for in the silence of the wasanincreasing tendency to lieinbed till 5.30am. I ting Jesus pray in me is alengthy and often verytough heart, God speaks”. have so much to do that Imust spend several hours in process by which my selfish thoughts, ideas and ideals Once away from words Ifeel morefluent with silence prayer beforeIcan do it. arebrought in tune with God’s perfect self. and solitude. TS Eliot talked of how wordsstrain, crack To pray is to know joy and despair in equal measure. and sometimesbreak, under the burden.Hetalked of Bob Mayo is the Vicar of St Stephen and St Thomas We areblessed when we mournand we areblessed how when an underground train, in the tube, stops too Shepherds Bush with St Michael and St George White when we arejoyful (Matt 5:4 and Psalm 89:15). Ipray to long between stations and the conversation rises and City. change my feelings, not God’s mind. Ipray to be slowly fades into silence. @RevBobMayo Martha inaction but Maryinattitude (Luke 10:38-42). During my times of prayer Ican be easily bored or www.ststephensw12.org There is moretoprayer than simply listing the tasks distracted. Boredom is agateway to arich praying. [email protected]

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In fact it appears that as theygave themselves to loving God, so they also began to love each other.As Christ Church,Rio de Janeiro the pastor of achurch one of the things Ilove most is (Brazil) when new people come into our church, and they are blown away by the way people love and carefor each Chaplain Going other.Itreminds me of what earlyChristian author Tertullian said of the early church: ‘see how these ICStogether with SAMS/CMS offer an exciting opportunity to reach out in mission to an international people love one another’. congregation in South America If, as we give ourselves to loving God, we also give ourselves to loving each other,this is amessage that RiodeJaneiro is avibrant metropolis, and its preparations for guests will hear louder and clearer than any sermon! hosting the Olympic Games in 2016 are enhancing its If we will live together, love together,eat together dynamic personality and its natural beauty. back and sharetogether,asthey did inActs 2, then Iwon- In this background, we seek an experienced, spiritually der if we also might see people being added to our mature, ordained Anglican Priest of moderate evangelical number daily.Many people inour over-connected conviction to lead this long-established English-speaking church. society arehungryfor real relationships,for places wherethey canknow and be known, and they should He/she will need excellent Bibleteaching, pastoral and find that inour churches. interpersonal skills, as well as the abilitytoadapt to different traditions and cultures. The ability to learn and speak It strikes me also however,that as the early church Portuguesewill be essential for integration intothe BytEdwaord Hobbslove gave themselves to loving God, and loving each community andfor maintaining strong relationships with New Wine other,they werenever content to just stay in their local churches. holy huddle, theywerealways looking for ways to Thepackage includes astipend net of local taxes, home leave, At the startofthis year as achurch, we went back to love others. Yes, they came together,they wor- rent-free vicarage and the usual expenses of office, car and basics. We asked the questions: why arewehere? shipped, they encouragedeach other,but then they health insurance. Assistance with children’seducation locally What arewefor? It’s so easyfor big, old, traditional went out withamission; to takethe good news of is available. The church will be the employer. organisations, like the church,tojust exist because what had changed their lives,and to see it change Website: www.christchurchrio.org.br they exist. Through history, and over time, we lose the lives of others too. Application pack from: sight of who we are, and what we arefor.We’retoo All too easily our churches can become introspec- Jeannette Skuse on 024 –7646 3940 or [email protected] well established to cease to exist, we just stop being tive. They can become about the building,the wor- Closingdate: Monday 11 May 2015 and doing what we weredesigned to be and to do. ship, the liturgy,about us getting