| Protection for new Aberdare vicar
THE Revd Kevin Lake was inducted as Vicar of St Fagan’s, Trecynon, Aberdare, last Friday, by the Archbishop of Wales. He will live in a newly built home protected by CCTV and large security gates. His predecessor, the Revd Paul Bennett, was stabbed to death by a paranoid schizophrenic, Geraint Evans, from Trecynon, outside the former vicarage in the grounds of the church (News, 23 March 2007). The CCTV is part of a diocesan-wide improvement in clergy security.
New head for Church Urban Fund
THE APPOINTMENT of Tim Bissett, acting CEO of the Church Urban Fund, has been confirmed as permanent. “Tim has already proved that he is more than able to take on the mantle of chief executive,” said Peter Doyle, who chairs the charity. Mr Bissett joined the organisation in 2004 as director of development and regeneration, and became acting CEO in June.
TUC calls for Edwards to leave equality post
THE Trades Union Congress has called for the Revd Joel Edwards, the outgoing general director of the Evangelical Alliance, to be removed as an Equality and Human Rights Commissioner, after a motion moved by the president of the National Union of Journalists, James Doherty, at the TUC congress in Brighton. It said that, “by appointing Mr Edwards as a Commissioner, any confidence that the EHRC will promote further equality for LGBT people has been deeply undermined”. It said that Mr Edwards had called homosexual behaviour a sin.
Church Society backs GAFCON statement
THE COUNCIL of the Church Society, the conservative Evangelical body, has adopted the 14-point statement issued by the Global Anglican Future Conference in Jerusalem in June. The Council, meeting earlier this month, hoped that GAFCON would “help provinces to resist the doctrinal corruption that has infected many Western Churches”.
Comic Relief grant helps carers
SPACE, an organisation that supports young people caring for a sick or disabled relative, has been awarded a grant of £69,000 from the Princess Royal Trust for Carers and from Comic Relief. Space, based in Littlehampton, West Sussex, is supported by the Spurgeons charity. The grant will fund a befriending scheme to ensure that isolated carers are visited and given practical help.
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