The Archbishop of Canterbury was ‘plainly wrong’ in dismissing concerns about the blacklisting of a gender-critical chaplain, a leading lawyer working for the church has ruled.
The Archbishop reportedly tried to block a serious complaint of misconduct being investigated in relation to the ‘egregious’ blacklisting of Reverend Dr Bernard Randall.
Dr Bernard Randall, 52, received a 5-year ban from his ministry for preaching traditional Christian views to students at Trent College, a private school in Derbyshire, where he was the chaplain. link
He told students during a sermon that they could question teaching on ‘LGBT’ relationships.
Dr. Randall was reported to Prevent, the terrorism watchdog, and was ruled by the Church of England to be a risk to children.
The Bible says,
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Triggered by the truth?
In 2019, Dr. Randall gave a sermon he titled ‘Competing Ideologies’, during which he reassured young people that they ‘are not obliged to accept someone else’s ideology’.
In his well articulated Bible standard speech, he told students that they were at liberty to listen to other points of view, whether on religion, Brexit or ‘LGBT ’.
Dr. Randall went on to say it was not wrong to think ‘that human beings are indeed male and female’. He also suggested that, according to the Christian church, marriage is between a man and woman and that a dim view is taken of sex outside of wedlock.
His words triggered complaints from pupils, parents and staff members. Some even claimed they were nearly left in tears.
Despite being cleared of wrongdoing over the 2019 sermon, he remains barred from preaching after a decision by the Bishop of Derby, the Right Reverend Libby Lane, the church’s first female bishop.
The Bible says,
Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.
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Exonerated yet denied
Following an investigation by the church, Dr. Randall was exonerated for the comments he made during his sermon.
But the Derby diocese’s safeguarding team, under the watch of Bishop Lane, still stopped Dr. Randall from taking any position as a vicar.
In 2021, the diocese refused to grant him a licence to officiate without first going through a risk assessment, effectively banning him from preaching.
The diocese safeguarding team claims that the sermon itself was not the reason for this witch-hunt against Dr. Randall.
Rather, it supposedly raised concerns about how he might ‘support someone who came to him if they were struggling with their sexuality’. But Christian Concern, which took up Dr. Randall’s case, maintains that the Right Reverend Lane blacklisted him as a ‘risk to children’ because of his Christian beliefs.
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Identity politics over spiritual?
Senior church leaders are taking the back seat and turning away from their parishioners, prioritising identity politics over spiritual and moral guidance.
This attempt to appeal to younger generations through a focus on progressive ideologies is misguided and out of touch with what most people, particularly the youth, truly seek. Instead of ‘woke’ ideologies, there is a growing desire for genuine unity and moderation within the church.
The Church, despite its increasingly diluted stance, has a unique chance to offer a balanced and unifying voice.
Unfortunately, its current leadership, exemplified by Archbishop Welby and Right Reverend Lane, seems more concerned with conforming to popular opinions rather than fulfilling their role as spiritual shepherds.
The Bible says
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Persecuted Christian professionals
In recent times, more Christians have been increasingly persecuted for speaking up against gender indoctrination and sodomy.
In July 2024, a Christian maths teacher, Joshua Sutcliffe was banned from teaching by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) for stating that ‘a boy cannot be a girl’ and ‘homosexuality is a sin.’
Also, In July 2023, a Christian councillor, King Lawal was suspended for tweeting that pride is not a virtue but a sin.
Meanwhile, another Christian teacher identified as Glawdys Leger was was sacked after refusing to promote extreme ‘LGBT’ ideology, and for expressing her biblical beliefs on human sexuality in response to student questions.
In July 2023, a Christian social worker had a £25,000-a-year job offer revoked after his employer discovered his previous legal victory affirming his freedom of speech.
Felix Ngolefaced expulsion from a social worker training course at Sheffield University after sharing a Facebook post that referenced Bible passages on the topic of same-sex marriage.
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