our ‘God-fix’ so we Interview: 1June 2015 So with the help of two passages, Luke 10:27 (The feel good about ourselves, when they aretobeabout Greatest Commandment) andActs 2:42-47 (The Fel- God, about his kingdom, and about helping others to Enhanced Disclosure required. lowship of the Believers) we decided it was pretty find their place in it. If we aretolive up to the chal- Informal enquirieswelcome. simple: love God, love each other and love others. If lenge ofArchbishop William Temple, we need to we could refocus at the startofthe year on those make our churches exist for the benefit of those who things, then maybe we could be morethe church arenot yet members! that God wants us to be. And if we truly areseeking to love God with heart, LoveGod –it’s an obvious placetostart! Church soul, mind and strength, we then can only be turned should be aplace, and an environment, that helps us outwards to love our neighbours as ourselves (Luke to love God, with heart, soul,mind and strength. If 10:27). that is what we are to be about as Christians, church So that’s howwestarted the yearatStAndrew’s, should help us to do it. It should help us to love God reminding ourselves who we are, and what we are Youth Missioner; more. Do youcome away from church loving God for.Itformedour New Year’s resolution as achurch. St James’Church, Clitheroe more? It’s certainly something we aregoing to have to Acts 2says the early church, as they sought to love come back to;loving God, loving each other,and lov- •Are youpassionate to see God’skingdom come on earth as it is in and follow God’s call on theirlives, devoted them- ing others. But if we could do thatconsistently over heaven? selves to the wordofGod, to fellowship,tothe break- thenext year,and the coming years, Itruly believe •Have youled young people to Christ? ing ofbread andtoprayer.This wasn’t something our lives, our church, andour town would be radical- •Would youliketosee atowntransformed? •Can youdisciple young people and encouragethem to be witnesses? peripheral to their lives: they weredevoted to it. In ly changed. •Would youliketobepartofavibrantchurchwith abig vision and factsodevoted thatthey got together daily to partofasupportiveteam? encourage each other. If the answer to these questions is “yes” then youmay be the person And astheysought God, and welcomed thepres- EdwardHobbs is vicar of St Andrew’sCullompton, we arelooking for. ence of his Spirit,those potentially dryingredients of and leads aNew Wine Leaders Network Groupin Bible, prayer,sacraments and fellowship areclearly East Devon Building on over 10 yearsofyouth ministry we arenow seeking a Youth worker with specific outreachgifts to join St James’ staffteam. Formoredetails ring Mark on 07872550230 Foranapplication packvisit www.stjamesclitheroe.co.uk Closing Date: 11th May2015. Startdate: as soon as possible, but we will wait forthe rightperson Thereisanoccupation requirement that applicants areofthe Christian Faith

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nd Bishopstone (Chichester). Foundation Trust (Norwich), CHALLENGE The Rev Russell Stagg, retired on30August, 2014, BIBLE romLondonDiocese -tobe remaining as Associate Priest, ANGLICAN CYCLE OF PRAYER Priest in Charge: Roffey,All Roughton (Benefice). aints (Chichester). The Rev JohnFaraday, Day 115 –IISamuel 16-18, Friday 24 April. Psalm 78:56-64, Num.12:10-16.New Guinea The Rev Peter Thorn, Team Rector of Gorton and Psalm 95, Acts 10 Islands,(Papua New Guinea): The Rt RevAllan Migi Priest-in-Charge of Abbey Hey,has become Day 116 –IISamuel 19-21, Saturday 25April. Psalm75,Num.13:1-20.NewHampshire - Barham/Claydon, Henley and Assistant Curate of Gorton and Psalm 96, Acts 11 (I, The EpiscopalChurch):TheRtRev Robert Hirschfeld Great Blakenham, has been Abbey Hey (Manchester) and Day 117 –Enjoy hearing the Sunday 26 April. Easter 4. Psalm78:65-72, Num. 13:21-31. New appointed NSM House for Duty will retireon31May 2015. Scriptures read aloud in church Jersey -(II, The Episcopal Church):The Rt Rev WilliamStokes Priest for St John Flixton The Rev Ian Gomersall, Day 118 –IISamuel 22-24, Monday27April. Psalm 45:1-4,6-7, Rev. 2:1-7. New (Manchester). is standing down as Area Dean Psalm 97, Acts 12 Westminster-(British Columbia&the Yukon, Canada): TheRt