By Revd Stephen Hale, Acting General Secretary, EFAC A key report recommending a new way forward for the Anglican Communion was discussed at a meeting this week in Kuala Lumpur, of the ‘Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO). Chaired...
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13 (ESV) When the rulers, elders and teachers of the law saw the courage of Peter and...
In June 2024, the Alliance issued a warning to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York that if a further departure from the Church’s doctrine took place, it would face no choice but to rapidly establish a ‘de-facto parallel Province’ within the Church of England and...
In a staggering set of statements recorded by The Rest is Politics podcast, the Archbishop of Canterbury has laid his cards on the table with regards to sexual ethics in the Church of England. In a wide-ranging interview where the Archbishop of Canterbury courageously...
Leadership failures have caused many of us to re-assert the importance of accountability structures etc. This is a good and important development. Yet, these interventions also have limited value. That is because, while I, as a leader, may have some kind of official...
As the College of Bishops gathers in Oxford for its regular September residential, the Bishops of Penrith and Huntingdon remain Acting Bishops of Carlisle and Ely respectively and will probably be so into the second half of next year. It is also probable that there...
