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Trevor Phillips wades into debate on religion
23 Jun 2011
Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has made a wide-ranging intervention into the growing debate on the place of religion in modern society. In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph before the…
The Service of Thanksgiving and Celebration held at York Minster last week was a special service to celebrate 200 years of Church schools led by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu . The Christian Churches…
The Church is in danger of being driven out of public education by Government reforms and a generation of teachers ignorant of even the basic tenets of Christianity, a senior cleric has warned. A rush to…
Christians risk falling victim to extremist elements in the wake of the Arab Spring, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. Speaking to the BBC this week, Dr Rowan Williams warned of a ‘very anxious time’ ahead…
Belfast: a familiar pattern continues
23 Jun 2011
Violence at the Lower Newtownards Road interface is a recurring theme in the history of sectarian trouble in Northern Ireland. On the cusp of east Belfast, the nationalist enclave of Short Strand sits beside estates and…
Call to plant more churches
23 Jun 2011
Baptist churches are 'complacent' about the need for church planting and have been lulled into a false sense of security by relatively healthy attendance figures, according to church planting consultant Stuart Murray-Williams. Mr Murray-Williams says in…