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Church appeals for aid as 10,000 flee UPDF attack in Kajo-Keji

The Episcopal Diocese of Liwolo has appealed for urgent humanitarian assistance after an estimated 10,000 people were displaced by renewed violence in Central Equatoria State’s Kajo-Keji County along the South Sudan-Uganda border, leaving thousands of families in desperate need of food, shelter and medical...
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INEQE Publishes 2025 Independent Safeguarding Audit of the Church of England: Significant Progress Threatened by Institutional Resistance and ‘Drift’

INEQE Safeguarding Group has today released its 2025 Annual Report on the Independent Safeguarding Audits of Church of England Dioceses and Cathedrals, alongside two companion reports focusing on Chorister Safeguarding and Victim and Survivor Engagement. The comprehensive report reveals a clear and positive trajectory in...
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Crisis and dissension in the Free Church of England

The word Anglican is one of those words in the English language which has...
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Pilavachi and Soul Survivor: Some further Reflections

Back in April, Surviving Church was one of the first to jump in with comment about...
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Was the Independent Safeguarding Board ever Independent? The Archbishops set out their position to a complainant

The Archbishop of York wrote to a complainant regarding several serious cases of miscarriage and misconduct of...
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Allegations of Bullying and Financial Mismanagement in the Scottish Episcopal Church

Up till now I have avoided writing anything about the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC)...
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Surviving Church and the World of Ecclesiastical Politics

When I began the Surviving Church blog in 2013, I thought of it as an attempt...
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The departure of Tim Dakin

The departure, through ‘retirement’, of the Bishop of Winchester, is proving to be a...
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The Winchester College Review about John Smyth

The ugly and criminal behaviour of John Smyth QC towards young men and boys...
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The Charity Commission and Christ Church: Is this the End-Game?

During the months and years of my trying to understand the Christ Church College...
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The Church of England and failures in the administration of justice

I do not remember at what age I was introduced to two important principles...
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Hierarchy, bishops and leadership in the church

A few years ago, I was giving a paper on Joan of Arc. The...
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Reflections on the Bishopsgate letter

A flurry of activity has occurred recently on the St Helen’s Bishopsgate website.  This...
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Some further reflections on the Christ Church saga

The judgement by Dame Sarah Asplin should have marked the end of at least...
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Church appeals for aid as 10,000 flee UPDF attack in Kajo-Keji

The Episcopal Diocese of Liwolo has appealed for urgent humanitarian assistance after an estimated...
Press Releases

INEQE Publishes 2025 Independent Safeguarding Audit of the Church of England: Significant Progress Threatened by Institutional Resistance and ‘Drift’

INEQE Safeguarding Group has today released its 2025 Annual Report on the Independent Safeguarding...
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South Africa’s migrant crisis – Christian Hospitality, Repentance and the Celebration of Diversity

A resolution adopted by the Synod of the Diocese of Cape Town on July...
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St Mark’s Diocese elects new bishop

The Venerable Leonard Petrus Nyakale was elected as the next Bishop of the Diocese...