Revd Canon John Dunnett, National Director, Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC), said: “CEEC is grieved and saddened that the General Synod passed a motion earlier this afternoon to continue with the implementation of the bishops’ proposals. These proposals...
The Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) welcomes the dissenting statement made by 12 bishops from the House of Bishops this morning. CEEC is grateful for the courage of those who signed it, for the substantive issues raised in the statement and for the time...
On 9 October 2023, the House of Bishops met in London to discuss the Prayers of Love and Faith. At the meeting, the bishops agreed in principle that prayers asking for God’s blessing for same sex couples, as part of public worship, should be commended for use. The...
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...
It is with great sadness that the death of The Rt Revd Dr Karowei Dorgu, Bishop of Woolwich and a member of the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC), has been announced. Bishop Karowei died peacefully in hospital, after a long struggle with his health, on...
The Times newspaper recently published the results of a ‘clergy attitudes’ poll, which it conducted in August. The paper surveyed 1,185 clergy who agreed to take part, on their views on a range of things from workload pressures to sexuality. The headlines of the...