Reactions to General Synod LLF debate
Church Times Exhaustion, hurt — and resignation after Synod same-sex debate CEEC offers to divide the family silver after same-sex vote Varied stances taken in first reactions to Synod vote on same-sex...
View ArticleNovember General Synod – electronic voting results
Updated 30 November New versions of all these files have been uploaded to the CofE website. All those there now are internally dated 29 November. I have updated the links below to point to these new...
View ArticleFormer ISB members cut links to review
The Church Times reports that “TWO former Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) members [Jasvinder Sanghera and Steve Reeves] have announced that they have ceased to co-operate with the independent...
View ArticleOpinion – 29 November 2023
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Vile Bodies – Christian prejudice and abuse Neil Elliot NumbersMatters Looking in the mirror? “What happens to the statistics we carefully collect and collate. How are...
View ArticleHouse of Bishops meeting: 29 November
Press release from the Church of England House of Bishops meeting: 29 November 29/11/2023 The House of Bishops met online on the morning of 29 November 2023. The House considered the November Group of...
View ArticleDean of Leicester
The next Dean of Leicester is to be the Revd Canon Karen Rooms. She is currently the acting Dean and was previously Sub-Dean and Canon Missioner. There are announcements on the Leicester diocesan,...
View ArticleOpinion – 2 December 2023
Neil Elliot NumbersMatters Census taking – sacred and dangerous? Bosco Peters Liturgy Are We Letting Worship Shape Us? The post Opinion – 2 December 2023 first appeared on Thinking Anglicans.
View ArticleOpinion – 6 December 2023
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love God is a revisionist Martin Sewell Surviving Church Waiting for Wilkinson The post Opinion – 6 December 2023 first appeared on Thinking Anglicans.
View ArticleNovember General Synod – analysis of voting
We reported previously on the November General Synod – electronic voting results Andrew Goddard has published an analysis of these voting results here: Prayers of Love and Faith: a divided vote–a...
View ArticleISB phase 1: Wilkinson report published
This review was announced on 11 September: Independent Barrister to conduct a Review of ISB phase 1 Today the report is published: Press release: Publication of independent review into Church’s...
View ArticlePrayers of Love and Faith to be made available for use from Sunday
Press release from the Church of Englaand Prayers of Love and Faith to be made available for use from Sunday 12/12/2023 Selection of readings and prayers of thanksgiving, dedication and asking for...
View ArticleOpinion – 13 December 2023
Surviving Church The Catastrophic Failure of Governance Colin Coward Unadulterated Love What kind of God? Neil Elliot NumbersMatters Who’s coming for Christmas? The post Opinion – 13 December 2023...
View ArticleEpiscopal Responses to Prayers of Love and Faith
Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham: Ad Clerum Prayers of Love and Faith 12 December 2023 Bishop of Liverpool: House of Bishops commends Prayers of Love and Faith Bishop of Chichester: Ad Clerum –...
View ArticleOther Responses to PLF
Church of England Evangelical Council: House of Bishops’ commends Prayers of Love and Faith. CEEC responds… “Anglican Alliance”: Letter to House of Bishops from the Anglican Alliance about Prayers of...
View ArticleCarlisle CNC fails to appoint
Statement from the Archbishop of York, issued today. Archbishop of York Statement on the Crown Nominations Commission for the next Bishop of Carlisle 15/12/2023 “At the conclusion of a lengthy process...
View ArticleOpinion – 16 December 2023
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Does the CofE meet the Standards of the Nolan Principles in its Life? The Church of England has a Redress Blog. It is “a blog for survivors and victims to express in...
View ArticleGeneral Synod outline of business for February 2024
Synod members have been sent an outline of business for the February 20234 meeting of the Church of England’s Generaal Synod. It is copied below. GENERAL SYNOD: FEBRUARY 2024 OUTLINE OF BUSINESS This...
View ArticleBishop of Richborough to retire
The Archbishop of Canterbury has announced that the Right Reverend Norman Banks, the Bishop of Richborough, is due to retire on Easter Sunday next year. The Bishop of Richborough is a suffragan of the...
View ArticleBishop of Edmonton
Press release from the Prime Minister’s office There is more on the London diocesan website. Appointment of Suffragan Bishop of Edmonton: 20 December 2023 The King has approved the nomination of The...
View ArticleOpinion – 20 December 2023
Kelvin Holdsworth What’s in Kelvin’s Head Coupled Together Jonathan Clatworthy The point of it all Fear, emptiness and hope The post Opinion – 20 December 2023 first appeared on Thinking Anglicans.
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