A Vicar Just Challenged The Church Over £100 Million (And I’m With Him!)
A parish priest and a churchwarden want to take the Church Commissioners to the High Court over Project Spire, the proposed £100 million reparations fund. And I support them.Rev Jamie Franklin and barrister Bijan Omrani have asked the Charity Commission for permission to bring charity proceedings. In this video I explain what they have actually done, what the Commissioners say in reply, and why I think this is a question about faithful stewardship and not just about history.
My earlier video on Project Spire:
The Times report (13 October 2026): https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/church-of-england-slavery-reparations-priest-challenge-7mp38ktwnChurch Commissioners’ FAQ on their historic links to enslavement: https://www.churchofengland.org/about/governance/national-church-institutions/church-commissioners-england/who-we-are/historic-links-enslavement/frequently-asked-questions
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26 Sept 2026
Which Church of England?
Another week, another Church of England headline — an award withdrawn, a memorial exhibition pulled, a cathedral renting itself out to a nightclub, a £100m reparations fund under legal challenge. It's easy to hear "the Church of England" and assume one institution made every one of those decisions.It didn't.In this podcast I break down what actually happened in each case — Lambeth Palace, Leeds Minster, St Paul's Cathedral, and the Church Commissioners — and why treating them as a single, coordinated failure gets you exactly the wrong conclusion. Then I give you a simple test for discerning which Church of England you're actually looking at, whether you're staying to contend for it or thinking about leaving altogether.If you've been wondering whether there's still a faithful, Bible-believing church inside the Church of England, this is for you.
🔗 The Alliance: https://alliancecofe.org/🔗 AMiE / ACE: https://www.anglicanmissioninengland.org/ https://aceanglicans.org/🔗 My video on leaving the Church of England:
🔗 My video on Project Spire:
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18 Sept 2026
Archbishop Honours Bin Laden Supporter — Then Backs Down!
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the Archbishop of Canterbury personally presented an interfaith reconciliation award to a Pakistani cleric whose own council once gave Osama Bin Laden its highest honour — a title he defended in his own words, on the record. Within days, under public pressure, the award was withdrawn.
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