‘Key limiting factors’: the end of stipendiary parish ministry

Jul 3, 2021 by

by Archbishop Cranmer: Priests are expensive. Church buildings are expensive. Theological formation is expensive. So the Church of England has set out its ‘Vision and Strategy‘ for cost-cutting: 10,000 new lay-led churches over the next...

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Some thoughts on church planting

May 14, 2019 by

by Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. Is the received model of full-time, housed and salaried pastor for each local church necessary or even biblical? How else do we ensure good teaching, pastoral care, leadership? Roland Allen was a high...

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An example of ‘good separation’ as new Anglican church is established outside the C of E

Apr 30, 2019 by

by Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. For many faithful members of the Church of England, Christian experience is defined almost entirely by the local fellowship. The weeks just before and after Easter constitute the season for Annual...

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AMiE Unveils Church Planting Plan for Britain

Sep 23, 2016 by

from FCA South Africa [Editor’s note: This post features a new video from Anglican Mission in England, and has helpfully transcribed some of the spoken words in the film.] When Jesus looked at the crowds he was filled with...

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