Friday 8 October 2010
The Bishop of Woolwich, the Rt Revd Christopher Chessum, has been named as the next Bishop of Southwark. The C of E Diocese of Southwark covers a large area of South London and Surrey, including Greenwich. Bishop Christopher is currently one of three area Bishops in Southwark.
In his role as Bishop of Woolwich Bishop Christopher has been very keen to build
good relations between different churches. While he comes from an anglo-
Speaking to the Church Times Bishop Christopher said, “I have learnt as Bishop of Woolwich that our diversity is our strength: we celebrate our differences. It is very important that people are honest about what is distinctive about their identity. I have been very encouraged by the way in Woolwich that it has been possible to build trust”
In May he was appointed Bishop for Urban Life and Faith and he hopes to continue in this complimentary role.
Bishop Christopher is interested in the integration of deaf people into the Church. He has an identical twin brother who has profound hearing loss. He will be installed early in the new year.
Friday 15 October 2010
Last week The Mail on Sunday revealed that Britain’s biggest supermarkets were selling
Islamic halal meat without marking it as such on the packaging. The newspaper found
that Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Somerfield, the Co-
Jim Paice, Government Minister for Agriculture and Food, said: “People should know what they’re buying in the shops or when they’re eating out and I will be discussing with the food industry the role labelling can play in giving consumers a choice.”
The Mail on Sunday’s investigation also revealed that fast food chains Domino’s Pizza, KFC, Pizza Hut, Nando’s and Subway all currently sell halal meat without telling customers
For further information see article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-
Responses received from enquiries to supermarkets are as follows:
Marks & Spencer: Only New Zealand sourced Lamb has been slauhgtered by a Halal approved method. UK sourced lamb is available as an alternative. Country of origin appears on label.
Morrisons: Similarly, own label frozen New Zealand sourced lamb is Halal. All fresh meat and own brand frozen beef and polutry 100% UK sourced and not Halal. Limited range of Halal and Kosher products clearly labelled.
Tesco: Vast majority of fresh meat products (including British organic lamb and chicken as well as the Willow Farm and Finest Free Range lines) produced on UK farms and are not Halal.
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Friday 10 September 2010
"It was spontaneous; it was totally unplanned. The power of God came down in such a way."
Revival has broken out in the Church of His Presence in Mobile Alabama. The church is led by John Kilpatrick, who was involved in the revival at Brownsville, Pensacola which lasted for five years. It began on 23 July when British evangelist Nathan Morris was preaching and since then meetings have continued for four nights a week.
Signs and wonders have been a feature of the meetings with hundreds coming to salvation and many healings. Rev Celia Knox, a local minister, who had been in a wheel chair for 20 years, got up and took several steps. A video of this event on YouTube has had 70,000 hits
Read a report of this event. Click here . . .
Visit from YFC Cape Town Director
On Sunday 28 February Emilio Gassibe, Director of YFC Cape Town, South Africa, visited CBCF and spoke about the work of his centre.
In January 2009 Rachel Gurnett spent 3 weeks with the Cape Town Centre as part of her ‘year out’.
Listen to Emilio’s presentation below:
Emilio and Rachel
YFC Cape Town website
Sunday 28 February 2010
Donation in memory of Doris Horne
Tuesday 2nd March 2010
CBCF were pleased to receive a donation from the Oddfellows in memory of Doris. It has been added to other donations and sent to the ‘My Father’s House’ Street Children project in Brazil.
Stan Gain adopted for West Ham
Thursday 11th March 2010
Stan Gain has been adopted as the Christian People’s Alliance candidate for the West Ham constituency in the forthcoming general election.
CPA Website
Press release from CPA. Click here . . .
Stan Gain compared to Keir Hardie
Monday 22nd March 2010
BBC Radio recording at CBCF
Sunday 11th April 2010
Naomi Welling, a BBC Radio journalist, joined CBCF for the Sunday meeting today and interviewed some of the congregation about what communion meant to them. The programme will be broadcasted on Radio Kent next Sunday.
5 People Baptized at CBCF
Saturday 24th April 2010
5 people were baptized in a CBCF service held at Blackheath & Charlton Baptist Church on Saturday 24th April. (Katharine MacDonald, George Shaw, Merry Hart, Lizzie Varley & Josie Reeve)
Stan Gain comes 4th in West Ham
Saturday 8th May 2010
Stan Gain came 4th after the three main parties in the West Ham constituency. He polled 1327 votes (2.8%) and beat all the other minor party candidates. Labour held the seat with an increased majority.
