Rico: Why I Have Left
Rico Tice has left Archbishop Justin Welby’s evangelism team over same-sex relationships
Speaking at GAFCON’s June conference in Jerusalem, the British evangelist revealed he stepped down from the Archbishop’s Task Group for Evangelism after Bishop Paul Bayes affirmed same-sex relationships.
Zimbabwe: protests
A Zimbabwean pastor, who was facing 20
years in prison after he organised protests
against President Robert Mugabe, was
released on 13 July.
Evan Mawarire was arrested accused of
inciting violence but a judge later ordered
him to be charged with ‘plotting to bring
down an entire government’ – a crime that
can mean two decades behind bars. He was
released after a court in Harare agreed he was
not being given a fair trial.