Dr Gavin Ashenden spoke at the Catholic Identity Conference in America on the feast day of St Michael the Archangel, 29 September 2024. He pulls no punches as he talks about the plight of Christians today as we are being constantly sidelined by the post christian culture that has engulfed our world. This is a must watch video for all serious Christians, so we invite you to spend an hour watching what Dr Ashenden has to say.
Here is a little about this esteemed gentleman, we advise you to read his bio first, then watch the video.
Bernard and John
Custodians of the Michael's Arrow Project
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Dr Gavin Ashenden is Associate Editor of the Catholic Herald and is also an author and commentator. Formerly, he was a Church of England priest and was appointed Chaplain to H.M. Queen Elizabeth from 2008 until 2017.
He graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in law and trained for the priesthood at Oak Hill Theological College. He studied at Heythrop College, University of London, achieving a Masters in Theology on the psychology of religion. While he was a chaplain and faculty member at the University of Sussex, he did a doctorate on Charles Williams. His publication on Williams, Alchemy and Integrationwas reviewed by the-then Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams in the Times Literary Supplement.
Dr Ashenden was ordained in the Church of England in 1980 and served as a parish priest for 10 years. He also served as senior lecturer and university chaplain in the English Department of the University of Sussex (1989-2012) and lectured in systemic theology at the University of Brighton (1995-2003). In 2003, he was appointed as a canon of Chichester Cathedral. He also served as Diocesan Adviser on New Age Religions to the Bishop of Chichester. During the 1980s, Dr Ashenden was vice chairman of the Keston Institute and as a director of Aid to Russian Christians, he smuggled Bibles and medicine to the underground churches of the Soviet Union. Dr Ashenden was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England (1995-2012), and a Church of England delegate to the 8th Council of the World Council of Churches (Harare, Zimbabwe, 1998).
He presented the BBC radio programme, Faith and Ethics (2008-2012) and a BBC podcast, Faith in England (2009-2012). He has written for many newspapers including The Times, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times and Christian Today, and was interviewed by Rod Liddle for the Sunday Times.
In 2017, Dr Ashenden relinquished his orders within the Church of England and later that year he was consecrated by the Christian Episcopal Church as a missionary bishop for the UK and Europe. In 2019, he resigned from the Christian Episcopal Church and became a Catholic.