Laudable Practice “Maintenance of Thy True Religion”: is use of 1662 reactionary?
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George Carey The Telegraph The Church’s unjust treatment of clergy has created a climate of fear
“I am far from alone in having fallen foul of a slow and secretive approach to disciplinary matters”
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“Jonathan Pease examines recent trends and developments in the Church of England’s choral tradition. Although COVID has produced many problems for church choirs in the immediate term, might it be that the pandemic prompts a renaissance in traditional church music and the life of parochial choirs in the long term?”
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“Numerical growth can be impeded by a lack of basic amenities”
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Update: a vesrion of this article has subsequently appeared in The Guardian The Conservatives think the Church of England can fill all welfare gaps. We can’t.
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“Bernice Hardie suggests ways to include people with learning disabilities in churches”
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92 CommentsJonathan Draper Afterthoughts Religion and the Right
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Laudable Practice “The Last of the Solemnity of this Season”: Caroline, Restoration, and Revolution Era Preaching on the Epiphany
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Editorial in The Guardian The Guardian view on liberal Christians: is this their moment?
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The Anglican Communion News Service has links to Christmas messages from Anglican Primates.
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50 CommentsThe Church of England’s General Synod meets virtually from 1300 yesterday until 1530 on Wednesday. The papers are available here.
Video recording of the morning’s proceedings
Video recording of the afternoon’s proceedings
Order paper 2 – details of the morning’s business
Order paper 3 – details of the afternoon’s business
The morning’s business started with a presentation from the Archbishop of York on Vision and Strategy, based on this paper: A Vision for the Church of England in the 2020s, ‘Christ centred and Jesus shaped. Simpler, humbler, bolder’. This is accompanied by A theological reflection on our emerging vision and priorities, ‘Salt for the earth, light for the world’ by Stephen Croft, Bishop of Oxford, and by this summary.
The other morning business was the Cathedrals Measure which received final approval.
Reports from members and the press
Stephen Lynas A change gonna come
Andrew Nunn Simpler, Humbler, Bolder
Church Times Synod: cathedral governance put on a new footing
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