The agenda includes a report back from the CEEC consultation held on 21st June and action in the light of the July’s Synod decision. We are looking at reshaping the CEEC Council, and our responsibility towards DEFs. Professor John Lennox is talking to us about militant atheism and aggressive secularism. We will also be looking at our relationship with EFAC.
The 24-hour residential starts with a Bible reading led Bishop Keith Sinclair. Please remember us in your Quiet Times.
Archive for October, 2010
TO make our website banner heading complete, we ought to include all the ladies who played a part in John Stott’s creation of CEEC from CPAS and Church Society. Jill Dann is one such – do you know of others? A photo would be very helpful.
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If you take the CEN you will have seen my letter asking for suggestions for a wording of a following motion when the legislation gets to Diocesan Synods. Here are two options for a diocese like mine whose bishops is strongly in favour of women bishops, and voted against the archibishops’ amendment.
This Synod, recognising the overall welcome given by General Synod to the Archbishops’ Amendment (on the legislation for the introduction of Women Bishops), and desiring to maintain the rich diversity in the Church of England, urges the Revision Committee to implement the amendment accordingly for Final Approval by the General Synod.
This Synod, acknowledging that the Archbishops’ Amendment to the legislation was only rejected by General Synod on a Division by Houses with precisely 50% of the House of Clergy voting against but actually with a significant majority of the Bishops and Laity voting in favour, and wishing to honour promises made when the Ordination of Women Priests legislation was passed, requests the Revision Committee to implement the Amendment before the Final Approval stage.
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Nigel Chetwood