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Claims that senior academics bandied together to mount a covert vendetta against the dean of the college, the Very Rev Martyn Percy, and were hell-bent on forcing him out, are set to be heard at an employment tribunal. David Rose for the Mail on Sunday. 16 February 2020 Fulcrum

A Christian convert whose bid for asylum has already been rejected twice is pleading with the Home Office not to send him back to his native Iran. Reza Karkah, 38, lives in Bradford with his wife Leigh Riley and their four-year-old daughter, Rosie. Christian Today 16 February 2020 Fulcrum

But without God to tell us why it is wrong to breed humans like cows, it is (though, again, not impossible) far more difficult to argue against it. Dawkins’ resort to the phrase ‘heaven forbid’ underlines the way in which our post-religious abandonment of any shared source of moral authority leaves us struggling for concise … Continue Reading

Governor says ‘armed terrorists’ targeted church service in north of country AFP.Guardian. 17 February 2020 Fulcrum

A Chinese minister in the UK has described how some of his congregation have been told to ‘go home’ and a Christian businesswoman told Premier how people have moved away from her on the tube Cara Bentley Premier. 14 February 2020 Fulcrum

Hundreds of people have gathered for the funeral of twin brothers who appeared on the Channel 4 reality TV show My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. BBC. 14 February 2020 Fulcrum

Worshippers should be extra mindful of their personal hygiene to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus the Church of England has warned. Sam Blanchard. Mail online. 14 February 2020 Fulcrum

Advice published by the Church of England Mission and Public Affairs Division Church of England website. 13 February 2020 Fulcrum

Grand vicarages are off-putting for working class Christians, according to a priest in the Church of England. Ruth Sax. Premier. 14 February 2020 Fulcrum

Justin Welby’s remarks come as the church’s national assembly backed a motion to apologise for racism encountered. Nadine White. Huffington Post. 12 February 2020 Fulcrum