Michael Nazir Ali to be ordained priest today

Oct 30, 2021 by

from the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham: The ordination to the priesthood of Michael Nazir-Ali by Cardinal Vincent Nichols will take place at Our Lady of the Assumption, Warwick Street on Saturday 30th October at 12 noon....

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Statement on the CEEC website following the Bishop of Liverpool’s June 2021 speech

Jul 20, 2021 by

The recent speech by the Bishop of Liverpool caused great concern among evangelicals on a number of counts. Following its publication, CEEC wrote privately to Bishop Paul to express this and we are aware of other evangelicals who also...

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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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‘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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Was Tim Dakin made Bishop of Winchester without being validly ordained priest?

May 30, 2021 by

by Archbishop Cranmer: There is something very peculiar going on in the Diocese of Winchester (which may or may not have spent £500,000 on NDAs). Not only has its Bishop ‘stepped back‘ or ‘stepped down‘ “for six weeks” after being...

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God is Not Fair: Some Thoughts on Women’s Ordination

Jan 22, 2020 by

By Gerald McDermott, Anglican Pastor: God is not fair. He deprives men of the most profound and satisfying experience imaginable. Both men and women participate in the creation of another human being, but only women get to carry that...

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