Soul Survivor: more follow-up on Scolding report
The Church Times reports: New working group to look at issues raised by Soul Survivor scandal AFTER the exposure of “appalling practices and a shocking abuse of power” at Soul Survivor, in reviews by...
View ArticleOpinion – 19 October 2024
Helen King sharedconversations Yet another autumn of Living in Love and Faith Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Sounds like bog-standard Anglicanism to me Bosco Peters Liturgy Which Bible is Inspired?...
View ArticleBishop of Aberdeen & Orkney: further developments
See our earlier report here. The bishop issued this statement on 9 October: Pastoral letter to the Diocese from the Bishop. The Church Times reported this on 17 October: Four Scottish bishops urge Dyer...
View ArticleSmyth independent review to be published on 13 November
The Church of England issued the following press release this morning. Smyth independent review publication plan 22/10/2024 The National Safeguarding Team, NST, has now received the independent review...
View ArticleOpinion – 23 October 2024
Philip Jones Ecclesiastical Law Bishops in Foreign Countries: Jurisdiction, Schism and Ecumenism Charlie Bell ViaMedia.News The “Failure of the Church”: Why Waiting is Not Neutral Colin Coward...
View ArticleLetters to the House of Bishops
The Church Times reports: Opponents and supporters of prayers for same-sex couples lobby bishops TWO Church of England pressure groups wrote to the House of Bishops before its meeting this week to...
View ArticleHouse of Bishops Autumn Meeting
The Church of England’s House of Bishops met earlier this week, and the following press release has been issued. House of Bishops Autumn Meeting 23/10/2024 The House of Bishops met in person for its...
View ArticleOpinion – 26 October 2024
Nic Tall ViaMedia.News Smoke and Mirrors and the Alliance Colin Coward Unadulterated Love We are all implicated in the corporate, systemic, abusive, unhealthy, persistently homophobic culture of the...
View ArticleJustin Welby interview
The Archbishop of Canterbury was recently interviewed for The Rest is Politics podcast. The wide-ranging interview is also available on YouTube. The topics covered are listed below with links to where...
View ArticleOpinion – 2 November 2024
Theo Hobson The Spectator Justin Welby has made a huge shift on homosexuality Justin Welby’s homosexuality reforms could still backfire Miranda Threlfall-Holmes Modern Church (How) Can the Church...
View ArticleBishop of Coventry
Press release from 10 Downing Street. See also this announcement on the Coventry diocesan website, and here on the Sheffield site. The King has approved the nomination of The Right Reverend Sophie...
View ArticleOpinion – 6 November 2024
Anglican Futures Call My Bluff Jon Price Earth & Altar All Things Bright and Beautiful Jonathan Clatworthy The point of it all Sacrifices, meat and celebration The post Opinion – 6 November 2024...
View ArticleReview by Keith Makin into Church’s handling of Smyth case
This report, previously scheduled for publication on 13 November, has been published this afternoon. Press Release: Independent review into Church’s handling of Smyth case published (copied in full...
View ArticleStatement in response to Makin review
This statement is issued at 1615 on Thursday 7 November on behalf of a number of victims and survivors of John Smyth QC. It is a response to the publication by the Church of England of the Makin...
View ArticleOpinion – 9 November 2024
Andrew Graystone The Tablet Canterbury: who next? Philip Welsh Church Times Language matters when talking about vocation “The Church’s calling matters more than an individual’s sense of whether it is...
View ArticleArchbishop of Canterbury resigns
The following statement was released by the Lambeth Palace Press Office at 2pm today. Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury 12/11/2024 Having sought the gracious permission of His Majesty The...
View ArticleDean of Winchester to retire
The Dean of Winchester, the Very Revd Catherine Ogle, has announced that she will retire next year. The post Dean of Winchester to retire first appeared on Thinking Anglicans.
View ArticleReactions to Canterbury resignation
Statements from bishops Archbishop of York Bishop of Bath and Wells Bishop of Birmingham Bishops of Blackburn, Burnley and Lancaster Acting Bishop of Carlisle Bishop of Chelmsford Bishop of Chester...
View ArticleOpinion – 13 November 2024
Madeleine Davies Church Times ‘In church-going terms, we have failed’ “Are lessons from the mixed results of church-growth programmes being learned” Augustine Tanner-Ihm ViaMedia.News The Sovereignty...
View ArticleLord Sentamu and the Bishop of Newcastle
We reported last year on the Bishop of Newcastle’s withdrawal of Lord Sentamu’s Permission to Officiate. Links to our previous articles are here. The bishop issued a new statement on Monday of this...
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