Anglican Church Planting Success

Aug 24, 2023 by

by Jeffrey Walton, Juicy Ecumenism: In 2006, The Falls Church Anglican (TFCA) in suburban Washington began a multi-year process of planting churches, something that it was largely prevented from doing while part of the Episcopal Diocese...

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Cottrell backs plan for 2000 new church groups in poorest areas

Dec 1, 2021 by

By Madeleine Davies,  Church Times [£] The Archbishop of York has expressed his support for an aspiration to ensure that at least 2000 of the 10,000 new worshipping communities proposed in the next decade (News, 2 July) are established in...

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‘Saving the parish’ and church planting must go hand in hand – Archbishop

Nov 17, 2021 by

by Julian Mann, Christian Today: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has tried to reconcile Anglican ‘save the parish’ traditionalists and ambitious church planters at the new General Synod meeting this week. In his...

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Can the C of E plant new churches and retain the parish system?

Jul 26, 2021 by

by Ian Paul, Psephizo: There has been a rather heated debate in the last few weeks about new church-planting initiatives in the Church of England, particularly with recent reporting of an initiative called Myriad, and its partnership with...

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Archbishop of York says parish system plans are about revitalising the Church

Jul 13, 2021 by

by Julian Mann, Christian Today: The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, has hit back at claims that he and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, are seeking to undermine the Church of England’s parish system. In a debate on...

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Do the Church of England’s bishops want 10,000 new churches or not?

Jul 13, 2021 by

by Lee Proudlove, Anglican Ink: July sees the start of the Church of England’s General Synod – normally a somewhat fractious occasion, this month’s session has been overshadowed by a storm in an Anglican teacup. The unlikely catalyst? An...

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