Some voting figures from the House and College of Bishops
Updated Friday Francis Martin reports in the Church Times: Bishops’ divisions over same-sex marriage exposed Read the whole article if you possibly can, but it starts out: A LARGE majority of C of E...
View ArticleOpinion – 28 October 2023
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Did Jesus root his proclamation of the kingdom in orthodoxy and tradition? Alison Milbank Church Times Management and mission: the Church of England is not a machine...
View ArticleQuestions on PLF in the House of Commons
Updated Monday The Church Times reports: Second Commissioner responds to MPs’ questions on Prayers of Love and Faith The full texts of both questions and answers can be found at They Work For You,...
View ArticleOpinion – 1 November 2023
Andrew Atherstone Law & Religion UK The House of Bishops of the Church of England and public transparency Marcus Walker The Critic The road to Wigan’s tears Evan McWilliams ViaMedia.News Same-sex...
View Article44 bishops call for clergy to be allowed same-sex civil marriages
The Church Times reports: Don’t delay guidance allowing priests to be in same-sex marriages, say 44 bishops A GROUP of 44 bishops made a public statement on Wednesday afternoon expressing their hope...
View ArticleHouse of Bishops 30 Oct – 1 Nov 2023
The House of Bishops of the Church of England met for three days this week, and afterwards issued this press release. House of Bishops Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2023 01/11/2023 The House of Bishops has held its...
View ArticleChrist Church Review Group announced
A Review Group has been appointed to oversee an independent review process of the handling of alleged safeguarding issues regarding the former Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, Dr Martyn Percy. Details...
View ArticleOpen letter from Inclusive Evangelicals
from Inclusive Evangelicals A letter signed by over 600 evangelicals* in the Church of England has been published today. In advance of the forthcoming meeting of the General Synod (which meets later...
View ArticleOpinion – 4 November 2023
Ruth Harley ViaMedia.News Collateral Damage: How Unjust Treatment of LGBTQIA+ People Harms the Church Susan Hunt Surviving Church Searching for Truth. How ‘Kenneth’ has been failed by the Justice...
View ArticleLLF: report of a meeting at Lambeth Palace
Updated Colin Coward has published this report of a meeting on Friday 3 November at Lambeth Palace Library: The Archbishop of Canterbury meets thirty four representatives of progressive organisations...
View ArticleStatistics for Mission 2022
The Church of England has released its Statistics for Mission 2022. There is an accompanying press release, copied below. Church attendance rises for second year running 10/11/2023 Statistics for...
View ArticleGeneral Synod Questions
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 November 2023 FINAL. Questions will...
View ArticlePre-Synod news and opinion
Paul Roberts Inclusive Evangelicals On the use and abuse of the term ‘orthodox’ Mandy Ford ViaMedia.News Polluted Ground or Holy Ground? Going Forward to the November Synod Church Times General Synod...
View ArticleGeneral Synod – 13-15 November 2023
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...
View ArticleSafeguarding Newsletter for November General Synod
Surviving Church has published this report on the current status of numerous safeguarding matters, few of which are on the agenda for the November synod. The editor of SC writes: This is a copy of a...
View Article9 July General Synod discussion on the ISB
David Lamming has written the following article about the synod discussion that occurred on 9 July concerning the Independent Safeguarding Board. Question 204 from the November General Synod sessions...
View ArticleOpinion – 18 November 2023
Neil Elliot NumbersMatters A question of position: CofE stats 2022 Adrian Thatcher ViaMedia.News Vile Bodies? Ray Gaston ViaMedia.News Reclaiming Orthodoxy The Guardian view on the C of E and same-sex...
View ArticleReactions 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
The electronic voting results from this month’s General Synod are now available online and are linked below. The texts of items 7 and 500 can be found in the official record of Business Done. Living in...
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...
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