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 Burnham hands Caribbean £40m after demands to atone for slave trade.

PM to pledge support for green energy schemes as he attends Commonwealth summit in Antigua

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Birdie.

 

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We Need CENTRE RIGHT Not Wildly Irresponsible Right.

 Restore party’s links to Europe’s far-Right.

Affiliation with white nationalists on the Continent is dragging Britain’s hard-Right further to the extremes

James CrispEurope Editor. Lily ShanagherForeign Breaking News Reporter. Meike EijsbergData journalist

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Lucy White, a Restore Party activist, left, Martin Sellner, an Austrian former neo-Nazi who is banned from Britain, centre, and Eva Vlaardingerbroek, a Dutch hard-Right activist 

 

In order to share the spotlight with Europe’s most famous anti-immigration influencer, Rupert Lowe, the leader of Restore Britain, had to dust off his passport and fly to Italy. DT.

Pastor Jin.

Hi. We are delighted to invite you to a special online event featuring guest speaker Pastor Ezra Jin. Focus on China Thursday 19 November, 7–8.15pm GMT (Online) You may already be familiar with Pastor Jin’s story. He was detained in October 2025 as part of a coordinated crackdown on Zion Church – one of the largest unregistered churches in China. He was one of 18 church leaders formally arrested on charges of ‘illegally using information networks’ because of their innovative hybrid church model meeting online and in person. Nine leaders were released on bail in June. Then on 4 July, after 266 days in prison, Pastor Jin was released and reunited with his family in the US. Reports indicate that his release followed high-level discussions between the Chinese and US governments. Now we have the opportunity to hear directly from Pastor Jin as he shares first-hand about his detention and release. We will also stand with the other Zion Church leaders who are still in prison or on bail, facing unjust charges. Together, we’ll pray and share practical ways that you can make a difference through your gifts and messages of encouragement. Register for Focus on China I look forward to seeing you there. Grace and peace,

Update Päivi Räsänen.

Dear ...., Tried in 3 separate courts. Convicted as a criminal. Denied entry to the UK. Päivi Räsänen, a Finnish parliamentarian, doctor and grandmother, has been paying the price for so-called “hate speech” for the last 7 years – simply for expressing her Christian beliefs. It began in 2019, when police opened an investigation into a tweet in which Päivi shared a Bible verse. Two years later, she was charged under a section of the Finnish criminal code titled “war crimes and crimes against humanity”. This March, Finland’s Supreme Court acquitted her over the tweet but convicted her over a church booklet she wrote about marriage and sexuality more than 20 years ago. Later, in July, Päivi was informed that her Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) needed to travel to the UK had been cancelled. Päivi, represented by ADF, has now filed her final appeal at the European Court of Human Rights. The Court's decision will shape whether Christians across Europe can speak and write about their faith without fear of criminal punishment. Päivi said: “As a Member of Parliament and a Christian who has faced censorship and years of criminal investigation, I am profoundly aware of the devastating consequences of curtailing basic liberties. The European Court of Human Rights must decisively uphold these freedoms and promote the common good across Europe.” If you have ever shared your faith online, spoken up in your church, or taught your children what you believe, this case is about your freedom too. Alliance Defending Freedom is representing Päivi so that she, and others like her, can be free to speak openly about faith without fear of criminal punishment. Your gift helps ADF support her at this crucial stage of her appeal. STAND WITH PÄIVI AND FREE SPEECH NOW With gratitude, Alliance Defending Freedom

The Left (Wantonly) Enables Terrorism.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjDAG5PnQ-k

By Faith Alone.

 

I Shall Not Comment.

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A pair of Anglican professors have urged the Church of England to undergo a radical restructure in order to stave off financial disaster and to revitalises parish churches.

Canon Robin Gill and Professor John Craven set forth their “ruthless” plans in Wasted Money in a Diminishing Church, a report published by the Centre for Anglican History and Theology at the Universities of Kent and Christ Church Canterbury.

Gill is Emeritus Professor of Applied Theology at the University of Kent, while Craven is a former professor of economics.

The report argues that far too much money is spent at the diocesan level, often at the expense of the regular parish. It is estimated that diocesan staff numbers have almost doubled from 1,300 in 2005 to 2,300 in 2025. Just under 10 per cent of the current roles at the diocesan level are related to safeguarding.

It is not only staff numbers that have increased. The number of dioceses has nearly doubled from 22 in 1800, to 40 today. Meanwhile, the number of bishops is quadruple what it was in the days of Victorian Britain.

The report argues that such growth - which has not been accompanied by a corresponding growth in churchgoing - represents not just a waste of Church money, but contributes to a cycle of decline that hurts and demoralises those at the parish level. CT.

Reopening.

The Rev Hannah Jones speaks during the first Sunday service at St Luke’s Community Church in the Swarcliffe estate of Leeds, England, September 6. The congregation is meeting in the church hall while the main sanctuary is renovated. (Photo: Church of England)

A shuttered church in a low-income housing community in northern England has reopened for Christian worship nearly 15 years after its doors closed on Christmas Day.

