Gavin Drake
Editor at Ashfield Neighbour News
Writer, Editor and Producer at Church Street Bureau Continuing @JillSaward's fight with @JillSawardOrg.
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1 week ago |
livingchurch.org | Gavin Drake
The Anglican-run al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City was severely damaged by an Israeli airstrike in the early hours of Palm Sunday. It was the last remaining functioning hospital in northern Gaza. Israeli Defense Forces gave an evacuation order to the hospital 20 minutes before the strike. A 13-year-old boy who was receiving treatment for a head injury died during the rushed evacuation, the Diocese of Jerusalem said. Nobody was killed as a direct result of the strike.
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2 months ago |
livingchurch.org | Gavin Drake
The fall of the of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on December 8, 2024, brought an end to more than 60 years of rule by the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party and all but ended a brutal 12-year civil war. But it also stoked fears from the Christian minority in the country — fears about what the future would hold.
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2 months ago |
livingchurch.org | Gavin Drake
The failure of the Church of England’s safeguarding policies and procedures dominated the opening days of its General Synod, meeting February 11-14 in London. The C of E has been mired in controversy in recent months after a series of safeguarding failings came to light. One of them — the physical abuse of up to 130 young boys by barrister John Smyth during Christian youth camps — led to the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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2 months ago |
anglican.ink | Gavin Drake
6 February 2025Dear Bishop,This is an open letter to all of the diocesan bishops of the Church of England, ahead of next week’s meeting of the General Synod. The letter will be published shortly at churchabuse.uk. Any replies to this letter will also be published at churchabuse.uk, unless you indicate in your reply that you do not wish for it to be published. The world is watching.
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2 months ago |
anglican.ink | Gavin Drake
Q: When do you know when the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, is lying? A: When he is speaking,When I worked in church communications, I often had to remind clergy that merely holding a special service wasn’t enough to generate news coverage: church holds a service? It’s what they do. Baker bakes bread? It’s what they do. It really had to be a special service to warrant inviting media coverage. It is a bit like that with the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell.
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