Dean of Guildford
Press release from 10 Downing Street. Further information on the Guildford diocesan website. The King has approved the nomination of The Venerable Robert Gerard Cooper, Archdeacon of Sunderland, in the...
View ArticleOpinion – 5 October 2024
Bosco Peters Liturgy Male and Female? Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Looking for the Qualities of Leadership in our Bishops Save The Parish Bishop of Chelmsford challenges the Church’s ‘Vision and...
View ArticleAppointment of Second Church Estates Commissioner
Press release from the Prime Minister’s Office Appointment of Second Church Estates Commissioner: 7 October 2024 The King has approved the nomination of Marsha de Cordova, Member of Parliament for...
View ArticleBishop of Aberdeen & Orkney
The Scottish Episcopal Church has announced today that the disciplinary proceedings against the Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney have been dropped. The Rt Revd Anne Dyer was suspended in August 2022...
View ArticleOpinion – 9 October 2024
Mark Vasey-Saunders ViaMedia.News Theological Colleges: Being a Community in the Midst of Disagreement Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Exorcism Part One. Oxford Safe Churches Project Oxford Safe...
View ArticleOpinion – 12 October 2024
Marcus Walker The Spectator Why C of E bishops are so bland Kelvin Holdsworth What in Kelvin’s Head Finding a place to be Luke Bretherton Comment The Conversion of Public Intellectuals Al Barrett This...
View ArticleBishop Wambunya accepts CDM penalty
Updated We reported earlier on the non-canonical ordination conducted by Bishop Tim Wambunya in Berlin in April: Dr Tim Wambunya apologises for his role in a Berlin ordination service. Today, the...
View ArticleLLF: an explanatory video by Bishop Martyn Snow
The Diocese of St Albans has published this 8 minute video on YouTube: Diocesan Synod LLF October 2024. The post LLF: an explanatory video by Bishop Martyn Snow first appeared on Thinking Anglicans.
View ArticleOpinion – 16 October 2024
The Church Mouse Is the Church of England getting out of the marriage business? ‘Graham’ ViaMedia.News Should We Expect Archbishops to Tell the Truth? David Runcorn Inclusive Evangelicals When Doctrine...
View ArticleSoul Survivor: more follow-up on Scolding report
The Church Times reports: New working group to look at issues raised by Soul Survivor scandal AFTER the exposure of “appalling practices and a shocking abuse of power” at Soul Survivor, in reviews by...
View ArticleOpinion – 19 October 2024
Helen King sharedconversations Yet another autumn of Living in Love and Faith Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Sounds like bog-standard Anglicanism to me Bosco Peters Liturgy Which Bible is Inspired?...
View ArticleBishop of Aberdeen & Orkney: further developments
See our earlier report here. The bishop issued this statement on 9 October: Pastoral letter to the Diocese from the Bishop. The Church Times reported this on 17 October: Four Scottish bishops urge Dyer...
View ArticleSmyth independent review to be published on 13 November
The Church of England issued the following press release this morning. Smyth independent review publication plan 22/10/2024 The National Safeguarding Team, NST, has now received the independent review...
View ArticleOpinion – 23 October 2024
Philip Jones Ecclesiastical Law Bishops in Foreign Countries: Jurisdiction, Schism and Ecumenism Charlie Bell ViaMedia.News The “Failure of the Church”: Why Waiting is Not Neutral Colin Coward...
View ArticleLetters to the House of Bishops
The Church Times reports: Opponents and supporters of prayers for same-sex couples lobby bishops TWO Church of England pressure groups wrote to the House of Bishops before its meeting this week to...
View ArticleHouse of Bishops Autumn Meeting
The Church of England’s House of Bishops met earlier this week, and the following press release has been issued. House of Bishops Autumn Meeting 23/10/2024 The House of Bishops met in person for its...
View ArticleOpinion – 26 October 2024
Nic Tall ViaMedia.News Smoke and Mirrors and the Alliance Colin Coward Unadulterated Love We are all implicated in the corporate, systemic, abusive, unhealthy, persistently homophobic culture of the...
View ArticleJustin Welby interview
The Archbishop of Canterbury was recently interviewed for The Rest is Politics podcast. The wide-ranging interview is also available on YouTube. The topics covered are listed below with links to where...
View ArticleOpinion – 2 November 2024
Theo Hobson The Spectator Justin Welby has made a huge shift on homosexuality Justin Welby’s homosexuality reforms could still backfire Miranda Threlfall-Holmes Modern Church (How) Can the Church...
View ArticleBishop of Coventry
Press release from 10 Downing Street. See also this announcement on the Coventry diocesan website, and here on the Sheffield site. The King has approved the nomination of The Right Reverend Sophie...
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