Together responds to LLF
together for the Church of England has published this letter to Martyn Snow. The full text is copied here (the signatures list is below the fold). Dear Bishop Martyn LIVING IN LOVE AND FAITH – JULY...
View ArticleGeneral Synod – 5-9 July 2024
This post will be updated as the meeting proceeds. The Church of England’s General Synod is meeting this weekend. The timetable is here, the agenda is here and the papers are here. Live video etc All...
View ArticleResponses to General Synod debate on LLF
Together has issued this Statement following LLF debate at July 2024 General Synod. The Church of England Evangelical Council has published this: CEEC expresses deep disappointment on ‘milestone day’...
View ArticleOpinion – 10 July 2024
Sean Doherty ViaMedia.News Trust and Training Phil Groves ViaMedia.News The Alliance and the Bishop of Oxford Lorraine Cavanagh On Forgiving The Church The post Opinion – 10 July 2024 first appeared on...
View ArticleCEEC commissions Overseers
CEEC commissions first set of overseers The Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) has commissioned its first set of overseers, in a service today at All Souls Langham Place, in London. The...
View ArticleOpinion – 13 July 2024
Theo Hobson The Spectator The C of E needs to talk about sex Helen King sharedconversations Milestone Day or Groundhog Day? Nic Tall ViaMedia.News Cooking with Love and Faith Hatty Calbus Surviving...
View ArticleEly CNC fails to nominate
The Ely CNC failed to nominate a bishop at its meeting last week. Details are in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s statement copied below. Readers may recall that the Carlisle CNC similarly failed to...
View ArticleMeeting of the House of Bishops – July 2024
Press release from the Church of England Meeting of the House of Bishops – July 2024 16/07/2024 The House of Bishops convened online on 15 July. The House discussed the next steps for the LLF process...
View ArticleOpinion – 17 July 2024
Peter Carrell Anglican Down Under On Bible translations Augustine Tanner-Ihm ViaMedia.News Where is the Colour? The CEEC Commissioning of Overseers: A Theological and Ecclesiological Critique Joanne...
View ArticleLords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill
Following today’s King’s Speech the Government released King’s Speech 2024: background briefing notes. Included in this is the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill. I have copied the...
View ArticleDean of Southwell to retire
The Very Reverend Nicola Sullivan, Dean of Southwell, has announced her plans to retire later this year. Her last day at the Cathedral will be Sunday 29 September. Full details are on the Southwell...
View ArticleOpinion – 20 July 2024
Morwenna Ludlow ViaMedia.News Celibacy and Conscience Stephen Andrews The Living Church Wycliffe College and the Character of Anglicanism Gavin Drake Church Abuse A look at Archbishop of York Stephen...
View ArticleJuly General Synod – electronic voting results
The electronic voting results from this month’s General Synod are now available online and are linked below, with links to the order papers containing the relevant texts. Electronic voting results Item...
View ArticleOpinion – 27 July 2024
Helen King ViaMedia.News The Luxury of Marriage House of Survivors Church of England Redress Scheme Gavin Drake Church Abuse Archbishops’ Council lies about GMC in battle for secret clergy discipline...
View ArticleAnother commissioning service
We reported earlier on the service held at All Souls Langham Place, organised by the Church of England Evangelical Council: CEEC commissions Overseers. Another service took place on 24 July at St...
View ArticleLords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill starts parliamentary journey
I reported that this bill was included in the recent King’s Speech. It was introduced in the House of Lords today and received its first reading. The second reading is scheduled for 10 September 2024....
View ArticleSuffragan Bishops of Selby and Whitby
In two press releases from 10 Downing Street the appointments of new suffragan bishops of Selby and Whitby in the diocese of York have been announced: The King has approved the nomination of The...
View ArticleMore on that commissioning service
This continues the story that began here: Another commissioning service. The Diocese of London has issued a statement. This is copied in full below the fold. (If I can find a direct link to the...
View ArticleOpinion – 3 August 2024
Daniel Sandham Church Times Why churches should keep their doors open “It is less risky than many people assume — and the benefits for mission are significant” Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Changing...
View ArticleOpinion – 10 August 2024
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Being a “Nice” Priest or a “Nice” Church Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Thinking about those Involved in the Commissioning Event at Bishopsgate July 2024 Philip Jones...
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