Fulcrum Perspectives: Women Bishops Legislation by Simon Cawdell For those, like me who have long supported the Consecration of women as Bishops this has been an interesting fortnight. I believe this is right, just as much as I believe that we are a church that needs to be generous in the theological traditions it embraces. … Continue Reading
Commentary on the Fulcrum Press Statement: Women Bishops and the Church of England (to read the Press Statement click here) (first published in July 2010) In our statement we support the legislation as proposed by the Revision Committee as providing the best framework for a practical way forward. This is a commentary explaining our serious … Continue Reading
Chasing the Purple Shirt? by Jody Stowell co-published with the Church of England Newspaper, 26 January 2012 2012 is a significant year for discussions on women in the episcopate in the Church of England. In Synod this year there will be much high emotion, fast paced thinking and rash words regarding the legislation which is … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Newsletter August 2011 Women’s Ministry and Homosexuality: Questioning the Connections by Stephen Kuhrt Co-published, with permission, with the Church of England Newspaper 12th August 2011 A common assumption within the church today is that a close connection exists between support for the full ministry of women and support for a revision of the church’s … Continue Reading
Originally published in Church of England Newspaper on 9th June 2011. The discussion about women and ministry in the Church of England has continued to be fascinating, challenging and frustrating in different measures for some time. For me, the most recent experience was speaking at a Deanery Synod, as one of three speakers giving different … Continue Reading
Tom Wright for Everyone Putting the Theology of N.T. Wright into practice in the Local Church (SPCK £9.99) by Stephen Kuhrt So what caused me to write a book with the somewhat cheeky title Tom Wright for Everyone? My motivation was simple: to provide more people with access to the ground-breaking biblical scholarship of N.T. … Continue Reading
Co-published, with permission, in the Church of England Newspaper, Friday 19th November 2010 Earlier this year I was asked by the Church of England Evangelical Council to contribute to a consultation that they held on the issue of women bishops. The question I was asked to address was “Whether, in the light of the proposed … Continue Reading
As the Church House machinery grinds into action, mailing out a truckload of papers for November’s inauguration of the new General Synod, it is interesting to reflect on how this new Synod will respond to some of the issues it inherits from the old. At the centre of these is, of course, the draft legislation … Continue Reading
Evangelical opponents of women bishops: What is sought and required? by Andrew Goddard 1.Introduction: Trying to square the circle The decision of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to offer their own proposal for solving the problem of provision for those opposed to women bishops has, inevitably, caused quite a storm. It seeks to find … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Press Statement WOMEN BISHOPS AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Statement by the Fulcrum Leadership Team 3 July 2010 The Bible supports ending restrictions on the ministry of women by making women bishops and the mission challenges of our times require it. It is vital that the General Synod debate later this month does not … Continue Reading