Body of Christ

General Synod elections: the ‘liberal drift’ is not a foregone conclusion

October 20, 2021
Archbishop Cranmer
0 Comments

The Rev'd Peter Ould has been psephological over at Psephizo, and his analysis of the recent Synod elections merits some consideration in respect of the 'liberal drift' of the Church of England, which some adduce (quite frequently) for their leitmotifs…

Radical progressive activism and the Church of England

July 26, 2021
0 Comments

Civitas have published a new report: Rotting from the Head: Radical progressive activism and the Church of England. 'Radical progressive activism' is a slippery concept, not least because not all…

clergy voted conservative Anglican political affiliation

Just 6% of Anglican clergy voted Conservative in 2019

February 10, 2021
0 Comments

A Savanta ComRes poll was published just over a week ago on the political affiliation of Church leaders, and it hasn't had much coverage. In fact, it doesn't appear to…

Communal worship banned in England

November 1, 2020
0 Comments

From 5th November, it will be illegal to gather for communal worship in England. The Government has decreed that church buildings may open for private prayer, but not for praying…

wales lockdown greeting cards freedom of religion churches closed

Wales lockdown isn’t only absurd; it denies freedom of religion

October 26, 2020
0 Comments

Tomorrow is your birthday. You've received a card from your Mum every single year of your life, without fail, even when you were abroad, and even when she was very…

bishop of reading olivia graham heresy god evolution

Bishop of Reading: ‘Evolution is God incarnate; the whole earth is God’s body’

October 13, 2020
0 Comments

The Rt Rev'd Olivia Graham, Bishop of Reading, has been reading a book. Perhaps she has been reading two or three. Her subject is Creation and Incarnation; her passion is…

Archbishop of Canterbury in harmony with Tory Prime Minister

May 20, 2020
0 Comments

"Just because we're in the middle of a crisis, it doesn't mean that we can't have a vision for a future where justice and righteousness are the key stones of…

Micelangelo human touch god adam latex rubber gloves coronavirus covid-19 funny self isolate

The Human Touch

March 30, 2020
0 Comments

This is the eighth contribution to His Grace’s emergency team ministry during the coronavirus pestilence. The author is a Christian and key-worker, who has had a busy week. Were…

The real presence of Christ in the community of the virtual Church

March 29, 2020
0 Comments

This morning I want to depart from our Lectionary readings to offer a text which inspired a first-class sermon which I once heard at Rochester Cathedral. A few years ago,…

How to view enforced withdrawal from life

March 18, 2020
0 Comments

For the first time since 1208, the Church in England has ceased all public worship. Church doors are closed for communion, and the gathering together of the faithful to worship…

vicar john parker bishop stephen cottrell

What bishop would tell a vicar: ‘You’re no longer welcome in the Church of England’?

June 6, 2019
0 Comments

It made the pages of the Daily Mail, so it's serious: 'Vicar resigns after being 'silenced' over a Church of England school's plan to keep an eight-year-old pupil's sex change…

Following CofE guidance for gender transition services, bishops weigh the possibility of political transition services

December 13, 2018
0 Comments

The Church of England has issued new guidance for parishes planning gender transition services to help transgender people mark their transition to their new identity. Since there is now no…

Brexit impasse: democracy can be messy – but the alternative is terrifying

December 12, 2018
0 Comments

'And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee' (1Sam 8:7). It might not end well, but never let…

Anglican clergy to undergo psychological profiling to weed out prophets

March 20, 2018
0 Comments

Graham Tilby, National Safeguarding Adviser for the Church of England, gave evidence yesterday to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). When asked about how the Church of England…

RIP Billy Graham – evangelical fundamentalist and ecumenical universalist

February 22, 2018
0 Comments

The Rev'd Dr Billy Graham is dead. The evangelist to the world is now more alive to God then he has ever been, and tributes are pouring forth from the…

One in Christ? Why do liberal Christians abuse conservative Christians?

September 15, 2017
168 Comments

The Most Rev'd Nicholas Okoh is the Archbishop of Abuja Province and Primate of the Church of Nigeria in the Anglican Communion. A glance at his biography establishes his fraught…

Maundy Thursday: the Church divided and united by the Eucharistic mystery

April 13, 2017
222 Comments

Bread and wine, broken and poured out. Was ever so much distress, division and human misery caused by a supper? Is it flesh and blood, or isn't it? Jesus in…

The Palm Sunday massacre targeted Pope Tawadros II – why the media silence?

April 11, 2017
195 Comments

If a suicide bomber had detonated himself in a pew at St Peter's Basilica while the Pope of Rome was presiding over the liturgy, the world's media would be talking…

Don’t bash the Archbishop of Canterbury – pray for him

September 18, 2016
105 Comments

Funny. Defend Nigel Farage against Justin Welby, you're "racist" or a "bigot"; defend Justin Welby against Nigel Farage, you're a "feminist-humanist-pro-Marxist" (amongst other things). There is no apparent via media…

TGI Monday: Is a church without a disabled person a disabled church?

April 11, 2016
125 Comments

What is disability? Is there such a thing as a disabled church? What are invisible disabilities? What is inclusion? What is access? How complete are the able-bodied? Many disabled…