St. Luke’s Community Church, located in the Swarcliffe estate of Leeds, held its first Sunday service in 15 years on Sept. 6, led by the Rev. Hannah Jones, vicar of the newly formed Anglican Parish of Swarcliffe and Whinmoor, according to an Oct. 26 report by the Church of England.

Southwell.

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Southwell Minster is seeking urgent financial support to keep its doors open after decades of underinvestment that has left it needing around £20m to safeguard its historic building and grounds.

The Grade I-listed Minster is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, and has served Nottinghamshire for more than 1,000 years.

The present Minster was built between 1108 and 1290, replacing an earlier Saxon church, and became a cathedral in 1884.

The Dean of Southwell, the Very Rev Dr Stephen Evans, said the cathedral does not have the money needed to maintain it, with discussions underway with the Church Commissioners, the Charity Commission and other agencies. CT.

John Lennox.

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Shoebill.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YQql4l0YqVw

So Many Christians Being Driven From Their Homes!

 https://www.christiantoday.com/news/violence-and-persecution-driving-global-christian-exodus-report-warns

Birdie.

 

The Lord Goes Before You.

 

Jordan.

Jordan carries out retaliatory strikes in Syria after deadly church attack.

Patriarch Theophilos III has met with some of the injured in hospital. (Photo: Getty/iStock)

Jordan has carried out airstrikes in southern Syria in response to a church attack that killed nine people, saying its forces targeted Islamic State strongholds.

Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George in the village of Hammoud, in Jordan’s Karak governorate, on Friday. Nine people were killed and at least 34 were injured.

Jordanian security forces arrested three suspects on Monday following an exchange of gunfire. Officials said the men - two brothers and their brother-in-law - were found in an abandoned house and were wounded before being detained.

Jordanian authorities allege that the suspects have links to militant groups operating across the border. Government spokesman Mohammed al-Momani said more than 20 Islamic State militants were killed in Monday’s operation.

Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya said investigations were continuing.

Syria said seven people, including three children and a woman, died in the airstrikes. Al-Momani expressed regret over the civilian casualties.

The cross-border operation has prompted disagreement between Amman and Damascus. Jordan said it had coordinated the strikes with Syria, while the Syrian government denied receiving advance notification and announced an investigation.

Syria’s foreign ministry condemned the operation as a breach of national sovereignty. Nevertheless, Damascus said it would work with Jordan on a joint security committee intended to improve border security and help prevent further incidents.

Patriarch Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, has visited survivors of the attack in hospital. He was accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Isychios and a number of priests in his visit to Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein Military Hospital and the Italian Hospital, where the injured are being treated.  CT.

Ethiopia.

 More than 60 killed in attacks on Ethiopian Christians, Orthodox Church says.

 

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At least 60 people are reported to have died in attacks targeting Christians in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, according to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, with a church official calling the violence a “massacre”.

The Church put the death toll in Merti district on 20 October at 14, with another 46 people killed in Shirka district on 24 October, the Associated Press reported.

The Church’s Holy Synod said 20 homes had been burnt down. Victims are said to have included children and elderly people. 

One man, whose 75-year-old father was among those killed, told BBC Amharic that residents had been caught by surprise.

“We were completely unprepared and had no prior knowledge. They surrounded us from all four directions,” he said.

Witnesses told the BBC that five children were among the victims. A church official said security personnel reached the area but could not halt the attack. Many residents have since fled. CT.

Interesting That Roman Law Was Clearly Fairer Than That Of The Pharisees.

 Acts 23.

27) This man (Paul) was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, but I (Roman Centurion) came with my troops and rescued him, for I had learned that he is a Roman citizen. 28) I wanted to know why they were accusing him, so I brought him to their Sanhedrin. 29) I found that the accusation had to do with questions about their law, but there was no charge against him that deserved death or imprisonment. 30) When I was informed of a plot to be carried out against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also ordered his accusers to present to you their case against him.

Evil At Work!

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Marking the 59th anniversary of the Abortion Act receiving Royal Assent, Right To Life UK has estimated that more than 11 million lives have been lost since the legalisation of abortion.

While the government does record and publish the number of abortions every year, figures for recent years have been subject to delay. The last full year for which abortion numbers have been published is 2023.

That year there were 278,740 abortions in England and Wales, a record high and a 10 per cent increase on 2022. Right To Life suggested that the significant rise was driven in part by the increased use of at home abortion services.

Introduced during the Covid years, the 'pills by post' scheme allowed women to end their pregnancies up to 10 weeks without ever meeting a medical professional in person. The scheme has been subject to criticism following a number of abuses, including a woman who illegally ended her pregnancy at around 32 to 34 weeks, and a man who was jailed after procuring abortion pills on false grounds and secretly giving them to his girlfriend, who subsequently miscarried and was left infertile.

Right to Life estimates that at the time of the 59th anniversary of the Abortion Act, a total of 11,256,470 unborn babies have been killed. The estimate would suggest an abortion every two minutes and is based on the assumption that the most recent official figures are unchanged. The real figure could in fact be higher.

Whatever the true figure, Right To Life said that the number of abortions in Britain is only likely to rise following the passage of an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that effectively legalises abortion up to the point of birth. CT