Opinion – 22 January 2025
Theo Hobson The Tablet Middling along – renewing the C of E “The ascendancy of the evangelicals is over – but what comes next?” [free registration required] Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Rethinking...
View ArticleGeneral Synod Papers – February 2025
The Church of England’s General Synod will meet in London from 10 to 14 February. The agenda and papers for the meeting were released today. Outline of Business GS 2374 Agenda GS 2375 Report from the...
View ArticlePre-Synod press release
The Church of England’s General Synod will meet next month. The usual pre-synod press release was issued today and is copied below. Independent safeguarding proposals published ahead of Synod decision...
View ArticleCharity Commission writes to General Synod members
The Charity Commission has issued this press release: Regulator sets out safeguarding expectations ahead of key Synod votes. The letter to which it refers can be found here: Letter to General Synod...
View ArticleOpinion – 25 January 2025
Miles Ellingham and Cormac Kehoe The Fence Speaking in Small Tongues Mariann Edgar Budde The Guardian ‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump...
View ArticleOpinion – 29 January 2025
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Accurate reporting versus fake news – how do we tell the difference between truth and lies? Gavin Drake Church Abuse Too little, too late: Charity Commission reminds...
View ArticleBishop of Liverpool announces his retirement
The Diocese of Liverpool has published the following: Statement from the Rt. Revd. Dr. John Perumbalath, Bishop of Liverpool Having sought the permission of His Majesty the King, I have today taken the...
View ArticlePastoral Letter to the Diocese of Liverpool from The Bishop of Warrington
The Bishop of Warrington issued a Pastoral Letter to the Diocese of Liverpool yesterday, and this is now available on the diocesan website. It is copied below. A Pastoral Letter to the Diocese of...
View ArticleOpinion – 1 February 2025
Kelvin Holdsworth What’s in Kelvin’s Head Divine Dating – the Mysterious Art of Finding A New Cleric Martine Oborne Women and the Church Are women safe in the Church of England? Andrew Brown The slow...
View ArticleBishop of Edinburgh to retire
I missed this when it was announced last month, but the Right Rev Dr John Armes will retire as Bishop of Edinburgh on 31 August this year. Details are on the website of the Scottish Episcopal Church...
View ArticleBishop of Grimsby to retire
The Rt Revd Dr David Court, the suffragan Bishop of Grimsby in the diocese of Lincoln, has announced that he will retire at the end of July 2025. Details are on the diocesan website. The post Bishop of...
View ArticleCharity Commission writes to Bishops
We reported here that the Charity Commission had written to General Synod members. They have now written to Diocesan Bishops who are trustees of their Diocesan Board of Finance or other Church...
View ArticleOpinion – 5 February 2025
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love What is the relationship in the CofE today between parishes and the hierarchy? Martin Sewell and Stephen Trott Surviving Church General Synod and Safeguarding Reform The...
View ArticleSmyth in Southern Africa
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has published this news release: Archbishop’s Panel of Inquiry pinpoints church’s failures on Smyth abuse report This includes a seven page summary of the full...
View ArticleCofE Safeguarding Reform: objections to Option 4
Two documents have been issued to General Synod members, both of which raise concerns about the recommendation in favour of Option 4, as described in GS 2378. A legal opinion from the law firm VWV,...
View ArticleBishop of Bristol to retire
The Rt Revd Vivienne Faull, the Bishop of Bristol, has announced that she will retire on 1 September 2025. Details are on the diocesan website. She was enthroned as Bishop of Bristol on 20 October...
View ArticleGeneral Synod Questions – February 2025
The Questions (and answers) for next week’s meeting of the Church of England’s General Synod were issued today. They can be found online here: Questions Notice Paper February 2025. Questions will be...
View ArticleHouse of Bishops minutes
Minutes of meetings of the House of Bishops of the Church of England are now available online; they are towards the bottom of the page. This is announced in the answer to a question at next week’s...
View ArticleOpinion – 8 February 2025
Tim Wyatt New Statesman There is no solution to the Church of England permacrisis Martyn Percy Meander Jerry Pournelle’s Iron Law: Safeguarding Part One Peter Drucker’s Breakfast: Safeguarding Part Two...
View ArticleGeneral Synod – 10-14 February 2025
This post will be updated as the meeting proceeds. The Church of England’s General Synod is meeting this week. The timetable is here, the agenda is here and the papers are here. Live video etc All...
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