Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England: Historical development of Church of England dioceses, Cathedral, Cathedral diagram, Architectural development ... end of cathedrals in England and France
Seven whole days (Free subscription) | yesterday
I received this message today from my good friend Giles Goddard, writing as Chair of Inclusive Church. This open letter is addressed to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Bishop Jon Bruno of Los Angeles. It’s important for Americans to know that not all clergy in the Church of England are monolithic in their resistance [...]
Maggi Dawn (Free subscription) | yesterday
For some time now the Church Mouse has blogged and twittered about the Church of England, and has also collected up the Tweets of other clergy on his own blog. Now, with the help of fellow blogger Peter Ould, the Church Mouse has set up a new website - The ...
Church Times Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The mysterious Church Mouse and Peter Ould have launched the Twurch of England website which lists new Twitter updates from Church of England clergy ('twergy'?). At the moment it only includes clergy, but as I understand it it might eventually be expanded to include other groups, such as ordinands and those who participate diligently in after-church-coffee...
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | yesterday
Inclusive Church Dear Bishop Katharine and Bishop Jon, We congratulate you and the people of the Episcopal Church on the electoral process which has led to the election of the Revd Canon Diane Jardine Bruce and the Revd Canon Mary Douglas Glasspool as Suffragan Bishops of the Diocese of Los Angeles. We are aware that the process [...]
Maggi Dawn (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
What would the Church of England be like without her LGBT clergy? She might lose at least 10% of those currently in post. via The Changing Attitude Blog: Betrayed by the Church’s stance on gays.
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
From Church Society Most of these figures concern full-time stipendiary clergy, that is those who have been ordained as presbyter (priest) and deacon in the Church of England. In the mid 1960s there were just over 15,400 ordained full-time clergy in the Church of England. In the mid 1970s this figure fell as the decision to require [...]
Celebrity (Free subscription) | yesterday
A marketing campaign for Ann Summers wishing customers a 'Merry XXXmas' provoked a row with the Church of England yesterday. Religious leaders branded the shop's Christmas slogan - in the windows of all its 138 stores - as ' insensitive and crass' and called for it to be removed. There was also anger over another Ann Summers slogan calling on customers to 'Have a horny Christmas'. Controversial:...
St. Aidan to Abbey Manor (Free subscription) | yesterday
A large piece of cheese to Church Mouse and Peter Ould , who in their spare time (I'm struggling to remember what that is) have put together a new Twurch of England website , with live feed from CofE tweeters, list of who they are, and associated blog. The live twitter feed only consists of clergy (does CM himself/herself qualify on this count') at the moment, it would be interesting,...
The Church Mouse (Free subscription) | yesterday
Introducing the Twurch of England website Regular readers of the Mouse will know that for some time he has been keeping track on Archbishops, Bishops and Clergy on twitter through his Twurch of England Twitter stream. Mouse finds this a fascinating way to engage with the church. It is rather like having a permanent invitation to listen in on someone's conversation and join in whenever...
SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info (Free subscription) | yesterday
... placed only in The Bookseller . Edited versions of our letters have been published in both the Church Times and the Church of England Newspaper, and the full letter in The Bookseller. Christian Marketplace has also carried an article on their website about the Call for Creditors. We hope, in particular, to start a wider debate in the Book Trade about the nefarious activities...
The Changing Attitude Blog (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... at least one of the gay men I remember sitting in the back row is now married and a bishop in the Church of England, but that’s another story. Well, perhaps it isn’t another story but in truth, THE story. The story of what has happened in England in the 40 plus years since I first became involved with the wider diocese in Southwark. Then to be gay was to be closeted....
Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Last Anglican related post for the day. Windows has gone out on my home computer so I want to post and keep note of some things I have been wanting post on and keep track of. Goodness. See the thoughts of Bishop-in-charge of the Convocation of American Churches . (Episcopal Church USA) Please do not confuse him with the much more balanced Church of England guy that is the...
Ekklesia blogs (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
The Church of England has lost a lot of money in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) over the last two years. read more
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
`The Times’ `Ruth Gledhill’ Last week I went to a special parochial church council meeting in Littlebourne, Kent, in the diocese of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The benefice of four churches, one with just ten worshippers, somehow manages to raise £80,000-plus each year of which they give more than £50,000 to the diocese as combined quota [...]
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
From The Christian Institute Homosexual activists are lobbying to change the law hoping that, in the future, churches may be forced to host gay civil partnership services. At present the gay lobby group Stonewall is seeking an amendment to the Equality Bill which will allow churches to host the services if they wish. But Ben Summerskill, head of [...]
