My book Bleeding for Jesus: John Smyth and the Cult of Iwerne Camps is available at

RT @ChineMcDonald: We'll shortly be advertising for a fixed-term contract Researcher post at @Theosthinktank to work on some exciting proje….

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I’ve just learnt that dogs can’t tell the difference between red and yellow. I guess that’s why they are so bad at Connect 4.

I’ll just leave this here.

RT @SewellMartin: You’d think that after yet another serious data breach of survivors details the CofE would have spent the morning urgentl….

I predict that the CofE will say that they are not responsible for yesterday’s disastrous data breach. That’s nonsense because i) it is THEIR victims who have been exposed, and ii) they made a specific commitment that names and email addresses wouldn’t be shared with the Church.

Following today’s horrendous data breach by the Church of England, the Secretary General William Nye, who has overall responsibility for safeguarding, must resign. The government also needs to step in to stop the church managing its own safeguarding failures.

If you are a survivor of church abuse and you have been damaged by today’s horrendous data leak, you are not alone. If you need someone to talk to, DM me at ANY time (or call me if you already have my number). You are not alone. Andrew.

The Church of England has repeatedly argued that it is competent to manage its own safeguarding failures. It is now time for the government to step in. @jessphillips.

It has been four hours now since the Church of England leaked the names and email addresses of almost 200 survivors of church abuse. No bishop or safeguarding official has resigned. The church has made no statement. None of those affected has been contacted to offer support.

My letter in today’s Times.

RT @Theosthinktank: We're hiring! . An exciting new role has opened up at Theos. We are looking for a driven self-starter with a varied ski….

There are 32,000 asylum seekers in UK hotels needing alternative accommodation. There are approximately 38,500 churches in the UK.

RT @ZoeJardiniere: Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns….

It looks as though many hotels currently housing asylum seekers are going to be closed at short notice because of a court ruling. This would be a great moment for churches to step up and offer alternative accommodation in homes and families.

If there was a problem with this Thought for the Day, then the producer who signed it off ought to step up and take responsibility, not leave KK hung out to dry. They should explain why they thought it was ok on Tuesday night, but had changed their mind on Wednesday morning.

SPOILER ALERT: Almost certainly not.

Clergy woman suffers domestic violence. Church provides her husband with safe accommodation. Husband accuses clergy woman of adultery. Church puts clergy woman on trial. (She is not guilty). 😡😡🤬🤬.

Yeah, Lucy Bronze played through the Euros with a fractured tibia - but I just played Scrabble with a bad headache…so who’s the real hero?.

All these matches seem to be won on penalties. Maybe next time they should not bother with the earlier stuff and just do the penalties. That way they wouldn’t all get so tired.

If you eat probiotic yogurt and take antibiotics, do they cancel each other out?.