Ghana, Synod & the ‘Othering’ of LGBTQI People
by Charlie Bell The Revd Dr Charlie Bell is a Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge and curate at St John the Divine, Kennington. In this article, first published in ViaMedia.news, …
LLF – Handing on the Baton?
by Helen King Helen King is Professor Emerita in Classical Studies at The Open University and was a member of the Living in Love and Faith project (part of the …
General Synod: Compromise & Conscience
by Charlie Bell The Revd Dr Charlie Bell is a Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge and curate at St John the Divine, Kennington. In this article, first published in ViaMedia.news, …
General Synod 2021: Inclusive Candidates
The 2021 elections for the General Synod of the Church of England are now upon us – voting opens this Friday! This is an absolutely crucial election, as it will …
Disturbing advice to evangelical candidates for General Synod
by Phil Gardner Phil Gardner is a member of the Equal Campaign’s organising group. A lay Anglican, he is on the synod of the deanery to which his parish church …
Enlarging marriage
by Michael Sadgrove The Very Revd Michael Sadgrove, who before his retirement was Dean of Durham, has long supported equal marriage in the Church. We are very grateful to him …
Methodist Church withdraws from conference over ban on married lesbian
The Methodist Church has withdrawn from a conference being held later this month after an invitation to one of its lay workers to give the closing keynote address was withdrawn …
Now is the time for change
On 27 July 2017 Michael Sadgrove, who before he retired in 2015 was the Dean of Durham, wrote a blog post to commemorate the 50th anniversary (to the day) of …
Dr Meg Warner responds to the Church of England Evangelical Council’s book
Dr Meg Warner is an Old Testament theologian and a member of General Synod. She recently wrote a piece for ViaMedia responding to the publication of a new book by …