Church of England forms commission to study whether “mutual flourishing” has worked
from Anglican Ink:
The membership of a new body tasked to consider the ongoing arrangements which opened the way for women to become bishops has been announced.
The Bishop of Lichfield, Michael Ipgrave, will chair the 12-strong Standing Commission on the House of Bishops’ Declaration and the Five Guiding Principles.
Alongside him, the members will include:
- The Bishop of Fulham, the Rt Revd Jonathan Baker (Diocese of London)
- The Bishop of Ripon, the Rt Revd Dr Helen-Ann Hartley (Diocese of Leeds)
- Complementarian Evangelical Bishop – to be vacant upon the retirement of the Bishop of Maidstone in October 2022. During the vacancy the Revd Charlie Skrine (Diocese of London) will represent.
Clergy
- The Revd Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes (Diocese of Liverpool)
- The Revd Canon Tim Goode, (Diocese of Southwark)
- The Venerable Pete Spiers, (Diocese of Liverpool)
- The Revd Canon Smitha Prasadam (Diocese in Europe)
Laity
- Dr Ros Clarke (Diocese of Lichfield)
- Mrs Emma Joy Gregory (Diocese of Bath and Wells)
- Canon Dr Addy Lazz-Onyenobi (Diocese of Manchester)
- Peter Collier QC (Diocese of York)