Should the Church generate a £1 billion fund for slavery reparations?

Mar 8, 2024 by

by Ian Paul, Psephizo: PR car-crashes for the Church of England are like buses—there are none for ages, then three come along at once. Except for the Church of England, the ‘there are none for ages’ bit isn’t true. Following the constant...

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Cathedral gimmicks illustrate spiritually blind Britain and mute Church

Mar 7, 2024 by

By Andrew Symes.  (Editor’s note: a repost – this piece by Andrew on the use of cathedrals is as relevant now as it was in 2019) No doubt buoyed by the old cliche that there is no such thing as bad publicity, the Church of...

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The church of critical race theory

Mar 6, 2024 by

by Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, spiked: The Church of England is prostrating itself before a divisive racial identity politics. The Church of England has been captured by identitarian activists. You can see this most clearly in the church’s...

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The Church of England after COVID: quo vadis?

Mar 6, 2024 by

by David Goodhew, Psephizo: The Church of England is beginning to recognize that the years of COVID had a hugely corrosive effect. The Church lost a fifth of its congregation members in 2019–22; more, if we just count children and...

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The Church leadership is destroying the CoE I love

Mar 6, 2024 by

by Madeline Grant, Telegraph: There are two institutions: the Rev Dr Jekyll of parish volunteers and clergy, and the Rev Mr Hyde at the top. For an organisation that prides itself on bringing the Good News to people, you can’t move for...

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Dumbing down the priesthood

Mar 5, 2024 by

by Marcus Walker, Sounding Board: Unless the Church reinstates rigorous college-based training for clerics, it will wither away. ‘Key limiting factors”. Two and a half years ago a firestorm engulfed the Church of England as Canon John...

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