Visitor from Creston B.C.
Friday 11 June 2010
Malcolm Jaggers from the River Church, Creston in British Columbia is staying with us for a few days this week. He has been working at a YWAM location in Amsterdam and has come to visit London before he returns home to Canada.
‘Well Good’ Walk
Friday 18 June 2010
The recent ‘Well Good’ walk by the youth group to support Christian Aid has so far raised £181. Thanks to Paul for organising, everyone who took part and those who sponsored. It is not too late to donate!
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Flooding in Pakistan
Monday 2 August 2010
It is the monsoon season in Pakistan and Northern areas have been hit with devastating flooding. Pastor Iftikhar (who has established 900+ House Churches in the region) writes that 30 Christian Villages have been completely destroyed and Christians are not getting help from the government because help is given to people who can produce a National Card and when officials see “Christian” on the card they do not help. He hopes to reach people with tents, food, water and medicine and is also collecting old shoes and clothes. He has raised $3700 locally but needs more to continue the aid work.
Some of his pastors are also doctors, who are filled with the Holy Spirit, and they have been asked to go to Muslim villages as well as Christian ones, to share and demonstrate the love of Jesus.
He asks for urgent prayer and financial support.
Pastor Iftikhar is known to CBCF through Stan Gain. Stan writes:
“Pastor Iftikhar is the pastor who arranged my meetings etc in Faisalabad last year. Some 450 were saved in Gospel meetings and many wonderful healing miracles took place.
If you remember he is the one whose family was beaten and whose life was threatened by Taliban after my visit. His ministry is very genuine. He is a bold and courageous man of God. Please pray for him.”
See news report of flooding. Click here . . .
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Friday 15 October 2010
The President of Chile this week praised the faith of the 33 miners who were all successfully rescued after being trapped underground for 69 days. The rescue operation took 22 hours to complete.
Premier Radio quotes the President’s chaplain, Rev Alfredo Cooper, saying that faith was
clearly a big part of the whole drama, with many miners “finding God”. "They're all wanting to testify to the Lord Jesus Christ. All 33 of them are saying that they found God in the mine. Five or six were already Christians and held services down in the mine. Many went down with no faith at all but they all say this: 'We were not 33 we were 34 because Jesus Christ was with us down there.'"
Bishop Michael Nazir-
Children should learn about Christian heritage in British history
Friday 29 October 2010
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Contrasting the Presidents -
Read an article in Charisma Magazine which contrasts the USA’s President Obama’s critical and lukewarm attitude towards Israel with Canadian PM Stephen Harper’s bold and supportive stance.
Among the thousands who have lost homes or businesses in the floods in eastern Australia are hundreds of Christians. There are Baptist and Anglican churches in many of the flooded towns, some of which have been inundated. Pastor Chris Ganter of Rockhampton Baptist Tabernacle said some of his congregation’s homes and work are affected, and his city ‘will take a long time to recover… We have never seen it so wide spread before’. He and other pastors requested prayer for opportunities to demonstrate God’s love amid the tragedy. The Archbishops of Brisbane and Sydney have launched appeals to raise funds for flooded parishes. Anglican Church teams worked with the Lord Mayor of Brisbane’s office and the Red Cross to assist victims, and five Brisbane parishes offered evacuation centres.
Sources: Baptist Times (14/1); Church Times (14/1)
Christian communities deluged in Australian floods
14 January 2011
New research shows that UK evangelicals are changing some opinions yet retaining
their core beliefs. Evangelicals consider Jesus to be the only way to God and have
a high view of the Bible, but are divided on women in leadership, assisted suicide,
the nature of hell, evolution and other issues. Just 13 per cent strongly agree that
homosexual feelings are wrong, but three-
The survey is available on line at http://www.eauk.org/snapshot/
Sources: Inspire Magazine (12/1); Baptist Times (14/1); Church Times (14/1)
Survey reveals diversity and unity within evangelicalism
12 January 2011
In The Guardian, anonymous blogger ‘The Church Mouse’ wrote that compulsory worship
in schools should end, and instead all schools should allow faith groups to run voluntary
clubs. Only a quarter of secondary schools now comply with the worship requirement,
partly because they no longer have whole-
Source: The Guardian (10/1)
Mandatory worship in schools should be replaced by clubs
12 January 2011