The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, led a happy crowd from Emmanuel Church, Bridlington, at the town’s South Beach early on Sunday morning where five people joined him in the sea to commit or re-commit their lives to Jesus Christ through the waters of baptism. Church of England website. 14 August 2022 Fulcrum
Since leaving #LambethConference2022, Teresa and I have been able to enjoy some annual leave – still in the heat of the mad English/European scorching summer. As this post is published, however, we are en route to Heathrow and the flights home. (Where NZ readers know it has been very cold – not quite a global … Continue Reading
A new Free to Believe? campaign was launched at the New Wine festival this week by Christian satellite TV and digital media network, SAT-7, with the support of Egyptian Archbishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Church. SAT-7 UK webiste August 2022 Fulcrum
The Bishop of Chelmsford and the Area Bishops of Barking, Bradwell and Colchester have written to Clergy and Licensed Lay Ministers in Chelmsford Diocese following the conclusion of the Lambeth Conference. Diocese of Chelmsford website. 8 August 2022 Fulcrum
After more than a week of struggle over the issues of human sexuality, and whether and how to vote about it, the Lambeth Conference devoted much of its final day of meetings August 6 to reinforcing a sense of fellowship for the road ahead. Mark Michael & Kirk Peterson. The Living Church 6 August 2022 … Continue Reading
The news that a new Anglican Communion Science Commission is being established is to be welcomed, not least because it ensures that Anglicanism will be prepared to engage an increasingly confident scientific culture that often challenges traditional beliefs and attitudes. Alister McGrath. The Living Church. 5 August 2021 Fulcrum
Read Archbishop Justin’s sermon at the Lambeth Conference closing service, held at Canterbury Cathedral. Archbishop of Canterbury’s website. 7 August 2022 Fulcrum
The Executive Director of the Living Church Foundation, Dr Christopher Wells, has been named as the next Director of Unity, Faith and Order for the Anglican Communion. Dr Wells will succeed the Venerable Dr William Adam, who was installed as Archdeacon of Canterbury last month. ACNS. 7 August 2022 Fulcrum
In his third and final keynote address of the 15th Lambeth Conference, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby called on the church “to tell, to teach and to transform by responding to human need,” driving home the conference’s theme, “God’s Church for God’s World.” Lynette Wilson Episcopal News Service. 7 August 2022 Fulcrum
Conservative bishops from the Global South and progressives — mostly from the Global North — began staking out the terms for continued wrangling over human sexuality in the Anglican Communion as the Lambeth Conference begins to wind down. Mark Michael. The Living Church. 5 August 2022 Fulcrum