In 1828, a group of young evangelical clergy set up a newspaper called The Record. One of its earliest subscribers and supporters was a young John Henry Newman. The Newspaper formed what became known as the ‘Recordite’ faction in the C of E opposing Tractarianism. It was in the 1950s that the Record merged with The Church of England Family Newspaper to become CEN. And in more peaceful times post-war, the CEN also made a considerable contribution to building up the evangelical institutions of the C of E and supporting an open evangelicalism which up until today, I hope, remains thoughtful, orthodox, resourceful and generous. This is needed more than ever today.

I’m sorry to inform you however that the Church of England Newspaper has had to review its operations following the passing of Keith Young, owner and director of Political and Religious Intelligence Ltd. Keith was generously the sole provider of additional finance to continue supporting the paper and we are now exploring all options to secure a future and hope that you will bear with us as we seek an orderly transition to serve our readers and subscribers, our advertisers and all other partners.

You will therefore receive no further published editions of the CEN until further notice, though I will send out a weekly newsletter for the foreseeable future.

We promise to keep you informed as we fully explore all options before us. And we will contact you with any changes or updates. Please feel free to contact us for any clarifications on the above.

Kind regards,

Andrew Carey                                                                                                    
Editor