Andrew Goddard

Andrew Goddard served on the Leadership Team of Fulcrum from its launch in 2003 until 2020. He currently teaches Christian ethics at Westminster Theological Centre and Ridley Hall, Cambridge and is Assistant Minister at St James the Less, Pimlico where his wife, Lis, is Vicar. He has previously taught at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Trinity College, Bristol and been an Adjunct Professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. He has served for a number of years on the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) and was on the Co-Ordinating Group of the Living in Love and Faith project. He is author of a number of books, including Rowan Williams: His Legacy (Lion, 2013) and co-editor with Andrew Atherstone of Good Disagreeement? Grace and Truth in a Divided Church (Lion, 2015).

Primates’ Meetings under Rowan Williams (2003-2011)

January 5, 2016 by Andrew Goddard

A review of the last six Primates’ meetings under Rowan Williams as the first such meeting in five years approaches

Statements from Past Primates’ Meetings (1979-2011)

January 5, 2016 by Andrew Goddard

Reports and statements from all previous Primates’ Meetings

Lord, you left your heavenly glory

December 24, 2015 by Andrew Goddard

A Christmas carol

How Should I Vote for General Synod?

October 16, 2015September 22, 2015 by Andrew Goddard

Why, in voting for Synod, you should continue to express preferences for as long as you are able to place successive candidates in order.

From Communion to…..Federation ?

September 20, 2015 by Andrew Goddard

What would it mean to move to being an Anglican Federation and is this a likely development?

When can the state kill?: Questions and issues in the case of Reyaad Khan

September 11, 2015 by Andrew Goddard

It is vital that we recognise that this action and the justifications of it announced on Monday raise important moral and legal questions. If not critically assessed, they set potentially very serious precedents which we need to consider carefully

“Equal marriage”: Is There A New Christian Ethic for Sex and Marriage?

July 1, 2015 by Andrew Goddard

Are Christian supporters of same-sex marriage simply extending the traditional teaching about sex and marriage to same-sex couples and what would that look like? Or are they – as seems to be the case with most secular supporters – simply welcoming the rectifying of an injustice which now gives gay and lesbian couples the same options to choose from in relation to structuring their relationships as straight couples have had for some time?