I AM coming to the end of my time as the Team Rector of one of largest parishes by population (just over 86,000) in the Church of England. It was formed in 2016, from what had been seven separate ...
BROWNING. The Revd Kevin Browning, Vicar of South Hornchurch (Chelmsford): 24 July. CROFTS. The Revd Zoe Crofts, Rector of the Cherington with Newington Benefice (Canterbury): 6 September. CONEYS. The ...
THE target for the Church of England to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2030 will not be met, a forecast in a new progress report has stated. The report, to be discussed in the General Synod this ...
The topic was patronage in the Church of England — the right to nominate a priest to a vacant parish post. After listening to an hour-long speech, peers agreed to the Bishop’s request that a select ...
CARING for the environment is “an essential part of following Jesus”, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have said in a new teaching document. Hope for All Creation: A theological response to the ...
THE appointment of an executive principal with oversight over both Trinity College, Bristol, and St Mellitus College is “a constructive response to the realities facing the theological education ...
“STRONG frustration” that a report on the seal of confession remains with the House of Bishops and has “effectively been paused for over a year” has been expressed by members of the Task and Finish ...
THE election of the first Bishop of the new Episcopal missionary diocese of Navajoland, in the United States, has been postponed for a second time, with no explanation, just two days before it was due ...
THE Bishop of Lichfield, Dr Michael Ipgrave, was “clearly correct” in taking no further action against the Revd Tim Hastie-Smith concerning the handling of reports about John Smyth’s abusive behaviour ...