Opinion – 1 June 2024
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love The God I Never Believed In Gavin Drake Church Abuse Who are Ecclesiastical? And why does it matter? Fergus Butler-Gallie Church Times Preacher who triggered a riot “On...
View ArticleWilkinson-Jay Response Group survey findings
The Church Times reports on a survey commissioned by the Jay Response Group but as yet not published by them. Survey uncovers reservations about outsourcing church safeguarding work MOST bishops and...
View ArticleBishop of Exeter
Press release from 10 Downing Street. Further information on the Exeter diocesan site “New Bishop of Exeter announced on Devon Day”. St Edmundsbury & Ipswich has this report. The King has approved...
View ArticleChurch Commissioners report for 2023
The Church Commissioners issued their report for 2023 yesterday alongwith a press release, which is copied below. Church Commissioners for England endowment fund delivers 4.1% return in 2023 03/06/2024...
View ArticleDean of Lichfield
Press release from 10 Downing Street. And Lichfield Cathedral has “First Female Dean of Lichfield Appointed”. The King has approved the nomination of The Right Reverend Janet Elizabeth McFarlane,...
View ArticleSuffragan Bishop of Woolwich
Press release from 10 Downing Street. Further information from Southwark diocese. The King has approved the nomination of The Venerable Alastair Cutting, Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich, for...
View ArticleOpinion – 8 June 2024
David Monteith ViaMedia.News PRIDE: More than Sparkling Spandex Stephen Parsons Surviving Church To Jay or not to Jay, that is the Question for C/E Safeguarding Paul Middleton ViaMedia.News Church of...
View ArticleOpinion – 12 June 2024
Catherine Bennett The Observer Your sermons on integrity are a bit rich, archbishop, given your faith in Paula Vennells Richard Peers Oikodomeo The Five Guiding Principles and LLF – why the Church of...
View ArticleHouse of Bishops Meeting – June 2024
The Church of England’s House of Bishops met today and issued the following brief press release. House of Bishops Meeting – June 2024 12/06/2024 The House of Bishops met in London on June 12. The...
View ArticleJuly 2024 General Synod – Papers
The Church of England’s General Synod will meet in York from Friday 5 to Tuesday 9 July. A few of the papers, listed below the fold, are now available online. I will update the list when more papers...
View ArticleTransparency of the work of the House of Bishops
One of the papers just released for next month’s meeting of the General Sunod of the Church of England is this one. As a GS Misc paper it is provided for information and not for debate. Transparency of...
View ArticleOpinion – 15 June 2024
Helen King sharedconversations Transparency, trust and bishops Neil Elliot NumbersMatter From Creation to Revelation: why seven is the most special number Philip North Church Times It is time for a new...
View ArticleDean of Worcester
Press release from the Prime Minister’s Office. There is more on the diocesan website. Appointment of Dean of Worcester: 17 June 2024 The King has approved the nomination of The Reverend Canon Dr...
View ArticlePre-Synod press release
The usual pre-Synod press release has been issued by the Church of England today and is copied below. Synod papers are available here and links will be added to my earlier post here. Services for...
View ArticleQuestions about the commissioning of the Jay report
The Jay Response Group has produced a report, published today, for the July General Synod to consider. This is scheduled for debate on Monday 8 July. This document is 137 pages long. This synod will...
View ArticleOpinion – 22 June 2024
Helen King sharedconversations Removing the fiction: wrangling bishops Susannah Clark ViaMedia.News The Whole of Who We Are Giles Goddard ViaMedia.News Between Meaning and Despair: A Generous Faith The...
View ArticleOpinion – 26 June 2024
Helen King sharedconversations LLF: Moving Forward as One Church Matthew Duckett Writing on the Walls of Nineveh Sermon for a Mass of Thanksgiving for a Civil Partnership David W Congdon ViaMedia.News...
View ArticleLLF: criticisms from bishops and others
Updated Wednesday evening and again Thursday morning The latest LLF proposals are in GS 2358. (31 pages long) , and are explained more briefly by Helen King in LLF: Moving Forward as One Church (also...
View ArticleDean of Chelmsford
The Bishop of Chelmsford has announced that the next Dean of Chelmsford will be the Rev Canon Dr Jessica Martin. Jessica currently serves as a Residentiary Canon at Ely Cathedral and during 2024 has...
View ArticleLLF: further developments
Some further items to record: Eleven members of the LLF Working Groups have written to criticise GS 2358: LLF: from Leicester to York CEEC has issued this invitation to a “Commissioning of Overseers”...
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