The Rev Vincent Craig Whit- of Ardwick Deanerywith effect Day 119 –IKings 1-3, Psalm RevMelissa Skelton worth, from 30 June 2015. He will 98, Acts 13 Tuesday28April. Psalm 101,Rev.3:1-6. NewYork - (II,The has been appointed Area Dean remain Incumbent of St Day 120 –IKings 4-6, Psalm Episcopal Church): The RtRev Andrew Dietsche; Suffragan of Bolton. Thisisinaddition to Chrysostom Victoria Park 99, Acts 14 Bishop of New York - (II, The Episcopal Church): The Rt Rev his post as Associate Minister (Manchester). Day 121 –IKings 7-9, Psalm Allen Shin at St Peter Halliwell The Rev CaroleLloyd, 100, Acts 15 Wednesday 29 April. Psalm 18:1-6, Rev. 3:7-13. Newala- (Manchester). Vicar of Swanwick and (Tanzania): The RtRevOscar Mnung’a The Rev Elizabeth Jane Pentrich,(Derby), willretire Thursday 30April. St James.The Great Psalm: 18:7-12 Rev. Wild, with effect from30th APPOINTMENTS 4:1-11. Newark-(II, The Episcopal Church): The RtRevMark Assistant Curate at St Leonard’s September,2015. Mrs Lloyd Beckwith Wollaton (Southwell and will have the Bishop ofDerby’s The Rev Adrian Aubrey- Nottingham) is to become Permission to Officiate in Jones Priest-in-Charge of the North retirement. Team Vicar,Dereham and Incumbent of Rochdale, St Augustine, Mansfield and St Cornwall Cluster of Churches The Rev Rachel Thompson, District Team Ministryhas Chad, St Maryand St Edmund, Barnabas, Pleasley Hill and leadership in Spirituality DeaneryMissioner in the been appointed to anew is to become in addition Area (Southwell and Nottingham). and theArts(Truro). Erewash Deanery, (Derby),will (additional) position as Rural Dean of Rochdale TheRev Michael John Proc- The RevLyn Woodall, resign with effect from1st May, Dean, Dereham in Mitford (Manchester). tor, has been appointed Area Dean 2015. (Norwich). The Rev Karen Hamblin, Vicar of South Cave and of Rossendale. Thisisin The Rev Keith Trivasse The Rev John Burgess, Assistant RuralDean of Ellerker with Broomfleet, is to addition to her post as retires as Associate Priest in Curate: (NSM) Westfield and Chesterfield and Team Vicar in be Rural Dean of Howden Incumbent of St Bartholomew the Benefice of Bury, Roch Guestling -tobeHfD Curate-in- the NorthWingfield Team, is to (York) for aperiod of five years Whitworth and St John the Valley (Manchester) witheffect Charge: Beckley and be Rural Dean of Chesterfield in addition to his existing Evangelist Facit (Manchester). from 1May 2015. Peasmarsh within the Benefice (Derby). responsibilities. The Rev Christopher Morri- of Brede withUdimoreand The Very Rev Dr Susan The Rev Shaun GSandham, son Woods, Beckley and Peasmarsh Jones, Vicar of Sutton Park St Andrew Priest-in-Charge of Saint Anne DEATHS (Chichester). Dean of Bangor, Diocese of and Priest in Charge of Wawne Hoxton with Saint Columba has The Rev Thomas David Bangor,has been appointed St Peter in the Bransholme, been appointed to the Vicarage The Rev Peter George Charlton, Director of Mission and Sutton Park, Sutton, and of Saint Anne Hoxton with Saint Flather, Assistant Curate, Whorlton Ministry, Diocese of Derby. Wawne Group Ministry (York), Columba, (London). Born1929; Salisbury with Carlton and Faceby,has The Rev Paul Jonathan to be Priest in Charge of the The Rev LeonardYoung, Theological College; Deacon, been appointed as Assistant Langham, Benefice of Kells, Whitehaven Priest-in-Charge of St Cross 1959. Priest, 1960. Curate, Curate of the Benefice of Eston Priest in charge of the Benefice (Carlisle). with St Paul Clayton, has been Fordingbridge with Ibsley1959- with Normanby Team Ministry of Christ Church with The Rev Reginald William appointed Incumbent of St 1963; Curate, Lyndhurst 1963- (York). Emmanuel, Clifton, (Bristol), to Sinclair, Cross with St Paul Clayton 1965; Rector,East with West The Rev Canon Chris be collated as Vicar of the said Team Vicar in the Benefice of (Manchester). Bradenham, 1965-1972; Priest- Chivers, Benefice. Atherton and Hindsfordwith in-charge, Speke All Saints Vicar of JohnKeble Church, The Rev RosemaryMurrills, Howe Bridge has been RETIREMENTS& 1972-1973; Rector,Gunthorpe Mill Hill (London) and Area from Ely Diocese —tobe appointed Team Rector inthe RESIGNATIONS with Bale 1973-1987; Priest-in- Dean of West Barnet, and priest Curate (NSM): Upper St Benefice of