Press release from the Prime Minister’s Office Appointment of Second Church Estates Commissioner: 7 October 2024 The King has approved the nomination of Marsha de Cordova, Member of Parliament for Battersea, to be appointed as Second Church Estates Commissioner. From: Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street Published 7 October 2024 The King has approved the […] The post Appointment of Second Church Estates Commissioner first appeared on Thinking Anglicans ..read more

Bosco Peters Liturgy Male and Female? Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Looking for the Qualities of Leadership in our Bishops Save The Parish Bishop of Chelmsford challenges the Church’s ‘Vision and Strategy’ This is a transcript of the Bishop’s Church Times Podcast that I linked to here. The post Opinion – 5 October 2024 first appeared on Thinking Anglicans ..read more

Press release from 10 Downing Street. Further information on the Guildford diocesan website. The King has approved the nomination of The Venerable Robert Gerard Cooper, Archdeacon of Sunderland, in the Diocese of Durham, to be appointed as Dean of Guildford. Appointment of Dean of Guildford: 3 October 2024 From: Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street […] The post Dean of Guildford first appeared on Thinking Anglicans ..read more

Church Times Podcast: Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani: Encouraging the weary with a word Trevor Thurston-Smith The Pensive Pilgrim Clothes Maketh the Man : Do Vestments Maketh the Priest? Richard Peers Oikodomeo Why is it so hard to talk about Walsingham? Stuart Haynes Seen & Unseen How the curious react to creativity in a cathedral Colin Coward […] The post Opinion – 2 October 2024 first appeared on Thinking Anglicans ..read more

Martyn Percy Surviving Church continuing the series “Weighing Church of England Safeguarding on the Scales of Justice” No. 2: Marking Their Own Homework Part 3 Lies and Damned Lies No. 4: Redefining ‘Independent Review’ Chris Polhill ViaMedia.News 30 Years, 40 Years: And Not Equal Yet The post Opinion – 28 September 2024 first appeared on Thinking Anglicans ..read more

In November 2023 the Trustees of Soul Survivor festivals, Soul Survivor Watford, and Soul61 (collectively known as Soul Survivor) commissioned Fiona Scolding KC to conduct an Independent Review into the culture and practices of Soul Survivor, following the National Safeguarding Team’s investigation into Mike Pilavachi. Executive Summary Full report Responses Soul Survivor Statement concerning the […] The post Soul Survivor Watford: review published first appeared on Thinking Anglicans ..read more

Two previous articles dealing with this: 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: Andrew Goddard Choosing Bishops: A Failure […] The post Should the CNC procedures be changed? first appeared on Thinking Anglicans ..read more

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? Bosco Peters Liturgy Do Churches Really Want More People? Martyn Percy Surviving Church Weighing Church of England Safeguarding […] The post Opinion – 21 September 2024 first appeared on Thinking Anglicans ..read more

As we reported earlier the Church of England’s House of Bishops met today to consider proposals to reform the CNC (Crown Nominations Commission) procedures for nominating diocesan bishops. The proposals are in paragraphs 12 to 14 of HB(24)30. They were accepted with one amendment (which did not alter the proposes change to the CNC procedures) […] The post Bishops back proposals to simplify nomination process for diocesan bishops first appeared on Thinking Anglicans ..read more

The Church of England has mapped the 2021 Census figures against parishes. Census Dashboards These dashboards provide a 1-page parish summary of national census and deprivation data, mapped onto Church of England parish boundaries (boundaries as of October 2023). The post Church of England census dashboards first appeared on Thinking Anglicans ..read more