Behind the news: the briefing that led to Janet Daby’s resignation
By Christopher Lamb Labour’s shadow faith minister today resigned for what she has described as “misjudged” comments during a Religion […]
LGBT
The next IICSA inquiry “will be on the treatment of LGBT+ in the church”
“Creating Sanctuary” initiative trains churches in how to safely counsel someone who is gay, following reports of violence and abuse in conversion therapy.
Religion news 12 October
Pope wants more women in roles of responsibility in the church; Children’s Society supports right of children in transgender cases to be heard; the “Skipping Sikh” aged 73 has been made an MBE
Religion news 23 September
Places of worship remain open despite new coronavirus restrictions; Man claiming to be re-incarnated Christ arrested by Russian police; Boris Johnson’s son baptised as a Catholic.
Trans Baptist minister forced to resign : comment
Dr Susannah Cornwall, Associate Professor in Constructive Theologies, University of Exeter. S.M.Cornwall@exeter.ac.uk “Gender transition is understood by some conservative Christians […]
Trans Baptist minister in Canada told to quit church
Junia Joplin, a Baptist minister in Canada, who came out as a trans woman in a zoom sermon, has lost her job after the congregation voted her out.
Religion News 15 July
Bristol statue replaced, FoRB formed, facebook bans conversion therapy, millenial church attendance dropped, Tunisian blogger imprisoned, Hagia Sophia
First inter-religious advisory board on LGBT issues
Senior religious leaders and academics drawn from the main religions and Christian denominations in Britain have joined forces for LGBT advice
Remembering the Windrush Generation
By Lianne Kolirin 22 June 2020 Faith leaders have spoken out about racism and injustice as the nation pays tribute […]
Losing the Liberty to Discriminate
Andrew Brown reviews the US Supreme Court decision to ban employment discrimination against LGBT people, dismaying the Christian right, as […]