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‘Another fine mess!’ Andrew Goddard writes…
On Friday 20 October, the papers were released for the extra General Synod called for 13 to 15 November and focused on Living in Love and Faith (LLF) and within that the proposed Prayers of Love and Faith (PLF). They provide much more detail than the brief press...
Prayers of Love and Faith process reveals need to ‘pay attention to power’, says Academic
The serious actions of the bishops and the archbishops that are driving the Prayers of Love and Faith process are tantamount to a devastating mis-use of power and are threatening to ‘dissolve the glue that holds the church together’, argues Andrew Goddard, in his most...
Contending for the gospel…keep going and don’t lose heart
Revd Andy Mason writes: Contending for the gospel is inherently challenging, difficult and demanding to do - particularly over the long haul! We need to keep refreshing ourselves with biblical truth and principles, so that we can keep going and not lose heart....
Defining moment for the Anglican Communion has arrived, says Archbishop
The Anglican Communion has reached a ‘defining’ moment and is being ‘torn apart’, according to Archbishop Emeritus Mouneer Anis, of Alexandria, in his article ‘A Deeply Torn Communion.’ He cites a departure from the faith once received and systemic institutional...
Is this the CofE’s Brexit moment?
Andrew Goddard explores the current Church of England crisis around Prayers of Love and Faith, the issues and challenges that have plagued the process, and draws parallels and differences between the way Brexit was handled by the British Government and, now, how the...
Why LGBT people should not be criminalised. Sean Doherty writes…
Ugandan MPs have recently passed a bill that could result in life imprisonment, or even the death penalty, for homosexual acts. Here’s why all Christians should fight against it, regardless of their views on same-sex relationships. Criminalisation of same-sex...
Tim Keller: Mentor to a Generation. Bishop Ruth Bushyager writes…
(This article was first published in the Church Times on 2 June 2023) I was surprised how much I cried over the death of the Revd Dr Tim Keller, given that I had never been to his church or had any personal contact with him. Yet, I share with a great many others the...
What’s your prayer for 2023? John Dunnett writes…
What are you praying for as we enter 2023? Please join us in praying the five prayers below. 1. Abide in me Jesus said ‘abide in me … apart from me you can do nothing’ (John 15v4-5). This is not an invitation to retreat from our call to service, mission and...
Five things we’re thanking God for at CEEC in 2022
God has greatly blessed the work of the CEEC this year and we’re so grateful. It’s been a busy year! Here are five things we're thanking God for... There are now Diocesan Evangelical Fellowships (DEFs) in 40 dioceses! We’ve seen six new DEFs created this year...