Atherton and charge, Sharrington 1973-1987; vicar of Westminster Abbey and Leonard’s, St John the Hindsfordwith Howe Bridge The Rev Canon Matt Barnes Priest-in-charge, Great with Chairofthe Trustees of Us Evangelist (Chichester). (Manchester). hasrelinquished his role as LittleSnoring 1977-1983; (formerly USPG) the Anglican The Rev Caroline Phillips, The Rev Trevor Smyth, Rural Dean of Chesterfield Rector, Gunthorpe with Bale mission agency,tobePrincipal, 0.5 Priest-in-Charge of St from Exeter Diocese -tobe (Derby). with Field Dalling and Westcott House. Augustine, Mansfield and St HfD Priest in Charge: The Rev Peter Chapman, Saxlingham 1987-1989; Retired The Rev Jonathan Mark Barnabas, Pleasley Hill to Bishopstone, St Andrew in the Chaplain, Queen Elizabeth 1989; Permission to Officiate, Coleman, become 0.5 VicarofSt Benefice of East Blatchington Hospital King’s Lynn NHS 1989-1999. Died 3April2015

As Thomas Huxley said on an earlier occasion: “Mathematics may be compared to amill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds your stuffofany degree of fineness; Climate changes but nevertheless, what you get out depends upon what you put in; and as the Sir,Iamnot aclimate change grandest mill in the world will not extract wheat-flour from peascod, so pages of denier but am puzzled by the formulae will not get adefinite result out of loose data.” absence of any reference to the However,the situation is even worse. Chaos theoryoriginated to do with these enormous changes that have computer models. It was asurprise to find that slight changes in the input happened to our climate over the last parameters of acomputer model or aslight tweak of the algorithm brought about few thousand years thatplainly haveno wildly unpredictable outcomes. link with human activity.One of our kings Something as insignificant as abutterfly flapping its wings on one continent could drowned in abutt of Malmsey wine (so 12th have massive hypothetical repercussions no one can predict acontinent away.In CenturyBritain was obviously much warmer) other words since no one is exactly computer modelling the global climate -even and the Stuarts drove coaches and lit bonfires running aclose approximation into the futurecan give no certainty of even an on the Thames. approximation of what to expect in the real-world outcome. Recent storms revealed petrified forests offthe North Peter Taylor is as “Green” as they come, being three decades an Environmental Pembrokeshirecoast going down 120 feet below present sea levels and theNorth Consultant to theUN, European Parliament, European Commission, etc. In his Sea was at onetime inhabited by humans. Could it be that the changes we are book: Chill: Areassessment of global warming theory (2009) he tells how areview of causing by burning fossil fuels and meremolehills on themountain of natural the satellite data pointed to long cycles associated with the oceans that were changes? unusually peaking together.Ifhis analysis is correct, then our danger is not Global David MWood-Robinson, Warming but the Big Chill of acoming Ice Age when we willneed all the fossil fuels Ledbury and greenhouse gasses we can obtain. Another thought provoking book is Bjørn Lomborg’s Skeptical Environmentalist (CUP,2001). Deception? That’s my scientific training informingme, but what about the Christian Sir,Jonathan Goll (letters, April 17th) thinks Climatesceptics arebeing deceived worldview? Bewareofsinful scientistswith political agendas, or simply needing to and offersexplanations as to why we mightbeopen to this. Nothing can be further scarepoliticianstovote chunks of research money.What of the global Genesis from the truth. Anyone who follows up the exposureofdata manipulation by Flood? If true thiswould explain why carbon-14 persists in coal and oil deposits, “warmists” by Christopher Booker in his Sunday Telegraph columns soon realises it justifying Young Earth Creationists claiming all this carbon was once partofastable is the“warmists” who arebeing manipulated and misled by corrupt scientists. recent God-given eco-system and that releasing it might cause the prophesied The latest ruse seems to be to discontinue non-city observations and only use city- blooming of the deserts (Isaiah 35) as opposed to the unbelieving scaremonger-er’s based observations filling in the gaps by averaging. Unfortunately everylarge city end of the worldscenario. has its own micro-climate due to its energy output, not surprisingly the output and Alan Bartley, temperatures in these locations aregoing up and of course this guarantees Greenford, Middlesex. misleading the models. 14 www.churchnewspaper.com Friday April 24, 2015 Books /Sunday

