Tim Wyatt

1 month ago | independent.co.uk | Tim Wyatt

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

1 month ago | tswyatt.substack.com | Tim Wyatt

Hello! This week we look at two cathedrals which are wrestling with internal conflict, but conflict which we are not apparently allowed to know anything about. Bangor and Winchester Cathedrals have endured infighting, safeguarding complaints, social media campaigns, and outside investigations - but despite all of that it remains hard to know what on earth is going on at these flagships of the faith.

1 month ago | religionmediacentre.org.uk | John Newton |Tim Wyatt

By Dr John NewtonThe different dates used by the various Christian churches for the celebration of Easter and Christmas stem from a fascinating history about attempts to align the calendar accurately with the seasons, and the key mysteries of the Christian faith.

1 month ago | tswyatt.substack.com | Tim Wyatt

Hello! Our first story today is about Barnabas Aid, one of the best known Christian charities supporting persecuted believers around the world. But since last year it’s been enmeshed in a bitter and messy power struggle between its founder Patrick Sookhdeo and a new regime, determined to clean up the organisation. There’s also been a Charity Commission inquiry, and now even the police are making arrests. It’s a real tale.

1 month ago | churchtimes.co.uk | Francis Martin |Tim Wyatt

TWO guests from other Churches addressed the General Synod on the Wednesday morning. The Archbishop of Tallinn, the Most Revd Urmas Viilma, said that Estonia had no state Church, and fewer than one third of the population identified as religious. Christians constituted only 26 per cent of Estonian society, but his denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, remained the largest single Church, and still saw itself as the “people’s Church”.