Category Archives: Church Teaching

Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Act and Christian teaching


On the last day of Parliament which was 20th June, one of the people who took part in a discussion was Peter Gibson, the Conservative MP for Darlington who raised a theme which was responded by Andrew Selous who is … Continue reading

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MPs want Church Commissioners equality for women


Last Thursday on the close down of Parliament there was a session called Ordination of Clergy which involved two MPs and Andrew Selous who is the Church Estates Commissioner. The two MPs were Diana Johnson who is the Labour MP … Continue reading

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Peter Bottomley speaks for fourth-class & failed degrees


On Monday 17th July there was a session organised by Gillian Keegan who is the Secretary of State for Education and is also the MP for Chichester entitled Higher Education Reform. One of the MPs who took part was Peter … Continue reading

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Schools: Admissions item with a focus on Christianity


Yesterday afternoon there was a session on the House of Lords entitled “Schools: Admissions – Question“ and the Minister who was responsible for the questions was Diana Barran and the person who opened the session was Lorely Burt who is the … Continue reading

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Artificial Intelligence questioned by Archbishop of York


Back on the 26th June in the House of Lords there was a session entitled Artificial Intelligence which can be obtained from here. It was opened by Richard Harries who was the Bishop of Oxford from 1987 – 2006 and … Continue reading

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CofE Family Relationships, Parenting and Marriage


On Thursday Andrew Selous, the Church Estates Commissioner was asked a couple of questions by Tim Loughton, the Conservative MP for East Worthing and Shoreham and then another question from Ben Bradshaw who is the Labour MP for Exeter. The … Continue reading

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Big Church Day Out 2023


Today and tomorrow are the days of the Big Church Day Out in Wiston Estate in West Sussex that is listed as BIG CHURCH FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND! Their website is here and there are a significant number of events and … Continue reading

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An MP who spoke this week about a local Church


Darren Henry is the Broxtowe MP at Nottinghamshire for the Conservative party. On Tuesday evening there was a debate called Houses in Multiple Occupation: Approval which Darren introduced. Towards the end of his first statement he referred to the Christ … Continue reading

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Mental Health Training in Schools needs more facilities


A few days ago the Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton who can be found on their website sent out an email that included a piece that was focused on a visit by the Education Minister, Gillian Keegan to St … Continue reading

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Will Parliament reflect the death of Stephen Lawrence?


Two days ago on Saturday a significant number of people reflected on the murder of Stephen Lawrence that took place 30 years ago and how his murder was not resolved for many years. The responses that have emerged since his … Continue reading

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