Free Church of England row over Bishop
EN
Date posted: 1 May 2021
The Free Church of England (FCE) – a
‘Reformed and Protestant’ body set up by
disillusioned Anglicans
in
the mid-19th
century – is facing turmoil amid calls for its
Primus, John Fenwick, to quit.
A letter calling for him to step down has
been signed by half of the UK’s active FCE
clergy, including former Church of England
ministers Peter Sanlon and Steven Hanna. It
says decisions made by Bishop Fenwick are
‘endangering the peace and future flourishing’
of the denomination.
Increase in use of puberty blockers to be investigated
The Times / en staff
Date posted: 1 Sep 2019
Paediatricians are to investigate the controversial drugs used to halt puberty in children who want to change sex, it was reported in late July.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health asked its ethics and law advisory committee to look at the ethics surrounding the rapid increase in the use of hormone blockers to treat under 16s. The drugs are currently only licensed for use in children under this age who start puberty early, before the age of nine, not for children who present as having ‘gender dysphoria’.
Aftershock
David Baker
Date posted: 1 Sep 2017
General Synod met in July and was generally
reckoned
shocking by
evangelicals.
Motions were passed both in relation to
liturgy for transgender people and counselling for gay people which were considered
theologically
vacuous
by many.
Evangelical amendments on both were
rejected. Most bishops said little.
I wrote an analysis for Christian Today
(google ‘Church of England Synod was so
shocking’).