Useful books to help your church grow SUNDAY SERVICE 100 Ways to get your church noticed noticeboard–this tells you how.Need to recruit a Neil Pugmire welcome team –look no further.Want to do better 5th SundayofEaster —Sunday 3rdMay 2015 CHP,pb, £15.58 posters –Pugmire’s your man. This isn’t aglam- orous bookbut it is profoundly useful. Acts 8:26-40 Everyday Church NowImay be sad, but I’vetaken to reading a 1John 4:7-21 TimChester and Steve Timmis chapter anight of this book. Ifound myself in need John 15:1-8 IVP,pb, £11.99 of the services of apen and notebookand Iam already making changes at St Cuthbert’s, North The readings this week reveal to us the infinite carethat God Leading achurch Wembley,whereIam vicar.This book is asnip. It hasfor his church, and they urge us to cheerful submission canbeanisolating could do with moreonsocial media, but what is to his paternal love. business. So many hereishelpful. But this isjustatiny moan. In the last of his great “I am” sayings in John’s Gospel, thingsneed to be Everyday Church is also auseful book. Its aim is Jesustells us thatheisthe truevine. The Father is thegar- done, but itcan be to help us get out of the mentality thatpeople actu- dener,who lavishes his careupon the vine, that he may be hardtoget the ally want to come to church. Quite brutallyweare glorified by its fruitfulness. For that to happen, unfruitful resources and peo- toldthat our whole approach to evangelism needs branches (such as Judas) must be removed, but others are ple to help. to change. Something Iagree with. The need, pruned so they may bear morefruit. That pruning takes But with my busi- Chester and Timmis, argue is to stopthinking place by meansofJesus’ cleansing and sustaining word, and ness background I about putting on events and startbuilding genuine thedisciples areurged to pay attention to itthat they may tendtothink abit dif- attractive communities. We need the Gospeland a abide in Christ. Thereisalso awarning, that those who do ferently.Iask ques- Community –much as the early church did. not abide in prayerful, fruitful listening will, like abranch that tions:what things The best chapter hereisthat on pastoral care. It haslost vital connection to the vine, be cut off, wither,and can we do that will confront you deeply and make die. cost nothing you think again. Ialso loved the 1John 4continues thetheme of theFather’s love for his but will make a chapter on everyday mission and people. Since he himself is love, they must also be charac- difference? could have broken out into terised by love.His love, saysJohn, was revealed among us (Pick some applause. It is so good on tips for by thesendingofhis Sontobethe propitiation for our sins. low-hanging fruit). What stories have we to connecting with local people –not Paradoxically,itseems, his love is most revealed as his wrath tell and who wants to hearthem? What about in one of those cheesy “intention- is averted: as James Denney once put it: “So far from finding all those people on our doorsteps? How do we al” ways, but naturally and gen- any kind of contrast between love and propitiation, the apos- connect with them and their lives? Why uinely. tle can convey no idea of love to anyone except by pointing to should we expect them to come to us? If you buy both these books and the propitiation.” Boththese excellent books help us to act on what they say –your The “boldness on the day of judgment” that John speaks of answer these questions. 