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5 October saw the induction of Pastor Steve Dyer to the pastorate of the Mission Cwmtwrch, a village 15 miles north of Swansea in the South Wales valleys.
Pastor Dyer’s relationship with the Mission has grown steadily for several years. In Spring 2019, he felt led to accept a call from the Mission – a church that has its origins in the 1904 Welsh Revival. Pastor Dyer continues to work with Oasis Church, now based in Gorseinon, which he planted in early 2008.
Maureen Griffith, a 74-year-old former nurse, was suspended as a school governor after asking a question about LGBT teaching in school.
She had been a school governor since the 1990s, however, the school suspended her because she questioned the introduction of LGBT-themed books and a Pride celebration at the school. She is being supported by a Christian legal team as she challenges the school’s actions.
The global consumer giants Unilever and Kraft Heinz came under fire in early November for advertising on the world’s most popular pornography website, which is flooded with illegal content.
Pornhub says it bans content showing under-18s and removes it swiftly. But research by The Times showed this not to be the case. Images of children as young as three were available on the site, and the worst clips were still available 24 hours after a complaint was made.
The Tyndale House Greek New Testament (THGNT), edited by Tyndale House Academic Vice Principal Dr Dirk Jongkind and Principal Dr Peter J Williams, was announced as being available online in November.
Rigorous in its approach to re-evaluating the standard text, the THGNT re-examines spelling and paragraph decisions and draws upon recent discoveries in scribal habits (that is, how particular scribes reproduced the text), to inform editorial decisions. In collaboration with Crossways publishing, it is available on Bible Gateway.
CBBC broadcast a show about a teenage drag queen on 11 November.
The ‘My Life’ series showed Lewis Bailey performing as Athena Heart. It noted that after ‘years of bullying and a prolonged and difficult estrangement from his biological dad, Lewis finally found the strength’ to be confident in his own skin.
Chris Bennett was inducted into the pastorate of Alexandra Road Congregational Church in Hemel Hempstead on 12 October.
Jeremy Marshall preached at the service which was attended by many, including those from surrounding fellowships. The appointment brings to an end a seven-year interregnum.