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Bishop of Newcastle calls for pause to CofE evangelism
Last month, Justin Welby resigned as archbishop of Canterbury after a review found he failed to act on reports of abuse by a ...
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NSS welcomes bill to tackle unregistered schools
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill to give more powers to crack down on unregistered schools and introduce home education ...
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“Yes”: Government ‘completely rules out’ introducing blasphemy laws
The National Secular Society has welcomed an unequivocal statement from the Government that it will not introduce blasphemy ...
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Abolish prayers from House of Commons, NSS urges Parliament
Removing Anglican prayers would improve "inclusivity, fairness, and freedom of conscience" in legislature, NSS says ...
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Time for the morally deficient Church of England to be stripped of its privileges
Stephen Evans argues that the Church of England abuse scandal means it's time to abolish the bishops' bench. This piece was ...
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Bishops’ bench questioned in hereditary peers bill debate
Conservative peer says there is "overwhelming support" for removing reserved seats for bishops as part of further Lords ...
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More than a third of schools force Religious Studies GCSE on pupils
Out of the 317 responses received by the NSS, 280 schools with a religious character confirmed they had policies requiring ...
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CofE promoting evangelism in schools via new prayer campaign
Mass acts of collective worship launch campaign of 'spiritual growth and renewal'. A new Church of England campaign has subjected an estimated 22,000 pupils to evangelism via mass acts of collective ...