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Tim Wyatt2025-01-16T16:10:00
While the Church is no stranger to misreporting, Tim Wyatt says a recent Spectator article was especially egregious
No doubt this is true of other niche specialisms, but a perennial bugbear of being a church journalist is that so much coverage of the church by the mainstream press is just embarrassingly wrong. A lot of this is forgivable when it comes to trying to sum up tediously complicated theological disputes or navigate the medieval bureaucracy of an ancient denomination. But sometimes it’s just out of ignorance and clumsiness.
2025-12-05T10:10:00Z By Rev Dr Al Barrett
When Christmas becomes a political battleground, Christians must remember the child in the manger — and why his way of love leaves no room for nationalist distortions of the faith, says Rev Al Barrett
2025-12-03T09:22:00Z By Joseph D'Souza
Declarations about “reaching every person with the Gospel by 2033” have been endorsed by prominent Western church leaders including Nicky Gumbel and Rick Warren. Evangelising the world before the 2,000 year anniversary of Christ’s resurrection may sound visionary, but Joseph D’Souza says the target sends the wrong message to the watching world. He’s urging the West to stop putting metrics ahead of mission
2025-12-02T14:34:00Z By Luke Smith
Despite sharing the same vision to see students encounter Jesus, Fusion and UCCF’s relationship has long been one defined by tensions and territorial disputes. Fusion’s Luke Smith reflects on the mistrust that stifled their unity, and the prayer, communication, and reconciliation that have begun to build it
2025-12-05T15:45:00Z By Tim Parks
The Strictly star’s decision to discuss his decades-long struggle with pornography raises searching questions for the Church, says Tim Parks. When three quarters of Christian men and almost half of Christian women say they watch it, what does this means for discipleship, honesty and formation?
2025-12-05T14:53:00Z By Christian Hacking
Nearly 100 state-funded schools have closed in the past four years, with 30 more expected in London by next September. The cost of living isn’t to blame, argues Christian Hacking — but unprecedented abortion rates are
2025-12-05T14:01:00Z By Andy Bannister
When Pope Leo politely declined to pray inside a mosque, he modelled how Christians can show respect for our Muslim friends, while being clear about our theological differences, says Andy Bannister
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