The Anglican Church of Southern Africa 🇿🇦 has again rejected two proposals for special prayers and liturgy to be developed for same-sex couples, despite pleas from its outgoing Archbishop, Dr Thabo Makgoba. #ChurchNews #ChurchTimes

The Consistory Court of the diocese of Ely has granted a faculty permitting the restoration of St Mary the Virgin, which was destroyed by fire in February 2022, but the Chancellor rejects objections over lack of toilets in scheme. #ChurchNews

➡️ The leaders of the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church have responded to the stand-off in Drumcree with a call for restraint and reconciliation, as the dispute over an 🟠 Orange Order parade entered a new phase. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

Guidance from the Church of England on engagement with Israel 🇮🇱 / Palestine 🇵🇸 should enable churches to create communities “where compassion isn’t selective”, the President of the Leeds Jewish Representative Council, Simon Myerson KC, said this week. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

➡️ The Rector of St Helen’s, Bishopsgate, in London, the Revd William Taylor, has characterised the bishops of the Church of England as “false teachers” and “clear heretics”, in a sermon published on YouTube last week. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

Cultural humility was the note sounded by the Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Martyn Snow, in the Healthcare 🏥 Development: International Partnerships debate in the House of Lords last week. #ChurchTimes #HouseOfLords #ChurchNews

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 CiW Governing Body: Fundamental questions have arisen about the future of the #ChurchInWales, the Representative Body acknowledges in a detailed paper on future funding put before the Governing Body for consideration on Wednesday of last week. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

Kentucky youth pastor Jeremiah Swaw has been charged with grooming under a new state law after alleged conduct involving a 16-year-old girl. Hillcrest Baptist Church says he was terminated after his arrest. #JeremiahSwaw #ChurchNews #SBC #Accountability

Members of the Redress Scheme’s survivor advisory group have raised concerns about the scheme in a 📨 letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury. #ChurchAbuse #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 CiW Governing body voted in favour of a private member’s motion calling for consideration of clergy stipend and pension parity with the Church of England, and for a “sustained and dignified” retirement housing scheme. #ChurchTimes #ChurchInWales #ChurchNews

The Archbishop of Canterbury should apologise to the Muslim scholar whose interfaith award was withdrawn by Lambeth Palace last week, the Moderator of the Church of Pakistan 🇵🇰, Dr Azad Marshall, has said. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

🌍 The new Minister for Africa quoted John Donne, Pope Francis, and the intercessions of the Church of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 on Monday, in a speech setting out her vision for international development. #KirstyMcNeill #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

Former worship pastor Caleb Flynn is on trial in the killing of his wife, Ashley. Prosecutors say 100,000+ messages with a woman they describe as his mistress include alleged discussions of killing Ashley. Flynn is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. #CalebFlynn #ChurchNews

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 CiW Governing Body: A funding paper had been “a very, very difficult document to write”, the chair of the Representative Body, Professor Medwin Hughes, said. #ChurchInWales #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

🗳️ ‘Democracy depends not only upon the integrity of our electoral processes but upon the integrity of the information environment in which those processes operate,’ Bishop of Hereford says #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

Central Florida pastor Timothy Chaneyfield was arrested and charged with multiple offenses involving a minor, including lewd battery and traveling to meet a minor, according to PCSO. Charges are allegations unless proven in court. #TimothyChaneyfield #ChurchNews #CentralFlorida

➡️ The Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt Revd Stephen Conway, has resigned, Church House, Westminster, announced on Monday, after his suspension from ministry in February. #ChurchNews #ChurchTimes

Virginia church fires pastor Kenneth Kevin Baldwin after he was charged in Pennsylvania over alleged explicit messages and images sent to a 15-year-old boy. Crossroads Baptist says it is cooperating with authorities. #KennethBaldwin #ChurchNews #Accountability

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 CiW Governing Body: Dr Helen Paynter has warned that Christian nationalism is entering a dangerous phase, urging churches to recognise and challenge its rhetoric #ChurchTimes #ChurchInWales #ChurchNews