Greenwich Council has been criticised for selling a Grade II-listed library building to a Pentecostal church whose head has branded gay marriage “evil” and claimed that married women “need to know how to do chores”. The former East Greenwich Library, on Woolwich Road, has been sold for £1.8 million to the Redeemed Christian Church of […]
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Coronavirus: New Wine Church told worshippers they would be safe during epidemic
853 exclusive: A Greenwich Council-backed church which has advertised in council media told worshippers they would be safe during the Covid-19 epidemic. New Wine Church, which was given a civic award by the council in 2017, told its congregation on its website: “You will not lose your loved ones; your loved ones will not lose […]
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LGBT school row MP Roger Godsiff resigns from Charlton Athletic trust
The Labour MP who supported parents objecting to their children being taught about same-sex relationships has resigned from Charlton Athletic’s community trust, the leader of Greenwich Council said last night. Godsiff, a former ceremonial mayor of Lewisham who is now an MP in Birmingham, gave his support to protesters at Anderton Park Primary School, inside […]
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Greenwich Council-backed New Wine Church to welcome gay marriage opponent
A church backed by Greenwich Council is to welcome an opponent of gay marriage to Woolwich next week – just days after it painted rainbow-coloured “pride” crossings in the town centre. There are no rainbow crossings outside New Wine Church, whose Maximise Life event next week will feature Creflo Dollar, a televangelist who opposes abortion […]
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New Wine Church returns to Greenwich Council fold for Christmas
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe visited New Wine Church last week to hand out Christmas hampers, cementing the controversial church’s return to the council fold following revelations last year that it hosted sermons critical of homosexuality. In July 2017, 853 revealed the church’s pastor, who had accepted a civic award from former council leader Denise […]
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New Wine Church: Council allows ads to return as leader demands it ‘condemn homophobia’
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has called on the controversial New Wine Church to publicly condemn homophobia after allowing it to advertise on Woolwich’s big screen once again. Promotions for the church, which has hosted sermons critical of homosexuality, have reappeared on the screen a year after 853 revealed that its pastor, Michael […]
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Greenwich Council to review civic awards after giving prize to church which calls homosexuality ‘darkness’
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council is to review its civic awards scheme after it gave a community prize to a Woolwich-based church whose sermons are critical of homosexuality. New Wine Church – which advertises in the council’s media – was a winner at March’s Civic Awards for “organisations and activities which support the local community and […]
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