Synod Says No
So today the Church of England General Synod voted no to the measure put before it on Women Bishops. At the outset I have three points of clarification: 1) By a simple majority it was a clear YES, but the vote didn’t receive a 2/3 majority in the House of Laity 2) Although I supported ...
Masculine Christianity
There have been plenty of contributions from various Pastors, bloggers, ‘tweeps’ and Synods in recent weeks on the subject of Masculinity. Whether it’s Mark Driscoll calling us ‘cowards’ and promoting Jesus as a model of ‘valour, courage and masculinity’, or John Piper telling us that Christianity should be led by ‘masculine ministry’, or even the ...
++ Hugh
It’s ok, no need to bow, curtsey, kiss my ring, look up at my mitre, be touched by my crook or any of that kind of nonsense… But you could show a little bit of Malawian style respect… I think there was some confusion; visitors from the UK from ‘Bishop Hannington Church’… at some point turned into ...
Supporters of Women Bishops are Nazis!
Yeh… not really… although a title like this probably gives a few extra hits! Although that’s how the press are “quoting” Bishop Wallace Benn today. The Telegraph being a classic example of sensationalist journalism, and blatant untruth. This all comes from a Q&A at the Reform conference… of which Ruth Gledhill, of The Times posted ...
Meet the FoCAs
On Monday I, along with some other staff members from my church went to Westminster Central Hall for the launch of FCA UK (Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans)… Lots of people spoke… letters read from Bishops in Nigera and Rwanda, news from the church in Sudan, Baroness Cox, Jim Packer, Bob Duncan, John Hind, Wallace Benn, ...