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WEB1 day ago · THE next Bishop of Wolverhampton, Dr Tim Wambunya, has apologised for the part he played in a non-canonical ordination of a bishop in Germany, saying that he merely wished to support a former student.. The service, which took place in Berlin in April, was billed as the ordination, as Bishop, of the Revd Wamare Juma, who founded and leads the Revealed Evangelical Mission.
Should the CNC procedures be changed? | Thinking Anglicans
WEB6 hours ago · Proposals to reform the CNC procedures. Bishops back proposals to simplify nomination process for diocesan bishops. Two Church Times articles (both linked previously): After deadlocks, Crown Nominations Commission’s secret ballots may end. House of Bishops’ CNC debate rouses ire of central members. Other opinions:
Opinion – 17 August 2024 - Thinking Anglicans
WEBOpinion – 17 August 2024. Opinion. Resource churches: To sow, plant, or graft? Giles Fraser UnHerd Why can’t the Church say ‘church’? Tradition doesn’t tell the whole story. Geography and demographic may be more important. For instance, do churches grow when the vicar has anything between 5 and 12 to look after? Or when the population ...
Opinion – 21 September 2024 | Thinking Anglicans
WEB1 day ago · Opinion – 21 September 2024. on Saturday, 21 September 2024 at 11.00 am by Peter Owen categorised as Opinion. Top 1000 funds Church Commissioners: Managing historic real assets for the future. Rosalind Rutherford ViaMedia.News What do Others Think of Us?. Neil Patterson ViaMedia.News Can the Church of England be Mature about Love?. Martyn Percy Meander Crisis, What Crisis?
Bishops back proposals to simplify nomination process for …
WEB4 days ago · Bishop Sarah proposed: Reducing the threshold required for a nomination to 60 per cent of those voting, also removing any abstentions from the total. Remove the secret ballot. Giving the presiding Archbishop (of Canterbury or York) an additional vote in the event of a deadlock. Speaking at the bishops’ meeting in Oxford today, she said ...
Opinion – 10 August 2024 - Thinking Anglicans
WEBOpinion – 10 August 2024. on Saturday, 10 August 2024 at 11.00 am by Peter Owen categorised as Opinion. 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 Ecclesiastical law The Church Commissioners: England’s Ministry of Religion
Opinion – 14 January 2023 - Thinking Anglicans
WEBOpinion – 14 January 2023. on Saturday, 14 January 2023 at 11.10 am by Peter Owen categorised as Opinion. Stacey Rand ViaMedia.News Leadership for Change: A Response to ‘The Sexism Women Continue to Face in the Church of England’. Rebecca Glover ViaMedia.News Emerging Adults: A Priority for the Churches. Martine Oborne The Guardian Why are female clergy cheering for a bishop who doesn ...
Opinion – 7 February 2024 - Thinking Anglicans
WEBon Wednesday, 7 February 2024 at 11.00 am by Peter Owen. categorised as Opinion. Janet Fife Surviving Church Putting My Name to My Story. The Guardian view on crumbling churches: a social vocation can save them for the nation. Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Time to challenge toxic theology and poisoned prejudice in the Church.
Opinion – 20 January 2024 - Thinking Anglicans
WEBJan 20, 2024 · 7 months ago. “The passages in the synoptics that speak of a last judgement with eternal consequences are largely the products of Matthew’s re-writing of texts, Matthew’s failure to understand the truth of Jesus’ teaching that God’s loving is unconditional.” “Jesus hardly ever cites the Hebrew Scriptures to support his message.”.
Opinion – 20 March 2024 - Thinking Anglicans
WEBOpinion – 20 March 2024. on Wednesday, 20 March 2024 at 11.00 am by Peter Owen categorised as Opinion. Colin Coward Unadulterated Love The Zone of Interest – ways of thinking about God. Jonathan Chaplin ViaMedia.News The Bishops must be …
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