100 Ways to get you church will be abetter Gospel (1 John 4:17), can only be ours if thereisnopunishment for church noticed, should be in the possession of church and community and it will us to fear on that day. at least one person in everychurch in theland. grow.Plus you’ll have much Johnalso expounds the Father’s love for the church by Literally, it is so packed with ideas I’d suggest morefun doing church. telling us of the assuring presence of the Spirit. “By this we just opening it at random and doing whatever it know that we abide in him and he in us,” he declares, says on that page. Want to spruce up your Steve Morris “because he has given us ofhis Spirit”(1John 4:13). John’s scriptural testimony is designed to give us not only aspur to love one another as God has loved us, but also both assur- ance and joy. God’s carefor the church is also illustrated in the reading from Acts. The revelation of God’s love in the sacrificial death of the Suffering Servant is the grand theme of the book of Isa- InTh2013ethepPilliicngkReporotf debatetheis notninconclusiveew pandaaccessibleperbto contemporaracksyread- iah from which an Ethiopian eunuch was reading one day. announced that ‘in the face of thereisnoreason forthe CofE ers. And through the compassion of God this barrenforeigner is conflicting scholarship, as well as to be cautious in pronouncing on Medieval cathedrals attract brought into contact with the revelation of his world-embrac- conflicting beliefs, we believe the sexuality,Davie argues. thousandsofvisitors everyyear. ing purpose. Yethedoesn’t understand it! Church should be cautious about Taking adifferent approach, Many visitors say they go not just Perhaps when Philipasked him:“Do you understand what attempting to pronounce defini- Inclusive Church is continuing to to examine the architectureor you arereading?” he ought to have replied (asJohnStott tively on the impli- publish resources on avari- for historical interest but in order once cheekily suggested),“Of course Ido! Don’t youbelieve cations of ety of topics. In Gender to profit from aspiritual experi- in the perspicuity of scripture?” Instead,God graciously pro- Scripturefor (DLT,£8.99), Rosemary ence. Stephen Murray,Professor vides him with ateacher to expound the puzzling goodnews homosexual peo- Lain-Priestley, Dean of of Medieval ArtatColumbia Uni- and to initiate him into the new covenant by baptism. ple’. Women’s Ministryinthe versity,has written Plotting ThePuritan divine John Owen putsitbeautifullywhen he The reportitself Diocese of London, and Gothic (Yale, £31.50) to show reflected on both John 15 and 1John 4. “It was out of infinite offered no analy- Dianna Gwilliams, Dean of that the people who built the love, mercy,and compassion that God would at all reveal his sis of biblical Guildford, suggests ways in medieval masterpieces had anar- mind and will unto sinners. Hemightfor ever have locked up scholarship’sfind- which achurch can welcome rative that influenced themand the treasures of his wisdom and prudence, wherein he ings aboutsexual- peopleregardless of their that the buildings they created aboundstowardsusinhis word,inhis own eternal breast,” ity so the CofE gender.InEthnicity (DLT, werenothingless than objects of he wrote. “But it was from infinite love that he madethis con- Evangelical Coun- £8.99), Michael Jagessar of desire. Anyone in the CofEwho descension,toreveal himself and his willunto us.” cil commissioned the United Reformed is responsible for thecareofa And what does Owenthink our properresponse to this Dr Martin Davie to write afresh Church looks at how achurch medieval gothic buildingshould divine condescension ought to be? “This mixtureofauthority reportonthe subject. Davie is a can welcome people of all races read this book. Highly recom- and love, which isthe spring of the revelation of the will of careful scholarwho has pub- and ethnicbackground.Thereis mended. God untous, requires all readiness, willingness,and cheer- lished amajor study of the Thirty an introduction by Anglican In Pilgrimage: AVeryShort fulness, in the receipt of it and submission unto it,” (Works Nine Articles and who wastheo- priest Rosemarie Mallett, who is Introduction (OUP,£7.99) Ian 20:37-38). logical consultant to the House of national chair of Affirming Reader looks at an aspect of reli- So let us, this week and always, cheerfully submit in the Bishops. Catholicism. gion that is growing in popularity. power of the Spirit, to the love of God in Christ. In his report he quotes Oliver Julian of Norwich is probably Reader is Professor of Religious O’Donovan’s opinion that unless the earliest woman writing Studies at Lancast- Dr Lee Gatiss is author of The ForgottenCross (Evangelical scripturecommunicates aunified in English who we can iden- er has travelled Press)and Director of Church Society outlook we cannot attribute tify.Her Revelations of widely to visit pil- (www.churchsociety.org). authoritytoit, only to partofit, Divine Love withher grimage sites butinStudies on the Bible stress on God’s mercy,love around the world and Same-Sex Relationships and compassion continues and has written Since 2003 (Gilead Books) to be widely read and majorworks on HYMN SELECTION Davie concludesthat thereisno admired. Professor Barry this subject. His instance wherearevisionist Windeatt has translated the new book is a interpretation of abiblical pas- book into modernEnglish stimulating intro- Abide in me sage makes more sense than a for the OxfordWorld’s duction to an Speak OLord traditional one. “The Bible is a Classics series published important feature How firmafoundation heterosexual book,” as one com- by OUP (£8.99) and his of all religions. God is love: his the care mentator quoted puts it. The work will makeJulian more Happy arethey,theythat love God

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ALittle Chaos (dir.Alan Rick- scene, but Alison Deegan‘s maTn,cert. 12A)eis alnush dramading the gardscreeenplaynotherwisesavoids too tellingthe storyofSabine de muchsymbolism. Barra (Kate Winslet), who gets It is in sum an amusing cos- an unlikely job designing a tumedrama, with somehistori- water featureaspartofthe gar- calnotes, and afanciful story dens of Versailles. André Le thatjust about manages to seem Notre (Matthias Schoenaerts) credible. Rickman plays Louis is the architect charged by as inscrutable (how does an LouisXIV (AlanRickman) with actor do inscrutable?) while creating the gardens of hisnew Winslet has awide rangeto palace,who takes her on (con- cover,frombereavement to bed- tractually and romantically). room, from courtly niceties to Her backstoryoftragedy is messinginmud in highly teased out in flashback, and also impractical skirts. in ascene among the women of Awardsfor thecostumesand thecourtofthe Sun King (the sets seem likely.Any film trailerpicks out the breasts- tourism is likely to besplit comparison bit rather than the between Versailles and the Eng- sharingaboutchildren dying in lishstately homes that were infancy). Thereisalot of cleav- stand-ins. ageand some dimly lit lovemak- Perhaps adisappointing note ing, as André’s philandering is that after all the effort–the wife (Helen McCrory)bestows imagination, the design, the favours elsewhere, and his water supply,the setbacks –the admiration for Sabine’s engi- fountainispretty but not that neering skill blossoms into love. spectacular.It’s presumably Clerk of works Thierry based on the Bosquet de la Salle (StevenWaddington) oversees de Bal (the Rocailles). both developments –“Iwon- sion between workers and several unofficial ones. Sabine’s proposed garden, even The fountain is simply aback- dered when that firewould be shirkers, we learnlittle of the Twothousand courtiers were though visitors to thesite see ground to an open-air dance lit”. An act of sabotage, which conditions of the poor in 17th in permanent residence, help- nothing but mud. space, and the finalpull away inexplicably is put down as an centuryFrance. What we are fully explained by the king’s When Sabine first meets the hasthe king central to courtiers accident, has himrescuing shown is the extravagance of younger brother Philippe, Duc king, she mistakes him for a dancing around him to show the Sabine from aflooded aqueduct themonarchy,moving the court d’Orleans (Stanley Tucci), out- horticulturist. When she is for- context of the larger gardens. –Winslet nearly drowns, again from the LouvrePalace in Paris rageouslycamp but tender- mallypresented, she gives him He finallylooksrather pleased, –and he holdsthe ring with the to Versailles, andthe normality hearted. His German wife, the arose, “natural and unforced”, rather than inscrutable. workforce. of theking’s having an official Princess Palatine (Paula Paul), andthe idea that it matches her Apartfromanapparent divi- mistress (Jennifer Ehle) and takesaparticular interest in characterweighs heavy on the Steve Parish

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